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Bag O' Licks- Melodic Transitions

intermediate banjo

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  1. 2 Bag O' Licks- Blues
  2. 3 Bag O' Licks D Lick Endings
  3. 4 Bag O' Licks- Endings
  4. 5 Bag O' Licks- Melodic Transitions — you are here
  5. 6 Bag O' Licks- Up the Neck Up next
  6. 7 Bag O' Licks- G to C Transitions
  7. 8 Banjo Endings in C Bag O' Licks

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Let's start with four 1-measure melodic transitions that take us between the major chord positions, then we'll expand that to two measure transitions and watch the jaws hit the ground.

Improvisation Key of G Melodic Banjo Theory technique

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  1. Gene Sowell ·

    Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.

  2. Rita Alvarez ·

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  3. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    You're not behind. Two weeks on a lesson like this is normal and healthy.

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