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Bluesy Backup

intermediate banjo

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Step 3 of 7 in Intermediate Backup

  1. 1 How to Play Rolling Backup for Fiddle Tunes & More!
  2. 2 Intro to Banjo Backup Utility Rolls
  3. 3 Bluesy Backup — you are here
  4. 4 Banjo Waltz Backup- Vamp Variations Up next
  5. 5 Rolling Backup in C Position
  6. 6 Backup in C with Alan Munde

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Every banjo player eventually wants to be a better backup player, and this one is gonna give you an edge for bluesy tunes! What I like most about these patterns is they don't use any open strings, which means you can use them to play in ANY key without a capo!

Blues Key of G

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  1. Bill Threadgill ·

    Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.

  2. Buddy Vann ·

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  3. Gene Sowell ·

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

  4. Lou Ann Prater ·

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

  5. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Memorization comes from playing it at a tempo you can think at. If you need the tab, you're playing it faster than you know it.

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