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Backup in C with Alan Munde

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Step 27 of 40 in Intermediate banjo

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  1. 24 Bill Cheatham- Scruggs Style
  2. 25 Fireball Mail- Creating Drive
  3. 26 How to Play Rolling Backup for Fiddle Tunes & More!
  4. 27 Backup in C with Alan Munde — you are here
  5. 28 How to Play in C! Up next
  6. 29 How to Play in "D"
  7. 30 Bury Me Beneath the Willow Build-a-Break

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The honorable Alan Munde drops in to teach us all about banjo backup in C! We'll learn some down-the-neck rolls, up-the-neck strategy, and some of Alan's favorite licks!

Key of C Theory

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  1. Lou Ann Prater ·

    My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?

  2. Marcy Kern ·

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  3. Katie Clark Support ·

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

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