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Real Deal Pick 'n Fill in C

intermediate banjo

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Step 12 of 13 in Lick 'n Tricks

8 earlier steps

  1. 9 Banjo Harmonics with Charlie's Chimes
  2. 10 Touch and Go- Pull-Off Exercise
  3. 11 Real Deal Pick 'n Fill in G
  4. 12 Real Deal Pick 'n Fill in C — you are here
  5. 13 Real Deal Pick 'n Fill in D Up next
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Real Deal lessons are designed to give you the street level skills to play! In this lesson, we'll take a common chord progression in the key of C and explore the classic rolling backup used by so many great banjo pickers!

Earl Scruggs J.D. Crowe Key of C

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  1. Hollis Barnett ·

    My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?

  2. Sam Whitlock ·

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  3. SlowHandSteve ·

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

  4. Katie Clark Support ·

    Memorization comes from playing it at a tempo you can think at. If you need the tab, you're playing it faster than you know it.

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