Learn how a small change in your fretting-hand angle can help clean up your banjo chords. You’ll use the direction of your fingernails as a visual checkpoint, then build the position one finger at a time. The lesson also shows how this angle can improve string clearance, keep your fingers closer to the frets, make […]
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Learn what to do when you miss a note, lose your roll pattern, or forget where you are in a song. This beginner banjo lesson teaches you how to leave mistakes behind, protect the rhythm with a simple thumb-pinch safety net, and use clear chord landmarks to find a confident place to jump back in.
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Here’s 10 up-the-neck Scruggs style licks that use the D shape and Barre shape moveable chords.
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Here’s a lesson that will help you become less dependent on tab and allow you to create your own basic bluegrass backup.
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Here are 10 bluesy licks that work great on slow or mid tempo tunes!
10 Bluesy Licks In The Key Of G Intermediate Banjo Read More »
Here’s an Up-The-Neck version of Banks Of The Ohio that focuses on using harmonized scales to play the melody.
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Here’s a lesson for the fiddle tune Sail Away Ladies that mixes Melodic, Single-String and Scruggs styles!
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Here’s a lesson for the gospel song Farther Along in the key of D.
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Here’s a lesson for the great Christmas hymn O Come, All Ye Faithful in the key of G.
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Here’s a lesson for the song Jimmie Brown The Newsboy in the key of C.
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