Steve Martin
Award Winning Banjo Player, Comedian, Actor, Writer

“Tunefox is a superior way to learn songs and licks in the privacy of your own home. A clear method of teaching all styles of bluegrass banjo; enough to keep you busy for years.”
Tunefox offers an approach to Bluegrass music education which allows you to improve your skills and explore your creativity - any time, anywhere.
SubscribeScruggs Style Banjo
Difficulty
This version of the Cripple Creek is designed to teach you how to play slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs. Take each one slow at first to get them sounding nice and clean.
PlayTuning, reading tab, and playing roll patterns
8 Lessons
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Metronome practice and learning a song
4 Lessons
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#intermediate
Advanced Guitar
Difficulty
This is a killer break similar to the intermediate arrangement. However, this version of Whiskey Before Breakfast will challenge you with some fancy crosspicking out o...
PlayBluegrass Guitar
Difficulty
Here you’ll learn a lot more about the C position, especially it’s major and pentatonic scales. This version of Arkansas Traveler blends in more melody notes for a ful...
PlayUsing Tunefox Tools to Learn by Ear
1 Lesson
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#intermediate
Tuning, holding a pick, and strumming
7 Lessons
#mandolin
#beginner
#essentials
Tuning, holding a pick, and strumming
8 Lessons
#guitar
#beginner
#essentials
Scruggs Style Banjo
Difficulty
This arrangement features some essential Scruggs-style roll patterns, especially in the B section of the song. Check out the preview measure below to learn the MTMT ro...
PlayScruggs - D Banjo
Difficulty
Spike that fifth string at the 7th fret and lets go to work! Playing in D without a capo opens up some glorious new sounds.
PlayAdvanced Mandolin
Difficulty
There are many more slurs in this version of Big Sciota than the other two and the B section is really exciting as it slides around the C and Em chords. Have fun!
PlayIntermediate Mandolin
Difficulty
This is much closer to the way you will hear the fiddle tune played at jams. Check out all the variations of Chinquapin Hunting by using the substitution licks. If you...
PlayExchange licks in the context of the song you’re learning to hear multiple possibilities for improvisation.
More...With the swipe of a finger, one song arrangement can go from simple to complex. The Level Slider means one arrangement can cover beginner through advanced. The arrangement grows with you!
More...One of the most important parts to learning bluegrass is actually playing the music and experimenting! Play along with real sounding backing tracks to get ready for your next jam.
Whether you’re finding your first chords or you’ve been playing for years, we’ve got you covered with an extensive library of bluegrass music for you to learn and jam along with.
More...Switch licks, hide notes, and jam with backing tracks - these are just a few of the revolutionary ways to learn music with Tunefox.
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Practice at home or on the go! Tunefox will auto-save your progress and preferences.
Every song comes with multiple arrangements so you always have something new to learn. Use the lick switcher to create a personalised solo and then practice with real-sounding backing tracks. Creative learning at it's best!
When the Saints Go Marching In Fingerstyle Guitar
Difficulty
This is a classic Black spiritual that is heard in Blues, Jazz, Bluegrass and beyond. This particular version starts out simple and the second time through has some re...
PlayScruggs Style Banjo
Difficulty
This is a simple arrangement of this Flatt and Scruggs classic. In the lick switcher you'll find a wealth of Scruggs vocabulary and a few melodic and single string ideas.
PlayMelody Mandolin
Difficulty
This arrangement is based on Beethoven's classic melody. Most of the arrangement is played with quarter notes, with an eighth note here and there. The end is the most ...
PlayBasic Fingerstyle Guitar
Difficulty
This is a nice basic version of I'll Fly Away with a few extra musical goodies. Keep an eye out for that C7 chord and the chromatic walking bass line!
PlayScale Mandolin
Difficulty
This is the basic G major scale. Play it slow, play it a lot. The slower you go, the longer your fingers are held down. The longer your fingers are held down, the more...
PlayBeginner Fingerstyle Guitar
Difficulty
Simple and solid is always a good bet. This tune is popular in bluegrass, but is a blast on fingerstyle guitar.
PlayMellow Blues Fingerstyle Guitar
Difficulty
This is an excellent Blues number composed by Yuta Tanaka. It makes rapid shifts up and down the neck, which creates a very cool and exciting musical effect.
PlayBeer at 2 am Fingerstyle Guitar
Difficulty
This is a challenging, but very fun original tune by Yuta Tanaka. Make sure to watch the video to see how he plays this. It will help you get a sense of how the tune i...
PlayBlues Fingerstyle Guitar
Difficulty
This is an original and bluesy composition by Yuta Tanaka called "Black Cat in the Morning". It's a very advanced tune, but such a fun challenge. Make sure to really w...
PlayScale Mandolin
Difficulty
This is the basic G major scale. Play it slow, play it a lot. The slower you go, the longer your fingers are held down. The longer your fingers are held down, the more...
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Award Winning Banjo Player, Comedian, Actor, Writer
“Tunefox is a superior way to learn songs and licks in the privacy of your own home. A clear method of teaching all styles of bluegrass banjo; enough to keep you busy for years.”
Banjo Player, Steep Canyon Rangers
“It's a great jumping off point for making up my own licks.”
Banjo Player, Molly Tuttle Band
“Tunefox is the best digital learning tool for banjo I've ever encountered. The interface is intuitive, and the content is musical and well thought out. Everyone learning bluegrass banjo should get this app.”
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Tunefoxer
“Tunefox is without doubt one of the best instructional formats around. Used regularly, it helps solidify timing, creates a forum for jam playing (which is really where it's at), and encourages accuracy and speed.”
Tunefoxer
“What a brilliant learning system to enable a 73 year old to play banjo, this app has brought me a new lease on life.”
Tunefoxer
“I’ve been an early user of TuneFox and I love the app and the ease with which I can learn new songs, either solely by ear or with some of the tools (ease of isolating measures, hidden notes, ability to switch in different licks, Scruggs/melodic and backup playing styles). With TuneFox, I’ve stretched myself like never before.”
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