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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19 Tunes, 26 Arrangements And Over 50 Pages Of Instruction! 3-4 Practice Tracks For Each Arrangement! Learn to find melodies and play them in the bluegrass banjo style! Techniques Include: How To Read Tab Basic Rolls Figuring Out Basic Melodies Arranging A Melody For The Banjo Implying A Melody On The Banjo Chord Tones vs.
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16 Tunes With Over 75 Pages Of Instruction! 3 Practice Tracks For Each Tune! Learn to play melodic style banjo! Techniques Include: Breaking Away From Rolls Scales/Exercises Playing Vocal Melodies In Melodic Style Moveable Melodic Patterns Major/Minor Pentatonic Scales Chromatic Scales Melodic Style Backup ….And More!
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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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Today I’m going to be talking about a moveable melodic scale pattern (sounds scarier than it is.) Basically, it’s a single pattern you can work on that will work in any key on the banjo. So if someone at your local jam calls a tune in F# (jam buster) you’ll be ready. Best of all,
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This Mini Banjo Lesson is going to be talking about one of my favorite subjects….Blues Banjo! Maybe it’s the cold, but winter time has got me picking the blues so let me show you some easy ways to create your own blues banjo licks. I’m going to cover the keys G, C and D and what
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Here’s my latest blog post that will give you some new ideas for playing in the Key of C. We’re going to go over playing backup and the importance of using your right hand to spell out the chords. This is a great lesson for beginners that have some of the basic rolls down and
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Here’s another mini lesson to help you work on some common string bending techniques and licks. We’ll also go over the common lick from the Scruggs up-the-neck version of Foggy Mountain Breakdown!
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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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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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