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Separation of notes: Part 2

Separation of notes: Part 2

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

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Separation of notes: Part 2

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- Another aspect of the separation of notes, and I'll be talking about this as I go on, is sometimes rather than letting a note ring across, and let's use The Watermill that we just played as an example, Let's take the B part of the Watermill. We'll take the second ending of the A part and go into the B part, where it goes (banjo picking) When we get to the ten (banjo picking) rather than just holding it down, (banjo picking) I let go each time. (banjo picking) It punctuates a little bit more, it gives a little more definition, the separation of notes. They're not separated when you go (banjo picking) But it's (banjo picking) When you're playing eighth notes, it's a little bit harder to do. But I do it there a little bit too. (banjo picking) Just to make them jump out at you a little bit more, instead of going, (banjo picking) I'm going, (banjo picking) Just quickly letting go. (banjo picking) Separation of notes.

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