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How to Play Rolling Backup for Fiddle Tunes & More!

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Step 26 of 40 in Intermediate banjo

22 earlier steps

  1. 23 Intro to Banjo Backup Utility Rolls
  2. 24 Bill Cheatham- Scruggs Style
  3. 25 Fireball Mail- Creating Drive
  4. 26 How to Play Rolling Backup for Fiddle Tunes & More! — you are here
  5. 27 Backup in C with Alan Munde Up next
  6. 28 How to Play in C!
  7. 29 How to Play in "D"

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Do you want to learn to play rolling backup on the banjo? Do you really? Well stop messin' around and let me teach you! We start with basic pinches and walks, then I show you how to add rolls, slides, and licks! Over 40 minutes of instruction!

Chords Key of G Theory technique

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  1. Curtis Rhodes ·

    Question on the tab — is that a hammer-on or a slide going into the B part? Sounds like a slide to my ear but the tab reads hammer.

  2. flatpick_dad ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  3. Theresa Nickels ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  4. Rita Alvarez ·

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

  5. Roy Ellender ·

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  6. Nate Overby ·

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

  7. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    There's a slower track in the resources for this one. If you want it slower still, let me know and I'll cut one.

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