Some typical beginner banjo questions:
How to wear fingerpicks?
What are the important rolls?
What are the important chords?
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As someone that’s taught banjo, guitar, and music theory for over 15 years, I’ve had lots of students over the age of 50. I don’t have the numbers, but I’m guessing the majority of my students have been above the age of 50. At the…
After you’ve tackled your major and minor chord formations, the next type of chord you want to learn is your 7th chord. Once you know this along with your major and minor chords, you can pretty much strum or roll along to any bluegrass song….
If you came here looking for the dueling banjos TAB, I’m sorry to disappoint. I don’t want to offend the music copyright patrol and I know you aren’t going to pay to get me out of jail 🙂 However, what I AM about to offer…
When learning an instrument, it’s often difficult to know where to begin. Especially now with so much information out there. You have Youtube videos, online courses, banjo TAB libraries with thousands of songs. Let me help you out here and give you some great beginner…
Today, we are going to cover the four basic banjo roll patterns for beginners. I’ll explain what banjo rolls are and how to think of them. What are Banjo Rolls? What are the Essential Rolls? Forward Roll Alternating Thumb Roll Forward-Reverse Roll Tag-roll Banjo Roll…
People are often intimidated by the word Improvising. I think this is sometimes due to the incorrect notion that you must play something complicated. People incorrectly believe that it’s something you make up on the spot, that you’ve never played or practiced before. Improvising ~…
With the advent of technology, there is no need to leave your home to learn banjo. You can learn it on demand in the comfort of your living room. You pick the time and how long you want to study for. Learn banjo at your…
If your goal as a banjo student is to one day play in a group or at a jam session, you need to understand this BIG POINT: You’ll spend at least 75% of your time playing BACKUP and not lead! The good news is backup…
The most popular bluegrass songs at jam sessions will change and vary depending on the region of the country you are in. However, there are some bluegrass classics that are pretty standard regardless of where you are. I’m in the state of Georgia; I hear…
I get asked this question a lot on live streams, so I thought I’d cover it in today’s blog post. First and foremost, understand that not all banjos are five string banjos. There are also four and six string banjos. Neither of those banjos have…
The wrong way to go about learning your banjo chords up and down the neck, is to get one of those big chord charts and start trying to memorize them. How many do you think you can memorize before the memory bank runs out? You’ll…
In short, you sure can teach yourself to play banjo. In fact, I’d argue everyone is self-taught when you get down to it. At the same time, teaching yourself can present some serious challenges and it’s best to understand what you’re getting yourself into. First…
Not getting to where you want to go? You’ve set goals, but it’s not helping much? Maybe there’s something wrong with the way you are setting goals? Maybe if we improve your music goals, we can improve your playing? SMART goals to boost your Musical…
Today we are going to look at the differences between 3 finger banjo picking and the old-time clawhammer style of banjo playing. Bluegrass banjo is the style most associated with the three finger style of playing. Contents of Finger Style Banjo vs Clawhammer: Click Images…