Matt Brown’s Beginner Course for thumb lead, two-finger banjo is a pre-recorded class that allow you to work through the curriculum at your own pace and on your own schedule. It is intended to be completed with his tablature book Thumb Lead Two-Finger Banjo as the text.

Matt spent more than a decade teaching this approachable style of old-time banjo picking in the classrooms of the Old Town School of Folk Music, the Louisville Folk School, and on Zoom. He has worked through these easy old-time songs and fiddle tunes with hundreds of students.

Each course purchased includes one 45-minute private lesson with Matt on Zoom.

Course Features:

  • high-definition video

  • studio-quality audio

  • jam videos with Strum Machine backing tracks

  • eternal access

  • no recurring fees

You’ll Learn:

  • how to hold the banjo

  • how to tune the banjo

  • how to read tablature

  • relevant music theory 

  • how to practice

  • how to play in two tunings: gDGBD & aEAC#E

  • The Golden “Rule” of Thumb

  • 6 picking exercises

  • 2 scales

  • 7 beginner arrangements of old-time songs and fiddle tunes