Real Deal Pick 'n Fill in G
intermediate banjo
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Real Deal lessons are designed to give you the street level skills to play! In this first edition, we'll take a common chord progression and explore the classic rolling backup used by so many great banjo pickers!
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Tom Vasquez ·
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?
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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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Buddy Vann ·
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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flatpick_dad ·
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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Sharon Kile ·
Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.
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Ben Clark Instructor ·
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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flatpick_dad ·
Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.