East Tennessee Blues- Melodic
intermediate banjo
What's Next?
← Back to the videoStep 2 of 7 in Int. Melodic Banjo
- 1 Golden Slippers- Intro to Melodic Banjo
- 2 East Tennessee Blues- Melodic — you are here
- 3 Sailor's Hornpipe Up next
- 4 Red Haired Boy- Melodic
- 5 Devil's Dream
Fiddle tunes with fast-moving melodies can be a challenge on banjo, & the melodic approach helps us reach more notes than we might with Scruggs style. Let's get east bound and down with melodic banjo!
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Owen Brady ·
I keep losing the timing when I add the backup. Does anyone count this out loud or is that just me?
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Dale Hutchins ·
Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.
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Theresa Nickels ·
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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Sharon Kile ·
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.
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FifthStringFred ·
Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.
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Ben Clark Instructor ·
Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.