From the course: Banjo Lessons: 3 Playing Songs

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The diggy diggy

The diggy diggy

From the course: Banjo Lessons: 3 Playing Songs

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The diggy diggy

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(rolling banjo music) - All right, that's a little bit of Train 45 up the neck, and featuring what we like to call the diggy diggy. (picks notes) This is something that Ralph Stanley does a lot of, or used to do, when he was still playing. It'd be closer to the bridge. (fast rolling banjo) That kind of sound, and some woman came up to Ralph one time and said, "Ralph, let me hear you do that diggy diggy." 'Cause that's kind of one of his trademarks to do that. It's a really cool sound. And Earl Scruggs does it on the original Bluegrass Breakdown, Foggy Mountain Breakdown. It's something I'm sure Earl came up with. And it features the Foggy Mountain Breakdown roll, which again, is the quarter note on the second string, then you bring the thumb across to the second string. First, fifth, second, first, fifth. We've done this before, or we could go in the Foggy Mountain Breakdown zone and just beef up on it if you need to. (picks Foggy Mountain Breakdown roll) But instead of going..…

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