From the course: Banjo Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
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"Ode to Joy": Part 2
From the course: Banjo Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
"Ode to Joy": Part 2
- Okay let's go to the next level. Now in bluegrass you're going to be using three fingers. And before we get into this any farther I just want to mention, and I'm gonna talk about that in just a minute. That you can just have your hand floating free right now if you want. Or you can have some fingers down on the head. This is the head of the banjo here. For a little more support. Earl Scruggs keeps two fingers down, but if you want to keep your ring or your pinky that's fine too. I'm just saying that it doesn't make a big difference right now, but in just a moment I will get into a little more detail about that. Okay now at this point what we're gonna do is start playing a roll. And again a roll is a finger pattern. And this is going to be an alternating thumb role. That's what it's called. And it's gonna sound like this. (banjo strings) And so what you're going to do is you're going to alternate the thumb with the index. And then the thumb with the middle finger. Thumb, index…
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