In person and virtual banjo lessons for all ages.
About
Cedar Banjo
My name is Dave Cedarholm and I am a 5-string banjoist. I’ve been picking oldtime clawhammer and 3-finger Scruggs style bluegrass banjo for more than 5 decades. I also enjoy singing and accompanying my vocals with banjo backup. I started teaching both styles while in college in the late ‘70s and have recently returned to teaching.
Now that my professional career as a civil engineer is winding down, I am focusing on lots of new material and have resumed offering banjo instruction to banjo students of all ages.
My current students range in age from mid-teens to mid-seventies and I offer lessons both in person and virtually. If you are interested in taking up the banjo, need to refine your technique, would like to learn to sing and play banjo, or know of an aspiring banjoist in need an experienced teacher, please reach out.
The Cedar Roll
About 20 years ago I developed an innovative 3-finger clawhammer roll that incorporates an upbeat up-pick with the middle finger of the right hand, which I have coined the Cedar Roll.
The Cedar Roll has since evolved into a 5-finger clawhammer roll that is a fun and unique complement to my melodic fiddle tune arrangements, and is particularly adaptable to accompanying the vocals on traditional songs.
“A relaxed and friendly teacher, combined with effective instruction has made a real difference in my playing.”
- Cedar Banjo Student