From the course: Banjo Lessons: 2 Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs

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3/4 time, "Down in the Valley": Part 2

3/4 time, "Down in the Valley": Part 2

From the course: Banjo Lessons: 2 Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs

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3/4 time, "Down in the Valley": Part 2

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- So now let's talk about an up-the-neck break, and we'll use a lot of the same kind of techniques and concepts for you know, three quarter notes, two forward rolls, two backward rolls, that sort of a thing. I'm going to play the up-the-neck break for you right now, and we'll break that down. (banjo twanging) Then you can go right back into the down-the-neck break. So, as happens a lot of the time when you're up the neck, you're kind of working out of a D position, G chord. Here's your D cord, and you're just moving it up here to G, with the pinky on the nine in front of the first. Middle on the eighth, front of the second. The index will sometimes come down to the seventh fret of the first, the ring will sometimes come to the ninth fret of the third, the index will sometimes be on the seventh fret of the third, but you're basically working with a pivot point of the eighth fret of the second string with the middle finger. So again, you go, (banjo twanging) three quarter notes to start…

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