Banjo Lessons: 3 Playing Songs

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.

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