Here’s a beginner arrangement to the classic bluegrass/folk song Worried Man Blues. We’ll work on a bunch of basic licks and playing a simple melody in the bluegrass banjo style!
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Here’s a beginner lesson that will take you through the alternating-thumb roll and various exercises so you’ll be ready anytime you encounter this roll!
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Here’s a bluegrass style break to the classic fiddle tune Salt Creek! We’re going to combine some Scruggs and Single String Licks and work on moving all over the neck. A lot of these positions and licks can be used in all your favorite tunes!
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Here’s a straight forward bluegrass style solo to the classic tune Jesse James! I capoed this one up to the Key of B and cranked up the speed. There’s a lot of melodic ideas and licks that can be used in lots of classic bluegrass tunes!
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Here’s a basic bluegrass chord progression played in the Key Of D. We haven’t retuned the banjo for this lesson and we’re going to work on when to use the 5th string in the Key Of D and how to add basic backup rolls without getting in the way of the melody!
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Here’s a short mini lesson on how to properly use a capo!
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This lesson will walk you through the basics of the forward-reverse roll. Learning this roll and how to use it is critical to learning bluegrass banjo. We’ll go over the basic roll, adding scale notes, basic backup, and chord inversion practice!
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This arrangement is going to work on adding two and three note chords to this great melody. I wanted to create an arrangement that would sound good with or without accompaniment. Happy Independence Day!
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Here’s a really basic version of one of the first tunes many people learn on the banjo! We’re going to go through six different ways to play this basic melody. We’ll use a variety of slides, pinches and rolls to mix up this melody so we don’t have to play it the same way twice!
Boil Them Cabbage Down Beginner Banjo Read More »
Here’s a classic banjo tune that will help you work on your speed and creating drive with a forward roll!
Shenandoah Valley Breakdown Intermediate Banjo Read More »
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