Banjo Lick No. 5
December 29th, 2019This lick makes for a good exercise in playing double-stops up and down the neck in 6ths. It’s demonstrated in the key of G but can easily be transposed into other keys. The variations are limitless.
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Banjo Lick No. 4
December 21st, 2019This is a V7-I change taken from the song Nola. An interesting mix of melodic and single string technique to get you from A7 to D.
Banjo Lick No. 3
December 7th, 2019Here is a lick that uses a flatted 3rd, 5th and 7th to give it a bluesy sound. In the key of G these blue notes are Bb, Db and F.
Banjo Lick No. 2
November 28th, 2019Banjo Lick No. 1
November 24th, 2019This is a melodic lick inspired by Bela Fleck. The tricky part is fretting the 5th string with your pinky.
Key of G
Foggy Mountain Special
September 14th, 2019Foggy Mountain Special
Key of G
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
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Reuben
September 7th, 2019Reuben
Key of D
D-Tuning
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
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Flint Hill Special
August 18th, 2019Flint Hill Special
Key of G
D-Tuners = G/F# – B/A
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
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Blackjack
August 11th, 2019Blackjack – Jam tracks from The Session Book.
Key of B
Capo 4th
100 bpm
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
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Cripple Creek
August 2nd, 2019Cripple Creek
Key of A
Capo 2nd
Somewhere between Bluegrass and Old-Time is how I like to play fiddle tunes on guitar. Sure I may be playing a Santa Cruz Tony Rice model, in this video, but I relate more to Norman Blake and a laid back approach.
The intention of this video is to show you how to shape a basic melody into a lead line. More importantly it demonstrates that rhythm playing is equally important and doesn’t always have to be robotic strumming.
Another important element is to play with a bowing type pulse to give the music a lilt. After all fiddle tunes are traditionally played at dances.
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