Melodic Banjo
Embark on a captivating melodic adventure with our Melodic Banjo Learning Path, where you'll learn to intricately weave mesmerizing tunes and build a repertoire of impressive solo pieces, honing your melodic improvisation skills and experiencing the sheer joy of creating breathtaking melodies on the banjo.
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Learning Path
Getting Started with Melodic Banjo
Learn the basics of melodic style, otherwise known as "Kieth Style" banjo playing. This type of playing was developed and popularize...
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Banjo in the Hollow
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gDGBD
An extremely basic melodic style tune. For many people it is their very first song - even before Cripple Creek! Use the time when yo...
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Soldier's Joy
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gDGBD
This one works great in C shape for the melodic style. At a jam this song is played in D, however you don't have to use the capo to ...
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Bury Me Beneath the Willow
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G -
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gDGBD
A nice mixture of Scruggs and melodic with some great licks for you to learn! Try to bring out the melody notes as best as you can. ...
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Melodic Scales
These exercises are designed to help banjo players gain fluency and confidence in navigating scales across the neck, enabling them t...
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G Melodic Scale Workout
These exercises are carefully designed to help players develop fluency and agility in navigating the G melodic scale across the fret...
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C Melodic Scale Workout
This banjo exercise is a great way to practice the C major scale in multiple different arrangements. It includes one octave scale pr...
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D Melodic Scale Workout
This banjo exercise provides instruction and practice to help develop dexterity and melodic playing abilities on the instrument. It ...
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Cripple Creek
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gDGBD
A classic arrangement of "Cripple Creek" with a little single string style added in. The B section features some fancy up-the-neck m...
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Nine Pound Hammer
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gDGBD
This melodic version of Nine Pound Hammer is very much a variation on the Scruggs arrangement. It maintains the melody while featuri...
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
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G -
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gDGBD
This melodic break jumps up and down the neck and gives you a lot of ideas for licks to use in your own arrangements!
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Banks of the Ohio
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G -
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gDGBD
A tasteful up-the-neck version of the Banks of the Ohio that utilizes 6ths chord positions. These positions are a convenient way to ...
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Hot Corn, Cold Corn
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G -
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gDGBD
This features some Noam Pikelny-style triplets in measure 4. There is a 1/4 measure, so play a long with the backing tracks to feel ...
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