Hi,
The single most useful thing for getting me started with the banjo was the DVD by Dennis Caplinger (Bluegrass Banjo Basics and Beyond). I can't remember when I started (perhaps a year ago) and I still haven't mastered the last few songs, but it did finally give me a sense of what some of the basic moves are. (I also recommend h is Mandolin and Guitar disks, at least for anyone just starting out).
So I wonder if people have suggestions about where to go from here. I am starting with the Tony Trischka practice techniques, but I would also really like some help with building a repertoire: not of songs, so much, as of those basic rifs that go into the songs. My teacher has tried to get me working on the Pete Wernick book, but I'm finding that I both enjoy the process and make much more progress if I can watch and listen and connect that with the tabs; tabs on their own I find very frustrating.
So do people have suggestions for DVDs? There's such a range out there that it would be particularly helpful to hear from people at roughly this stage of things.
Many thanks,
Will