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Banjo Lessons: 4 Improvisation and Melodic Styles

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Banjo Courses Improvisation Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn banjo from award-winning banjo player and teacher Tony Trischka. In part 4, explore melodic-style scale patterns, single-string scales, and alternating thumb roll techniques.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Melodic & Single-String Style
  • Melodic scale patterns: Part 1
  • Melodic scale patterns: Part 2
  • Melodic scale patterns: Part 3
  • Single-string scale exercises: Part 1
  • Single-string scale exercises: Part 2
  • Single-string scale exercises: Part 3
  • Single-string scale exercises: Part 4
  • "Cattle in the Cane": Part 1, playing in the key of A without a capo
  • "Cattle in the Cane": Part 2
2. Advanced Rolls
  • Backward-alternating thumb roll: Part 1
  • Backward-alternating thumb roll: Part 2
  • Shelton roll 1: "Boil Them Cabbage Down"
  • Shelton roll 2: "Salty Dog"
  • Shelton roll 3: Ending lick
3. Scale Techniques
  • “The Danny Thomas”: Part 1
  • “The Danny Thomas”: Part 2
  • Advanced scale techniques: Part 1
  • Advanced scale techniques: Part 2
Conclusion
  • ArtistWorks and Next Steps

Taught by

Tony Trischka

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