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Beginning Bluegrass Banjo - Lessons 11 to 15

This series of entirely free lessons is designed for the newcomer to bluegrass banjo. Complete beginners can start at Lesson 01 and move on from there. These lessons and exercises are designed deliberately to be simple and easy to accomplish. They should give the beginner a good sense of accomplishment with a little application and practice. They are not designed to be done in any particular order. Just jump in anywhere you feel comfortable or browse around for something interesting!

Tab is available by following the links below the video.

See also the Beginning Bluegrass Bass website...

Here is the tab for some of the tunes

Lesson 12 - Worried Man Blues

Lesson 14 - 8 More Miles

Lesson 11 - Introduction To Worried Man Blues

This video introduces the beginner to the concept of playing melody along with rolls using the tune 'Worried Man Blues'.

Lesson 12 - A Simple Version of Worried Man Blues

This video shows you how to play a very simple version of 'Worried man Blues' using only one 'Roll' for the entire piece. A great exercise for the beginner. Have a look at 'Beginning Bluegrass Banjo - Lesson 16' for some more detail on some of the licks in this tune.

Lesson 13 - Introduction to 8 More Miles To Louisville

Introducing a very simple arrangement of the verse part of the tune Eight More Miles to Louisville.

Lesson 14 - A Simple Arrangement of 8 More Miles To Louisville

An arrangement of the verse of the tune 'Eight More Miles to Louisville' which uses only uses the alternating thumb roll.

Lesson 15 - The Foggy Mt Breakdown Roll

One of the fundamental "Scruggs Style" banjo rolls is the 'Foggy Mt Breakdown Roll'. This video shows you how to play the 'Foggy Mt Breakdown' roll.