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Discuss the Guitar lesson: Live Sessions: Cody Kilby

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/live-sessions-cody-kilby-guitar-advanced

Cody Kilby is one of the world’s top guitar players in any genre, and it was an honor to have him in the Cabin for a Banjo Ben Live event! I’ve edited down the live lesson so that it can live here on the site for Gold Pick members–enjoy!

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Do you think you can get Jake Workman in one of your Pro Picker Studies?

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Ben, that was phenomenal! I first met Cody at your Cabin Camp. What a humble, friendly pro musician. The triplet pieces were fantastic and I love his rhythm on Ellies Hornpipe!!

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That last session with Cody playing the lead to the hornpipe just blew me away. I can’t fathom how he can do that on the fly. I guess if I had been a professional musician my entire life and that is what I did for a living it would give me a better chance. But part of me believes that is just God given talent. Thanks for sharing this video. Obviously, I loved it. WOW!

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He already told me he would, just gotta make it happen!

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Ellie’s Hornpipe 1.tef (3.7 KB)
Banjo Break for Ellie’s Hornpipe

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Outstanding, @dannleslie! That is super cool!

Lets do it!!! :star_struck:

I think I would die if you had a picker study with Jake Workman . I love his style . He is basically lightning on the fretboard . I still don’t know how he plays as fast as he does. So please make that happen.!!!

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Actually did a full Banjo Ben LIVE with Jake last year talking about speed, right hand, etc. It was a one-time ticket sale and not published on the site. However, if you’re interested, I can shoot you an invoice for the $49 then share the link with you.

Also, keep in mind that he and Trey Hensley are my guests on the next virtual Cabin Camp: https://store.banjobenclark.com/products/banjo-bens-guitar-only-virtual-cabin-camp-may-13-2025

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So does it cost to watch the lessons or is there a way to view them on your site ?Because I saw that you did a live lesson with Ron Block .So I didn’t know if those videos were on YouTube ,but then I remembered that you mentioned in one of the study’s with Cody that you uploaded part of the footage from the whole video . But if you have those videos where there free I would love to see them .Thanks so much .

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See my post below on the Virtual Guitar Cabin Camp topic

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Hey @BanjoBen do have any videos on sweeping . What I’m looking for is using sweeping to play triplets like what Jake Workman uses a lot. I’ve just been trying to figure out how to play them smooth . Thanks.

Watch this. It’s for mandolin but technique is similar

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/the-cassell-scrape-mandolin-advanced

Thanks a lot that’s really cool. I didn’t know that was a thing on the mandolin . Now it’s just transposing that to the guitar.