Tony talks about 11 ways to breakthrough periods of stagnant playing where you feel like you can’t move past your current level of playing. These include things such as transcribing a fiddle or mandolin break for a tune you already know, compose a new song, transpose a song to another key, and much more.
- Number nine: work up one of your favorite rock songs…by the Beatles or Black Sabbath or The Cars…or whomever, Elvis Costello, and try to play the syllables…and just see what you come up with.…I've worked up a number of Beatles songs…and I try to play them in the original keys…in which they were written.…Some are easier than others.…But here's a little bit of "Ticket to Ride."…("Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles)…♫ Yeah…You get the idea, there's just a little bit of it.…
So, it's really a lot of fun to work up these tunes…and figure out how they did them, or working up...…("If I Fell" by The Beatles)…That goes on, "If I Fell".…So when you work this up you'll find tunes…that you've loved for years,…you really get inside how they play them…and how they compose them.…
For instance, that song "If I Fell",…that I just played, they start in E flat minor,…and then they go to a D chord,…then D flat,…D flat minor, repeat,…to E minor,…to A7,…and then you're in a D chord, but it starts...…There, and they somehow come around to ending up in D.…
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- Playing intermediate banjo tunes
- Adding natural harmonics
- Placing your bridge
- Playing backup banjo
- Playing intermediate banjo tunes
- Expanding your playing style
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 25s
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1. Intermediate Banjo Tunes
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"Train 45"9m 5s
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The diggy diggy7m 29s
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2. Intermediate Embellishments
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Harmonics4m 25s
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Bridge placement4m 48s
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Endings3m 51s
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Fancier backup: Part 15m 8s
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Fancier backup: Part 22m 23s
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Fancier backup: Part 31m 52s
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Fancier backup: Part 45m 13s
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Fancier backup: Part 52m 29s
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Fancier backup: Part 64m 46s
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3. Intermediate Practice Techniques
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4. Expanding Your Playing Styles
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"Sandy Boys"5m 54s
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Blues etude: Part 16m 4s
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Blues etude: Part 27m 57s
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"Happy Birthday": Key of G4m 20s
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Conclusion
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ArtistWorks and Next Steps1m 15s
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