My Free Video Lessons
These lessons are cumulative. Working through each of them will help you to understand each other one. For example, the Pentatonic Shapes lesson will give you scales and patterns that are very useful when playing in Open Bb or over a 2 – 5 – 1 in any Key. Knowing the order and relationships of Diatonic 7th Chords will also help in Open Bb AND 2 – 5 – 1’s in any key, especially up the neck.
-Practice techniques
Practicing is important, but more important is practicing effectively. Here’s a few tips for that:
Practice every day. 20 minutes daily is FAR better than 2 hours every Saturday.
Warm up with a metronome. Design a series of right hand exercises that fit your own needs (feel free to ask me for some ideas), and spend the first 20 minutes of your practice time without your left hand even on the neck. Timing is everything in 3 finger banjo playing.
Keep your routine fresh. I set a 30 minute timer because there are several things I want to get to, but I’ll get so into the first thing and spend all my time there. The timer keeps me on my to-do list.