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Teardrop Banjo Backup- Part 2

banjo intermediate

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Now that our mascara has dried after part 1, let's learn how to use triplets and bends to take the teardrop technique to new heights!

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  1. Nate Overby

    ♥ 7

    Question on the tab — is that a hammer-on or a slide going into the B part? Sounds like a slide to my ear but the tab reads hammer.

  2. Owen Brady

    ♥ 1

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

  3. FifthStringFred

    ♥ 7

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

  4. flatpick_dad

    ♥ 5

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

  5. SlowHandSteve

    ♥ 8

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

  6. Katie Clark Support

    ♥ 21

    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.

  7. Gene Sowell

    ♥ 7

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

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