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Osborne roll: “Cluck Old Hen,” part 2

Osborne roll: “Cluck Old Hen,” part 2

From the course: Banjo Lessons: 1 Fundamentals

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Osborne roll: “Cluck Old Hen,” part 2

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- Part B, now we're gonna go to the roll with no name. And again, I showed you two, but you're only gonna need to worry about the second roll with no name. And not worry about it, but just have it under your fingers. And again, that's line three, in the first two measures where you're hitting the open third, then the forward roll, thumb on the fourth, index on the third, middle on the first. And what you're doing here is... So that roll is open third, put the ring on the third fret of the fourth string, and then let go of it right away. But don't be too clipped about it, like that. But just let it ring out the length of that eighth note, and as you hit the open third string, let go of it. And then the first. So it's the third string, then the forward roll, thumb on the fourth string, index on the third, middle on the first. Letting go of that ring finger as soon as you go into the forward roll, as soon as you hit that open third string. And then here's that same choke, or bend that…

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