Bending The Strings
Here’s another mini lesson to help you work on some common string bending techniques and licks. We’ll also go over the common lick from the Scruggs up-the-neck version of Foggy Mountain Breakdown!
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Techniques
Banjo Slide Exercise
Here’s a mini-lesson to help you work on some basic slides in the Key of G. I also discuss some ways to incorporate these into your kick-offs, breaks and backup. Hope it helps you discover some new territory on the banjo!
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Bluesy Banjo Backup In D
Here’s another mini lesson to help you work on playing bluesy backup in the key of D. We’ll work on some chords and some notes that you can use to create licks in this style.
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Moveable Major Pentatonic Scales
Here’s another mini lesson to help you work on improvising using the major pentatonic scale. We’ll talk about the basic scale down-the-neck and show you a moveable pattern you can use to play the scale in any key. We’ll also talk about some situations where you can use this scale!
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Wearing Your Picks and Basic Right Hand Technique
Here’s a mini-lesson geared towards beginners which talks about wearing your picks and my basic right hand technique. I’ll also give you some of my tips that I’ve learned over the years that help me improve my right hand technique and keep my picks on!
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Basic Left Hand Technique
Here’s a mini lesson that talks about basic left hand technique for the banjo. I discuss some of the common beginner mistakes I see and how you can avoid them. I’ll also give you basic exercises to build strength and make sure all your notes are ringing clearly.
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Basic Slide Practice
This is a fundamental concept to playing bluegrass banjo and I get a lot of students asking questions about how to accurately play this lick. We’re also going to talk about the basic concept behind why we play slides and different ways to incorporate them into a basic practice routine.
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Sally Goodin’ (Backup) Beginner Banjo
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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G Major Scale Exercises Beginner Banjo
Learning scales is essential to understanding music, improvising and finding melodies on your banjo. This tab will give you multiple ways to play the G major scale and exercises to help improve your strength and dexterity. Use the practice tracks to help develop your ear training!
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Basic Right Hand Workout Beginner Banjo
Each of the 64 rolls is broken down and I also give some additional exercises where you can use these new rolls.
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