Non-Bluegrass Grooves on Banjo
banjo intermediate Free lesson
In this lesson
You settle up to the campfire with your banjo. People smile, awkwardly. You see guitars, but not a dreadnought in site. As you finish tuning, the singer calls out, "Hey banjo player, know any REO Speedwagon?" If this makes your heart rate rise, this lesson is for you.
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Hollis Barnett
Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.
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Hollis Barnett
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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Sharon Kile
Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.
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Ann Marie Boyd
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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Katie Clark Support
Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.
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Deb Carrigan
Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.
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