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How to Play Banjo Slides

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Now that we have a handle on our picking hand, let's beef up our fretting hand with slides!

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  1. SlowHandSteve ·

    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. Lou Ann Prater ·

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

  3. 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.

  4. Ray Dunphy ·

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

  5. Wes Pittman ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  6. Dale Hutchins ·

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  7. Sam Whitlock ·

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

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