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The Nashville Number System

banjo beginner

In this lesson

  • Lesson Intro & Preview preview
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Nashville Numbers: What & Why
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Understanding Melody
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Add Strings
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Understanding Licks
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Charting Songs
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Real Life Application

Want to play any song or lick in any key? Nashville musicians have been doing it for decades, and in this groundbreaking course, I explain to you the theory secrets you need to know! Join us on my back porch during a Cabin Camp session & learn the Nashville Number System!

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  1. Tom Vasquez

    โ™ฅ 1

    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. Ann Marie Boyd

    โ™ฅ 3

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  3. Mick Stanton

    โ™ฅ 7

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

  4. Katie Clark Support

    โ™ฅ 16

    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.

  5. Buddy Vann

    โ™ฅ 10

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  6. Patty Lindstrom

    โ™ฅ 4

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

  7. Deb Carrigan

    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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