Maiden’s Prayer CHORD CHART
Here are the chords to Maiden’s Prayer, notice near the end the G/C which is 2 beats of G to 2 beats of C, etc
Professional musician and educator of 27 years. I've played Banjo and Acoustic Guitar on the stages of Carnegie Hall, The Grand Ole Opry, and The Ryman Auditorium. 4X winner of the Georgia State banjo and flatpick guitar competitions. My banjo playing was featured in the "A Waltons Thanksgiving" movie.
Today, I’m going to show you a basic bluegrass backup lick that everyone uses. It was made popular by one of the most famous banjo players of all-time, Earl Scruggs. I HIGHLY recommend listening to the Foggy Mountain Banjo album if you haven’t already done…
Backup Banjo Connectors Many people get hung up sounding like they are only rolling through chord shapes. How do you add interesting sounds between the chord shapes. Today, I’ll teach you how to take it one step further. I call these things banjo CONNECTORS,…
The key of A is one of the more common keys in bluegrass and old-time jams. This is because the key sits on the fiddle and mandolin quite well (lots of open strings). If you play banjo or guitar, you’ll likely be reaching for your…
I was recently playing at a local bluegrass jam and someone wandered in that was a jazz player. They asked about the differences between learning bluegrass and jazz, so I thought this would make for a good article topic. There are some similarities between the…
Are you counting beats or unable to memorize the chord changes? Are you unable to hear when the chords change? These are common problems the beginner faces; I faced the same exact challenges when I was learning. The greater your ability to hear the…

I think it’s helpful to have a list of bluegrass jam songs by key for reference. In jams we often are forced to re-tune or capo to play in a key. It’s nice to have a bunch of songs for each key. That way you…