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Intro to Banjo Backup

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Step 38 of 49 in Beginner banjo

34 earlier steps

  1. 35 Essential Banjo Theory
  2. 36 Backup Chord Drills: Learn the Neck!
  3. 37 Gettin' Up the Neck With Blackberry Blossom!
  4. 38 Intro to Banjo Backup — you are here
  5. 39 Banjo Chord Walking Backup Up next
  6. 40 Banjo Single Measure Backup
  7. 41 Amazing Grace Build-a-Break

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Back it on up, friend! Let's begin to look at basic banjo backup theory and techniques.

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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 ·

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

  3. Ann Marie Boyd ·

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  4. 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.

  5. Curtis Rhodes ·

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

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