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Discuss the Banjo lesson: Backup Chord Drills: Learn the Neck!

#21

How does the switch go when you ignore your ring and let it fly?

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#22

When you go to the last upper G chord position in your Nine Pound Hammer example, I cannot make out the fingering position for the variation you are doing. Is. It a G7 or something else?

Thanks.

#23

Hey Ben,
Great video. Trying to spice up my vamping with licks and rolls. Looks like typical towards the end of an A or B section. You briefly mentioned it in real songs video. Do you have any videos that cover ideas or strategies? Maybe some lick ideas. Enjoyed the Russ Carson Live. Liked the damped back up. Please do more.

#24

Wow! I just kinda stumbled on this video today, so glad I did. I knew about the F-shape and the D-shape and how if you put them on different places on the ol’ banjo they’d make a different chord, but this video series brought it all together!! Talk about a light bulb moment! The mysterious banjo neck is starting to reveal itself to me! Thank you very much Ben! God Bless You and see you in Big Fork!!

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#25

So if I wanted to get to the 6th chord, I would just follow the “whole whole half whole whole whole half” major scale pattern. Therefore the 6th chord would be just two more frets up the neck from the 5th chord, correct? 7th would be whole and 8th would be a half fret up, correct?

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#26

Correct!

Correct, just know that the “8th” is a full octave up and you start over.

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#27

I am such a dummy… i have sat here for a hour wondering why the 5 chord at 8:31 was at the 14th fret instead of the 12th fret… Once i decided to watch the whole salt creek part over is when it hit me that its in the key of A… lol… DUH… Thank you for all you do!

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#28

Lol!! Welcome to the forum, Doc! Holler at us if you ever need anything.

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#29

Hi @doc_goddard Sandy welcome to @BanjoBen 's Forum. Can I just reassure you, your not the first and you won’t be the last to make that mistake.

advice

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#30

Ben what is the setting of the metronome in Part 3 Play Real songs ??

#31

I don’t know. I bet i play at multiple speeds? Can you give me a time code in the video and I’ll try to match a metronome to it?

#32

Hello - Is there a lesson somewhere on vamping? I thought this topic on chord drills or the backup series might cover it in depth. Either I missed it or haven’t gotten to it yet? :slight_smile:

Thx,
Michelle

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#33

Hi @Michelle_CO Michelle I am pretty sure there is but I can’t find anything using the search engine. @BanjoBen ?

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#34

Hi Michelle Check these out.

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#35

Thanks Archie, those look interesting. I watched the first one and will hit the second one next.

I’m trying to get super solid on vamping + walkups, but I don’t thoroughly understand vamping enough to always know which chord triad note to hit on the downbeat, especially moving up the neck thru the inversions. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but it sometimes sounds off compared to what the bass is doing.

#36

Have you watched my “oldie but goodie” course on basic banjo backup?

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/intro-to-banjo-backup-banjo/video/part-1

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#37

Thank you, I think I missed that there were multiple parts on this lesson. I’ll dive in and see where it leads.

#38

I knew there was a lesson on vamping I just couldn’t locate it. high_five

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#39

The third video of that lesson really starts to dig into it. :slightly_smiling_face:

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#40

Yes you’ll find @BanjoBen 's lessons get really deep in to this topic as you move up the food chain.

Three lessons to chalk up as future potential goals. No harm in taking a peek now to stimulate your curiosity.

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/boogie-woogie-backup-1st-edition-banjo

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/boogie-woogie-backup-2nd-edition-banjo

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/lonesome-road-blues-banjo-advanced?from_track=advanced-banjo-checklist

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