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Discuss the Banjo lesson: Worried Man Blues- Advanced

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/worried-man-blues-advanced-banjo-advanced

I’ve been on a Crowe kick lately and here’s an advanced banjo solo that is heavily influenced with his style. I hope you have as much fun with it as I have! The basic melody and intermediate solos are in the intermediate lesson section!

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How do you find time to do everything you do? This one looks like fun…after I master the basic. Thanks Ben!

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He has a secret gang of banjo players banjo writing up new lessons whist he flys around in his :small_airplane:

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Oh man, wouldn’t that be nice…:joy:Let’s just say I average more than 40 hours a week :wink:

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I am so impressed how your site continually improves from what it looked like a while ago. I love the second video screen and how you now present the tab with just white. You must have a great technical person who brings your ideas to the site.

One question unrelated. There is a song called Time by the Greencards. The mandolin player does a solo and in one part he plays a fast seven 16th notes. If you have a chance to listen to it on Youtube could advise as to how to play that technic? The solo starts at about 1:50 into the video. Best regards, Boyd

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The solo in Time is a mandolin solo

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Hey Boyd! Yep, Ben’s got some awesome folks on his production team!

If this is the right song, I think the phrase you mentioned is at 2:10 or so:

That’s an A major scale, but played in 16th notes like you said. It sounds to me like he’s picking every note. It’s essentially the same thing as if you were playing a song twice as fast and played eighth notes, so if you want to get this section down, I think the thing that will help the most is practicing your scales a lot. You can play along with a metronome set to the fastest tempo you can play the scales at consistently, and then gradually increase the speed until you get where you want to. This is a helpful exercise to just generally improve your speed, and I think it’s great to practice all 12 scales this way if you dare :slightly_smiling_face:

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as @Michael_Mark says, he’s playing the scale at double speed, or 16th notes! That’s the incomparable Kym Warner from Australia:

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That’s an awesome break! Started working on it last night. I can play it slow, now gotta work on getting it a little faster…

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hey ben great lesson i was wondering if you will do the dobro

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That’s a great arrangement Ben can’t wait to dig my fingers in soon

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So this lesson appeared in my email box this morning and I watched it through whilst sipping on my morning cuppa joe gif I play this tune a lot already and we always kick off our jam sessions with it. Some great licks in this arrangement @BanjoBen which will help me spice up my solo.

Since it’s a singalong song as always I would have liked to have seen some backup included. I vamp a lot on this tune and I also add a chord walk which fits in neatly.

Be good to have a video of the Cabin Camp crowd all singing and playing this in one large group to end each camp this year. What do you say @BanjoBen was this something you had in mind when you laid down the track for this lesson.

It has been noted that each Cabin Camp produces a half dozen bands that compete for bragging rights. It would be great to be a fly on the wall and watch what Katy Lou is teaching on the banjo whist she sings.

I can’t sing and play. In truth I can’t sing or play but that’s another tale. Seriously a lot of banjo players can’t sing and play at the same time but Katy Lou can and I am sure other banjo students would love to know how she does it.

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Hi,
The mp3 of the solo is not the advanced version. it’s the intermediate.
Is there one of the advance version that goes with the tab?

Howdy @sue.doggie.doright!
There are actually 3 solos in the mp3 and the 3rd one you hear is the advanced version, thanks!

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ooooooohhhhhhhh! thanks. That helps.
Thats why it says “SOLOs” not solo

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