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Boogie Woogie Backup- 1st Edition

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In this lesson

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  • 🔒 Chord Lick
  • 🔒 Chord Lick- Slow
  • 🔒 Chord Lick Pushed
  • 🔒 Chord Lick Pushed - Slow
  • 🔒 Scruggs-ish
  • 🔒 Scruggs-ish - Slow
  • 🔒 Single Stringin'
  • 🔒 Single Stringin' - Slow
  • 🔒 Pushin' & Slidin'
  • 🔒 Pushin' & Slidin' - Slow
  • 🔒 Application

Here are 5 variations of classic up-the-neck boogie woogie banjo licks that are great for backup or solos!

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  1. Gene Sowell

    ♥ 1

    Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.

  2. FifthStringFred

    ♥ 6

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

  3. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 22

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

  4. Wes Pittman

    ♥ 4

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  5. Sharon Kile

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

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