By Hatfield Music. Three-finger Scruggs style banjo style depends on at least eighty percent on right hand technique. The Banjo Board^® is the first practice device that helps you concentrate on right hand fundementals. Don't waste time with the small "knockoff" simulators which won't allow the "feel" and proper hand angle of a real banjo in your lap. Turn wasted driving time or slow time at the office into productive practice time. Practice rolls quietly after the kids are in bed. Improve timing and speed by practicing with a metronome, or playing along with the radio. Improve anchoring of your ring finger, angle of attack, economy of motion, finger strength, and accuracy. Hand made in the USA of cypress or beautiful African mahogany to specs of a real banjo. Available only from Hatfield Music.

Banjo Chord Chart - Shows common Major, Minor, Seventh, Diminished and Augmented chord forms for G tuning and C tuning. Reverse side shows individual note locations in G and C tunings up to the seventh fret. Ideal for hanging on the wall of your practice room - 18 inches wide by 12 inches high.$4.00. P&H free. Add to Cart

NEW! INTELLI Tuner IMT-500 Clip-on Chromatic Tuner

The best value in a clip-on tuner! Settings stored in memory when turned off. Back Light, Extremely small, 1.8 " x 1.8". Tuning Range: A2-B7 Calibration : A=430-439 HZ Simulated needle LED display Toleranceplus/minus .05 cents (one two-hundredth of a half step) Auto power off after three minutes, saves battery.

List: $49.95 HM price: $28. plus $ 2.00 P&H Add to Cart

NEW! Korg AW-1 Clip-on Chromatic Tuner – an ultra-compact, ultra-lightweight chromatic tuner you can clip to your instrument.
- Ultra-compact and lightweight, can be attached to any instrument..- Marks to indicate pure major third and minor third intervals.- Piezo pickup detects vibrations from the attached instrument, or the built-in microphone detects the pitch so it can be used to tune other instruments nearby.- Meter Reverse function lets you invert the display.
- Adjustable calibration accommodates a wide range pitches, allowing you to tune to non-"concert" or standard sources(such as old Flatt & Scruggs records tuned a half step sharp).- Two clip sizes are included for use on different instruments.- Auto Power Off function keeps the battery from running down.- Memory backup function.Detection range of A0~C8

Korg AW-1 Clip-on Chromatic tuner: List: $85.00 HM: $60.00 plus $3.00 P&H Add to Cart

Wittman On-board Electronic Autotuner - (Photo, actual size.) Used by Bela Fleck, Sonny Osborne, Scott Vestal, Alison Brown, Peter Wernick, many other pros. The first on-board tuner ever made, holds original patent. Can be mounted on flange of banjo or inside sound hole of guitar, where only the player can see it. Also used by upright bass players, mounted under the fingerboard overhang. Chromatic. "No-hands" operation. Great in jams or onstage - picks up vibrations directly from the instrument. Very accutate, + - 1 cents. (Most electronic tuners are accurate only to + - 3 cents.) Uses standard 9-volt battery, not expensive and hard-to-find wafer batteries. Very bright LED, easy to see in bright sunlight or under stage lights. Mounts with two-sided adhesive tape which will not damage nickel plating. Battery clip mounts inside instrument, also with two-sided tape. Dimensions: 2 1/2" x 5/8" x 5/8". Not available in stores.

List: $89.95 HM price: REDUCED to $60.00 plus $3.00 P&H. Add to Cart 

Intellitouch Onboard Electronic ChromaticTuner

Camps to the peghead of any stringed instrument, picks up vibrations directly off of the instrument, for tuning in noisy places. Large LED. Works on any musical instrument.

List: $69.95HM price: $48.00 plus $3.00 P&H. Add to Cart

Intellitouch PT-2 "Bare Bones" Onboard Electronic Chromatic Tuner

The PT2 contains the same electronics as the original Intellitouch onboard tuner but has no backlight, no handy carrying pouch and only recalibrates beween 438-440 (U.S. standard) and 442(European standard). One year warranty. List: $39.95 HM price: $28.00 plus 3.00 P&H. Add to Cart

Farley's Pocket Tones Key Fob/Pitch pipe (photo left)

Keep a tuning reference with you at all times! Pitch pipe sounds perfect pitch of all open strings electronically. Available for five string banjo, G tuning and for guitar, standard tuning.size: 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1/2".$12.00 plus 1.00 P&H

Pocket Tones for Banjo Add to Cart Pocket Tones for Guitar Add to Cart

New! Pocket Tones Chromatic model - PT-15 (photo, right)

Tunes any instrument, any key, even flat keys!
Added features: Volume control, auto shutoff for battery conservation.
Great for use as a pitch pipe for a cappella vocals! Pocket Tones PT-15 Chromatic Add to Cart

METROTUNE MT-9000 by Sabine. Chromatic tuner, tone generator and metronome all rolled into one. Needle type display, tone generator for "by ear" tuning, 1/8" input for use with electric instruments and tuner-clips, 7-position accented beat, carrying case, and small size, about the size of a cassette tape case. Loud, with volume control.Can be heard over most banjos. Features accented downbeat, LED as well as "wood block" sound, not electronic "beep" which blends into musical notes and is hard to discern. Tuner function displayed in cents (hundredths of a tone). Calibration for use in "non-standard" pitch situations. Features DC input to save batteries. (D.C. power cable not included)

List: $39.95HM price:$35.00 plus 3.00 P&H Add to Cart

Korg CA-30 Chromatic Digital Tuner

Needle type digital display, or use tone generator for "by ear" tuning. Tunes all 12 pitches. Features 1/4" input for use with electric instruments and tuner-clips, Tuner function displayed in cents (hundredths of a tone).ACCURATE as any on thje market: + - 1 cent! Calibration for use in "non-standard" pitch situations. Runs on two AAA batteries (included). Photo is actual size, ony 1/2" thick - smaller tha a cassete tape box. Sturdy heavy plastic casing, will take years of abuse.

List: $34.00 HM price: $25.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart

Tuner Clip by - Alligator clip attaches to any part of any acoustic instrumen, transmits signal to electronic tuner via cable. Makes it possible to tune in the noisiest of situations. Compare to identical items which sell for $25.00.

HM price - $14.00 plus 1.00 P&H Add to Cart

1) Slow down (or speed up) by any amount.

2) Adjust speedup and slowdown by fractional amounts, for example: 10%, 20%, 30%

3) Extensive practice loop definition.

4) Note grabber.

5) 'Remember' feature that remembers various sections so you can go

back over them later.

6) More advanced lead/vocal eliminator than in version 1.2

7) Fretted Instrument Control (windows only)

8) Keyboard Control (windows only)

9) Staff Control (Windows only)

10) CD ripper (windows only)

Now you can slow down recordings to 1/2, 1/3, even 1/12 speed on your computer to figure out licks and entire arrangements WITHOUT ALTERING THE PITCH! Features: speed control, music looping, left/right stereo control, WAV file player, voice eliminator, pitch adjustment, transposing, pitch reference, instrument filters, sound recorder. System requirements: Windows 95/NT minimum 8MB RAM, Soundcard, CD player for CD features (optional), 20 MB free hard disk space for temporary storage. Macintosh: PowerPC or Motorola 68K, minimum 20 MB RAM, CD player for CD features (optional). List: $49.95 HM price: $46.00 plus 3.00 P&H. Add to Cart

TR-1000 Digital Music Study Recorder

Records 95 seconds of music at 22khz or 190 seconds of music at 11khz, NO pitch change!.
Playback speeds: full, 3/4,2/3, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9,...etc... 1/26
Playback controls play, rewind, pause, fast forward
Playback region selection controls: begin/end, expand, contract, shift left, shift right
Bass Isolator function removes everything but the bass for easier bass line transcription.
Transpose +/- 12 semitones
Pitch Adjust +/- 100 cents
Left/Right channel select on record
Inputs: 2 RCA jack stereo line input with line adjust control and led overload indicator.
1/4 inch Guitar input, 1/4 inch keyboard input, 1/8 inch Stereo input.
Outputs: 2 RCA jack stereo line output, Stereo Headphone output.1/4" stereo, 1/8" stereo. Headphone volume control.
Power:  external power adapter (included).Does not run on batteries.
Dimensions: 7 1/4" x 8 1/8" x 1 3/8".
Upgradable - new features and improvements will be made available in the future, which can be added by simply purchasing a replacement chip.

List: $299.95. HM Price: PRICE DROPPED AGAIN! $200.00 plus $12.00 P&H. Add to Cart

FEATURE

Kotler Transkriber© Software

Kotler Systems
TR-400©

Kotler Systems
TR-1000©

Marantz PSD 220

Marantz PSD 230

Size

n/a - computer program on CD

4 1/2" x 6 3/8" x 7/8"

8 1/8" x 7 1/4" x 1 3/8"

9 3/4"X 7"X 2 1/4"

9 3/4"X 7"X 2 1/4"

Recording time

limited only by hard drive space available

150 seconds

95 seconds @22khz, 190 seconds @ 11khz

length of CD

length of CD

Playback speeds

1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4...1/12

1/1,1/2, 1/3, 1/4...1/8

1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4...1/26

1/1 to 2/3 in increments of 1/50th

1/1 to 2/3 in increments of 1/50th

Looping

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Input channel select

L, R, L/R

L, R, L/R

L, R, L/R

L, R, L/R

L, R, L/R

Instrument/Mic mixing

n/a

no

yes

no

yes

Inputs

CD drive, stereo source

1/4"inst, 1/8" stereo

1/4"inst, 1/4' keyboard, 1/8" stereo, RCA stereo,

CD drive, foot pedal

CD drive, XLR, 1/4", foot pedal

Outputs

on computer

headphone, 1/8", 1/4"

headphone, 1/8", 1/4", RCA

headphone 1/4" RCA digital out & L/R line out, built-in speaker

headphone 1/4" RCA digital out & L/R line out, built- in speaker

Output presets

n/a

4 presets

one, default

n/a

n/a

Filters/Isolaters

voice reduction

bass isolater

bass isolater

Transpose feature

no

yes, 1 octave up only**

yes, +- 12 semitones

no

yes, 1 octave (called "key control")

Pitch shift

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

Voice reduction

yes

no

no

no

yes

Internal speaker

n/a

no

no

yes

yes

EQ

n/a

no

no

3 band

3 band

single track play

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

cue-to music

n/a

no

no

yes

yes

text display

n/a

no

no

no

yes

Other features

upgradable by replacing chip when new features become available.

CD/RW play, shock protection, buil-in receiver

CD/RW play, simultaenous key & tempo control, shock protection, built-in receiver

Sampling frequency

44.1 HZ

44.1 HZ

Upgradable

yes

no

no

no

no

Power

n/a

AC adapter only

AC adapter only

AC adapter or batteries, 3 D cell

AC adapter or batteries, 3 D cell

Warranty

1 year

1 year

1 year

1 year parts & labor

1 year parts & labor

List Price:

$49.95

$149.95

$249.95

$399.

$599.

HATFIELD MUSIC Price:

$46.00 + 3.00 P&H

$120.00+5.00 P&H

$200.00 + 12.00 P&H

N/A not HM stock item

N/A - not HM stock item

* "split channel select" allows you to hear your instrument in one channel, the sampled recording in the other. Requires either microphone or pickup in instrument.
** for easier transposing of bass parts