Sore Fingers class of 2004

Alongside 'Banjo for Dummies' author, Bill Evans

Alongside Alison Krauss banjo player, Ron Block, and Greg Cahill from Special Consensus

Leon is available for group workshops and one-to-one tuition. Contact for more details.
It is also possible to conduct lessons remotely by webcam via the SKYPE or iChat / AIM networks.

"I found that a workshop with Leon Hunt was more beneficial to my playing than a whole year of practice. A great teacher and inspirer"

“I enjoyed a week with Leon at ‘The Sore fingers Bluegrass Camp’ several years past; and, to put it simply, I actually learned some music. He would take time to set down in front of each student to make sure the scale, technique, etc. was internalized. I've been to many workshops; and, while I certainly enjoyed hanging out with all the great players, none worked for me as well as Leon Hunt."

“Leon can find common ground with every fumble-fingered five-string student. He’s lucid, inventive and encouraging, and works his socks off to get the message across. And patient? If my playing doesn’t provoke him to violence, then nothing can.”

Forthcoming book: "More Diddley Diddleys for the 5-string Banjo".

Gigs with various bands can sometimes be months (even years) apart. For me, remembering tunes has always been hard work! The advent of the ability to quickly and easily record little movies on the laptop, and (relatively) quickly tab something out with software, has changed everything! This book is esentially a collection of some of the more interesting tunes I've needed to adapt for the 5-string banjo over the past few years.

All the related video will be freely available on youtube. Whilst the movies aren't of a particularly high quality they are good enough to act as a useful supplement to the tablature and hopefully better than those funny little floppy 7" records that used to come with instruction books when I started playing in the late '80s.

More details to follow.....