https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/good-king-wenceslas-build-a-break-banjo
We start with the basic melody in the key of G, then add rolls and fillers to thicken it. Finally, we’ll import some cool licks for a solo hotter than a Christmas fire!
Discuss the Banjo lesson: Good King Wenceslas Build-a-Break
This is a beginner song! Good Lord I suck! Thought I was getting better for a sec but this song is giving me trouble.
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Hi Dave, It has a lot of beginner elements in it. As you work though the lesson it progressively gets more challenging. Don’t try to consume the whole cake in one serving. Just work through it a bit at a time. Stick with it. I know you can do it.
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Dave, I agree that there are elements that are quite a bit tougher than some of the other beginner track songs. The good news is that the song song good played at a more moderate speed than the performance speed that Ben demos it.
Thanks all for the words of encouragement! Not giving up. I struggle when it goes off the melody.
I agree with Mr Dave. Although I’ve only been playing since May, so I am really a beginner. Doing some of the fret changes is hard still, but I’m getting better.
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I think its important to practice the basic melody, first break, until you can play it without looking at the tabs and when you have problem areas to just loop those measures over and over until they are easy. At least that’s what I have been doing lately and it seems to help me stay in time and to have the melody burnt into my memory. I think once the melody is burnt into memory its time to go on to the next part, adding rolls. That’s where I’m at now and I’ve been working on this every Christmas a little bit. Every year I can go deeper in the lesson and keep on time. Also I am trying to change the way I hold my left wrist and my right hand so that I’m more efficient and if I’m looping a few measures over and over and over it gives me time to adjust my posture.