From the monthly archives:

November 2008

How to Read Tabs – Straight from the Mystery Banjo Student

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Learning to read tablature will open up a new world to your banjo playing. If you’ve never really grasped the concept of reading from tablature stay tuned for our “how to read tabs” video. I’m getting ready to record a screen shot video of some banjo tab in tabledit software.
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Dueling Banjos part 3 of 3 – Dynamite Ending!

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Ok, here’s the ending we’ve all been waiting for. You’re really gonna like this one. This is an ending that you can use in many bluegrass songs.
It starts off with a pinch slide and ends with a cool alternative D7 ending.
Let me know what you think of it. [...]

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Dueling Banjos Part 2 of 3 – How to play the FAST part!

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Let’s jump right in to the fast part of dueling banjos. If you’re a beginner don’t let this part intimidate you. It will seem difficult at first; however you must work through all of the licks.
This song has some outstanding licks in it that we can use in many songs. [...]

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Dueling Banjos part 2 & 3 coming this weekend + NEW IDEA!

We’re going to jump head first into the 2nd part of dueling banjos. It should be interesting. This is the part that really picks up the pace. We’ll talk about how to transition into the lively part of the song and how to make it sound like you’re a lightning fast picker [...]

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Dueling Banjos – Part 1 of 3

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If you’ve always wanted to know how to play dueling banjos then here it is! I’m going to dive into a 3 part lesson on how to play this song from beginning to end.
We’ll discover some really cool licks in this one! The first lesson above goes into detail about how [...]

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