Bag O' Licks- The 1-5-1 Turnaround
intermediate banjo
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Almost EVERY bluegrass song has the 1-5-1 turnaround progression, but why does our playing get stuck in ruts? Let me give you 10 great ways to approach these chords–some classic, and some not.
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Hollis Barnett ·
Got about 80% of this one down but the third measure keeps tripping me. Anybody else find that part awkward at speed?
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picknGrin ·
Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.
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MandoMary ·
The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.
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Junior Pace ·
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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MandoMary ·
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.
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Ben Clark Instructor ·
Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.