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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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 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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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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Here’s a mini lesson that talks about how to play harmonics on the banjo and a brief lesson on setting your intonation!
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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 bunch of exercises to get you started playing in this style of banjo. We’ll also talk about adapting Scruggs licks to Single String style!
Basic Single String Technique Beginner Banjo Read More »
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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