Up The Neck Banjo Lick in G
Today I want to share an up the neck banjo lick I use a lot over a G chord. Pay close attention to the left hand fingering above the TAB. You’ll begin by placing your middle finger on the 10th fret of the 2nd string….
TAG ROLL Variations – Banjo
One of the most common patterns you’ll hear in bluegrass banjo is what I call the TAG ROLL (3153 1341) A song like “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” is composed largely of this roll pattern. It comes before the E minor and after it numerous times in…
The Dillard Roll
Today I want to talk about what I call the “Dillard Roll.” I call it this because it was a roll used a good bit by Doug Dillard. You can hear it in the famous bluegrass song “Dooley” in the Andy Griffith show. There aren’t…
Intermediate Banjo Rolls
You’ve mastered your four basic banjo roll patterns and are now ready for the next level of banjo rolls? Today, I’ll share with you a few that are a bit more challenging. Some will be much harder and some will fall under your fingers easily….
Billy Strings Lick for Banjo
I somehow stumbled upon this Billy Strings live concert footage. They were playing the bluegrass classic “John Hardy.” I really liked the lick Billy Strings uses at the 9:05 mark; therefore, I decided to figure it out and do a lesson break down of the…
Playing in the key of D minor Banjo Workshop
Banjo lesson on the key of D minor Common D minor chord Progressions The most common chords in the key of D minor are D minor, G minor, and A major. You can also have an A minor sometimes. However, that is less common in…
Rock Banjo- Power Chords
Interested in ROCK MUSIC and want to know some ways to play rock banjo? First and foremost, it’s not an easy task to make the banjo fit rock music. Especially because a lot of rock music depends on electrification and amplified distortion. However, we will…
Slow Banjo Free Lessons
Slow Banjo lessons Here is a compilation of free banjo videos on how to play banjo on SLOW SONGS. So many bluegrass songs are fast; likewise, the instructional material tends to focus on this material; yet, what happens when the singer wants to sing on…
Intermediate banjo roll-Middle Crossover
Free Intermediate Banjo Lesson Here’s what I call an intermediate banjo roll. It’s quite useful for playing melodies on the FIRST string. This roll is unique in that it starts with the MIDDLE finger and uses the INDEX to play the 1st string as well. …
Right Hand Tips & Speed Exercises
In this video, I go over right-hand tips that will help you instill EFFICIENT MOTION in your fingers. In addition, I cover SPEED EXERCISES that you’ll find useful if you’re struggling to get more BPM out of your right-hand fingers. These tips include practicing finger…
