Learn how to move the same harmonized-scale pattern into any key and use it for melodies or backup. Using G, C, and D as examples, you’ll practice moving two-note shapes while keeping your roll steady and getting your hands to work independently. The lesson also covers syncopation, changing melody notes within a roll, and minor […]
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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’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 beginner lesson for the fiddle tune Old Joe Clark in the key of A.
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Here’s a lesson for the song Jimmie Brown The Newsboy in the key of C.
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Here’s a lesson for a classic gospel tune This World Is Not My Home in the key of A.
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Here’s a melodic style lesson for the old-time tune Shove The Pig’s Foot A Little Further Into The Fire in the key of G.
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Here’s three solos for Hot Corn, Cold Corn that get progressively more challenging in the key of G!
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