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Yes, Key of E but playing out of D chord shapes.
No, the 5th string is tuned to A in this arrangement. I mentioned that you could tune the 5th string up to B if you wanted but that’s not how I wrote it. Sorry if that was confusing.
Keep picking.
– Mike
The tab that I played at the beginning of the video is measures 1-16 of the tab on the lesson page.
I just double checked and it looks correct to me.
Which part sounds different to you?
– Mike
Are you playing the quarter note at the beginning of the measure, followed by two forward rolls (TIM)?
That’s how I played it at the beginning of the video.
Is your banjo tuned correctly? If so, playing strings 5, 2, 1 (TIM) for the forward roll will be the same notes I played.
Otherwise, can you send me a video of you playing it and I can hear what’s going on?
– Mike
I’m not familiar with the C part. Which recording are you listening to? I’m curious to hear that.
– Mike
Sure no problem. Here’s a link to a tab with some bass walks for each chord.
If you have any other questions let me know.
Best,
MikeNo, it’s the 16th fret on the 5th string. You’re correct. That’s what it also says on the tab. Standard G tuning.
If I said 14th fret on the 5th string then I must have misspoke. Thanks for the question.
– Mike
Hmm, not sure. It could be an issue with your banjo or it could be that the tuning wasn’t correct. It’s hard to say without hearing/seeing you play it.
Are you spiking your 5th string at the 9th fret to make it a B?
Can you record a short clip of you playing the part and send it to me?
Thanks.
– Mike
You could try sliding to 4 instead of 3 which would make it a little less bluesy sounding.
But otherwise, no, lick #3 (either first half or second part) should work fine in Will The Circle Be Unbroken or Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms.
My guess is it’s a timing issue which is causing the lick to not sound correct in the song.
Can you record yourself playing the lick and post it in the other section of the forum and I can take a look?
– Mike
Daryl,
Good question. A capo can sometimes make it easier to play in other keys, but no, it’s not necessary to use a capo to play in other keys.
In the other two keys (C and D) we can also use open chords (C, F, G, D, A, etc)… so it’s still pretty easy to play in these keys without a capo.
Start working through version two and if you run into any other issues let me know.
– Mike
Yes you can use Soundslice to adjust the speed of the tracks.
Pick either the video or either audio file in Soundslice and you can adjust the speed to whatever you’d like.
If you have any other questions let me know.
– Mike
No, almost every version I checked out of this song was different.
The Garcia/Grisman only uses 1 measure of D the first time so if you want to make the break match their version remove measure 6 and measure 24 and it will work with their version.
– Mike
I would suggest focusing on the finger patterns and not what specific strings you’re playing.
It will be a lot less to remember.
So if you’re doing T, I, M, T, I, M, T, M for example (Forward Roll), whatever strings you play think of that as the same roll.
I also recommend keeping the left hand super simple if you’re working on some new right hand rolls.
Good luck and keep picking.
Best,
MikeThanks for your question.
When you move up to the next pattern, the root note isn’t actually changing, that’s where you might be getting confused.
All you’re doing is starting on a different note of the scale.
So instead of going 1,2,3,5,6,1 (position 1) you’re going 2,3, 5, 6, 1, 2 (position 2), etc….
If you want to play the same idea with the A note being the root, you’d need to start with position 1 on the A so then you’re playing the A major pentatonic scale.
If you have any other questions let me know. Hope this makes sense.
– Mike
