Beginner Banjo Workshop
Beginner Banjo Workshop
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Amazing Grace Beginner Mandolin
Here’s a straight ahead version of the melody to work on playing tremolo and pull-offs. Included is a down-the-neck and up-the-neck solo so you can practice playing the melody in two octaves!
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Harmonics On The Banjo
Here’s a mini lesson that talks about how to play harmonics on the banjo and a brief lesson on setting your intonation!
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All The Good Times Are Past And Gone Beginner Banjo
Here’s a song to help you work on playing basic Scruggs licks in 3/4 time. Use these two solos to explore 3/4 timing! Many of these licks can also be used for backup licks in 3/4 as well.
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Theme Time Lick
Here’s a mini lesson that’s going to talk about playing a banjo lick over a series of different chord changes. This lesson uses the B Part from the classic banjo tune Theme Time!
Basic Open String Major Scales
Here’s a mini-lesson to help you work on the basic open string major scales.
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1st Finger Closed Position Major Scale
Here’s a mini-lesson to help you work on the 1st finger closed position major scale.
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Creating Variations On A Common Lick
I’ve taken a standard banjo Scruggs lick and created 35 variations (I got a little obsessed) that will help you turn a “lick” into an “idea” you can use anywhere, anytime. I’m always looking for easy ways to breathe some new life into my standard repertoire and this is an easy and fun way to
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Moveable Chord Licks (F Shape)
This lesson will give you some new ideas for playing licks out of your moveable F shape chord. We’re going to talk about some basic vamping and then how to add some bluegrass style licks to your backup!
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Basic Single String Technique Beginner Banjo
Here’s a bunch of exercises to get you started playing in this style of banjo. We’ll also talk about adapting Scruggs licks to Single String style!
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