Learn “Camptown Races” on beginner guitar, starting with the basic melody before adding bluegrass-style fills, slides, hammer-ons, and alternate picking. You’ll also practice G, C, and D backup and moving cleanly from backup into the solo.
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Learn “Bury Me Beneath the Willow” on guitar with a clear, beginner-friendly path from the basic melody to a bluegrass-style solo. You’ll add hammer-ons, slides, and crosspicking, work through simple G, C, and D backup, and practice moving from backup into the melody while keeping the tune and chord changes clear.
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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 are 10 bluesy licks that work great on slow or mid tempo tunes!
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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 will help you work on adding triplet ornaments to a basic 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 great Christmas hymn O Come, All Ye Faithful in the key of G.
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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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