Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Backup)
Here’s a short lesson on how to play backup for Foggy Mountain Breakdown!
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Here’s a short lesson on how to play backup for Foggy Mountain Breakdown!
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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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We’ll learn: Parts Of The Mandolin Attaching Strap and Tuning Learning To Read Mandolin Music Basic Chords Easy Songs Left and Right Hand Exercises Advanced Songs Moveable Chords
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Here’s a lesson to help you learn all the basic two finger chords! Included is six practice tracks with basic chord progressions to help you practice your chords and strumming!
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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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Here’s another mini lesson to help you working on connecting your Scruggs backup licks and reusing them in different songs. I break down some common licks, show you how to move them around the banjo neck and give you some practice tips for expanding your backup repertoire!
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Here’s another mini lesson further exploring up the neck backup in Scruggs style. This lesson focuses on some positions where you can find common backup licks. It will also give you some left hand fingerings to try that will help make these licks easier to play.
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Here’s a lesson to help you practice backing up a fiddle. This song was made famous by a classic J.D. Crowe recording and has some classic backup licks you can use in a lot of songs!
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Here’s a tab to help you work on playing down the neck rolling backup over a basic bluegrass chord progression in the key of C. This will help you work on basic rolls, adding licks, and walking between the chords without getting in the way of the vocalist or soloist!
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Here’s a tab to help you work on playing down the neck rolling backup over a basic bluegrass chord progression. This will help you work on basic rolls, adding licks, and walking between the chords without getting in the way of the vocalist or soloist!
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