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.
SubscribeAdvanced Guitar
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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
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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...
PlayScruggs Style Banjo
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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...
PlayUsing Tunefox Tools to Learn by Ear
1 Lesson
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Intermediate Mandolin
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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...
PlayScruggs Style Banjo
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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.
PlayAdvanced Mandolin
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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!
PlayMetronome practice and learning a song
4 Lessons
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Tuning, reading tab, and playing roll patterns
8 Lessons
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Tuning, holding a pick, and strumming
8 Lessons
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Tuning, holding a pick, and strumming
7 Lessons
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#beginner
#essentials
Scruggs - D Banjo
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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.
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!
Blues in A Fingerstyle Guitar
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This song takes a basic blues approach in the key of A. The licks are fairly common and can be applied to other keys. There's no extreme challenges here, a lot of the ...
PlayBlues in Am Fingerstyle Guitar
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This one features some powerful and mournful blues in the key of A minor, there are some tough but very authentic blues licks and tricks for you to learn here.
PlayBlues in E Fingerstyle Guitar
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This song is based on the blues standard, "Key to the Highway". There's some great standard licks, and it uses a common chord progression that would be great to get down.
PlayScruggs Style Banjo
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You can play this great tune in any key. Most bluegrassers play it in the neighborhood of B. The arrangement works great with the slider and there some classic and aut...
PlayTwo Finger Banjo
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This arrangement uses Thumb Lead, Two Finger style banjo. Thumb lead is a type of two finger banjo where the thumb plays the lead(melody) and the index usually h...
PlayClawhammer banjo
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Start with the melody! Think about the syllables of the lyrics when playing along with the arrangement. When you can play the melody in time, check out a lick. Most of...
PlayBlues in E Fingerstyle Guitar
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This is a tasty challenge in the key of E. Make sure to watch the video and listen to the player several times before taking a crack at this one. Pay attention to...
PlayBluegrass - Low Octave Guitar
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This exploration of D modal blues is in the style of "Tear My Still House Down". In modern bluegrass and new acoustic music, the modal approach rarely defines the...
PlayBlues in E Fingerstyle Guitar
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This is a lovely blues in E. It leans toward the major sound, so it's very happy sounding. We think you all will really enjoy this one!
PlayScruggs Style Banjo
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This classic folk tune works great with bluegrass banjo. On a lot of slower and mid-tempo tunes, Earl Scruggs would often use a double thumb picking technique. It...
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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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“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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