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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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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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!
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Here’s a classic banjo tune that will help you work on your speed and creating drive with a forward roll!
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Here’s a lesson for the student that wants to improve their understanding of the forward roll! Often the first roll you learn, we’re going to expand our knowledge and make sure we can move all over the neck without our forward roll getting thrown off!
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In this lesson we’re going to work on examining a single note melody vs. a bluegrass style solo! This is a great tune for beginners who want to work on playing in the Key of C without retuning!
She’ll Be Coming ‘Round The Mountain Beginner Banjo Read More »
Here’s a song to help you work on playing basic Scruggs licks in 3/4 time. Use these two solos to explore 3/4 timing! Many of these licks can also be used for backup licks in 3/4 as well.
All The Good Times Are Past And Gone Beginner Banjo Read More »
I’ve taken a standard banjo Scruggs lick and created 35 variations (I got a little obsessed) that will help you turn a “lick” into an “idea” you can use anywhere, anytime. I’m always looking for easy ways to breathe some new life into my standard repertoire and this is an easy and fun way to
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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 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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