From the course: Banjo Lessons: 4 Improvisation and Melodic Styles

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Single-string scale exercises: Part 1

Single-string scale exercises: Part 1

From the course: Banjo Lessons: 4 Improvisation and Melodic Styles

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Single-string scale exercises: Part 1

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- I want to talk some more about single string right now and I'm going to give you some exercises which will build your facility in the single string zone. And this is not moving around the neck. This is just working out of scale positions and developing your comfortability with that. But I find for myself just doing these exercises, all single string playing feels more comfortable after I've done this for a little bit. So basically when you're playing scales, there are three ways to play a scale in the single string.... Well, there are many ways, but there are three basic, main ways to do it. One is starting with the pinky, let's say we're in G since we're so G-oriented, but this can move around anywhere. You could do, you could do G-sharp. (banjo scale) But we're going to go down one fret and do G. (banjo scale) Let's start with the pinky on the fifth fret of the fourth string, and so you'll do that, start there. And this completely alternating thumb, index, thumb, index, thumb…

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