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Fireball Mail- Creating Drive

banjo intermediate

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Let's work on getting some drive in your banjo playing. Lots of factors contribute to "drive," and this tab illustrates how to create drive by reinforcing and driving the melody notes!

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  1. Rita Alvarez

    โ™ฅ 4

    Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.

  2. SlowHandSteve

    โ™ฅ 11

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  3. Deb Carrigan

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

  4. Curtis Rhodes

    โ™ฅ 2

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

  5. Katie Clark Support

    โ™ฅ 9

    Try measure 3 on its own at half tempo, and keep your right hand rolling even when the left hand is behind. The right hand is the metronome.

  6. Owen Brady

    โ™ฅ 7

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

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