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Banjo Forward-Reverse Roll Study

banjo beginner

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We're going to use the forward-reverse roll to play a basic version of "Worried Man Blues." You will not be worried or have the blues after this.

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  1. SlowHandSteve

    ♥ 6

    My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?

  2. Theresa Nickels

    ♥ 4

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  3. Katie Clark Support

    ♥ 9

    Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.

  4. SlowHandSteve

    ♥ 8

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  5. Hollis Barnett

    ♥ 6

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  6. Rita Alvarez

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

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