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Banjo Lessons: 3 Playing Songs

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Learn how to play banjo with award-winning banjo player and teacher Tony Trischka. Part 3 teaches advanced skills for improving your repertoire, changing key, and playing backup.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Intermediate Banjo Tunes
  • “Banks of the Ohio,” down the neck: Part 1
  • “Banks of the Ohio,” down the neck: Part 2, variations
  • “Banks of the Ohio,” up the neck: Part 1
  • “Banks of the Ohio,” up the neck: Part 2, variations
  • “Banks of the Ohio,” up the neck: Part 3, using 6ths
  • "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" roll
  • "Train 45"
  • "Shady Grove" (modal): Part 1
  • "Shady Grove" (modal): Part 2, variation
  • The diggy diggy
2. Intermediate Embellishments
  • Harmonics
  • "Grandfather's Clock": Part 1
  • "Grandfather's Clock": Part 2
  • Bridge placement
  • Endings
  • Fancier backup: Part 1
  • Fancier backup: Part 2
  • Fancier backup: Part 3
  • Fancier backup: Part 4
  • Fancier backup: Part 5
  • Fancier backup: Part 6
3. Intermediate Practice Techniques
  • "Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind": Key of C
  • "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore": Key of D
  • "Worried Man Blues": Down the neck
  • Practice techniques & reaching goals: Part 1
  • Practice techniques & reaching goals: Part 2
  • Practice techniques & reaching goals: Part 3
  • Intermediate hammer-ons: Part 1
  • Intermediate hammer-ons: Part 2
  • "Worried Man Blues": Up the neck
4. Expanding Your Playing Styles
  • "Sandy Boys"
  • Melodic style: "The Devil's Dream"
  • Blues etude: Part 1
  • Blues etude: Part 2
  • 11 ways to leave your level: Part 1
  • 11 ways to leave your level: Part 2
  • 11 ways to leave your level: Part 3
  • "Happy Birthday": Key of G
Conclusion
  • ArtistWorks and Next Steps

Taught by

Tony Trischka

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