Descending Pentatonic Backup Licks!
intermediate banjo
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← Back to the videoStep 21 of 40 in Intermediate banjo
- 18 Unlock the Banjo Neck with Patterns
- 19 Banjo Harmonics with Charlie's Chimes
- 20 Man of Constant Sorrow
- 21 Descending Pentatonic Backup Licks! — you are here
- 22 Cherokee Shuffle- Intermediate Up next
- 23 Intro to Banjo Backup Utility Rolls
- 24 Bill Cheatham- Scruggs Style
We've all heard these licks, now it's time to know what they are and make them our own!
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Tom Vasquez ·
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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MandoMary ·
Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.
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flatpick_dad ·
Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.
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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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Deb Carrigan ·
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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FifthStringFred ·
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.
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Junior Pace ·
Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.