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Before I Met You Banjo Tabs

Flatt & Scruggs

Before I Met You Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Intermediate

Tags: #vocal, #waltz, #slow tempo, #traditional, #roll-based

"Before I Met You" is a great waltz number by Flatt & Scruggs. Waltz tunes are tough on banjo. Use this tune and the various arrangements to dive deep and hone your banjo picking skills for waltzes. What you learn in this tune will certainly be used in others. Pay attention to the fingerings in the banjo tablatures. Use your Tunefox tools to make practicing easier. Read the descriptions for each arrangement for even more banjo tips and practice advice. Remember, you can select licks with the lick switcher to learn new musical vocabulary and personalize each arrangement. Just look for colored dots above some measures. These indicate licks are available for selection.

Start with the Melody to learn the important notes for this tune. Knowing the core simple melody will help you better interpret and play more complex versions you may learn. A good next step will be to learn some basic rolling backup. Backup is very important if you plan on playing with others, and rolling backup helps you develop foundational skills for your picking hand that will make it easier to tackle a more bluegrass centric versions of this song such as the Scruggs style arrangement. That one incorporates rolling with melody to give you a great lead to play on this tune.

To explore some more advanced backup check out the vamping. Songs can have vastly different melodies, but most songs in the same genre have similar chord progressions. Learning to vamp on this tune will be a skill that helps you quickly learn to vamp on another. Check out the licks to expand your knowledge of chord shapes on the banjo. The teardrop style backup is a classic banjo technique for slow tunes and waltzes. If you listen to the original recording you can hear Earl use this technique in several places. The licks for the arrangement on Tunefox teach you authentic Scruggs style backup and ways to play this backup up and down the neck!

If you want authenticity, we have it in spades. There's several arrangements that are transcriptions of Earl Scruggs' performances. The kickoff teaches the classic intro to this tune as recorded by Flatt & Scruggs. Earl played backup to the fiddle. That's what we have here, but it could also be used as a lead - just play louder! When "breaks" or solos are taken in the middle of the tune, they are usually split with the banjo and fiddle. Listen to the original recording to hear an example of this. We have two versions available for you all to learn some real deal Scruggs style banjo. Earl Scruggs: break & backup is based on a live recording of the Grand Ole Opry Show that you can find on youtube. The Earl Scruggs: backup & break is based on their recorded version of this tune.

There's a lot to explore. Dig in and enjoy!

Learn how to play Before I Met You on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:

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