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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Nine Pound Hammer Beginner Mandolin
Here’s two beginner solos to the classic bluegrass tune Nine Pound Hammer. The first one solo will help you learn the melody and practice up-and-down picking. The second solo will help you work on adapting a solo to the bluegrass mandolin style!
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Wabash Cannonball Beginner Banjo
Here’s a simple straight ahead melody driven solo for the classic bluegrass tune Wabash Cannonball. This is a great song to work on if you need some extra practice on your D chord!
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Roll Practice and Beginning To Improvise
This is a great exercise for anyone that wants to learn how to improvise but is struggling to come up with ideas. The reason this exercise works so well is because it restricts you to only 5 notes and really forces you to come up with an idea. Beginners (myself included at one point) often struggle
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Create Your Own Banjo Kickoffs
Here’s my latest mini lesson that will give you some new ideas for creating your own banjo kickoffs. We’ll talk about the three things you need to remember when creating a banjo kickoff and I’ll give you some tips to get you started.
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Banjo Slide Exercise
Here’s a mini-lesson to help you work on some basic slides in the Key of G. I also discuss some ways to incorporate these into your kick-offs, breaks and backup. Hope it helps you discover some new territory on the banjo!
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10 Transitions From G To C (And Back Again)
Here’s a lesson that will give you some new ideas on transitioning between G and C. It’s usually the first chord change most banjo pickers learn so it’s good practice to have plenty of ways to play the chord change. I go over some Scruggs, Melodic and Single String licks that can help you transition back
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10 Transitions From G To D (And Back Again)
Here’s a lesson that will give you some new ideas on transitioning between G and D. It’s usually the second chord change most banjo pickers learn so it’s good practice to have plenty of ways to play the chord change.
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Chord Theory (Part One)
Here’s another mini lesson to help you work music theory and learning to build more advanced chords.. We’ll work on learning how certain notes affect chords and how we can modify those notes to create more advanced chords.
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Wearing Your Picks and Basic Right Hand Technique
Here’s a mini-lesson geared towards beginners which talks about wearing your picks and my basic right hand technique. I’ll also give you some of my tips that I’ve learned over the years that help me improve my right hand technique and keep my picks on!
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