Hi all, Im trying to get back into the habit of playing banjo like I once did for at least an hour daily but life has been kicking my butt this year, when I stopped I was a fairly advanced player I guess. I attended a weekly jam, could do rolling backup over most songs in G over the book as they lend themselves to banjo well, its a old timey gospel bluegrass jam. I put my banjo down for all of this year to assist my mom as a caregiver before she passed in August and also met my now girlfriend in March, and found out girls were a lot more interesting haha… anyways she’s been nudging me to get back into playing but I have no idea where to start…
initially I went thru Jim Pankeys youtube years ago getting started, spent some time with Jam Along music method, now I was gifted a Banjo Ben membership for my birthday this year. I’m just a bit overwhelmed what to pick back up. Im familiar with rolling backup, vamping, inversions, etc… but I just don’t know what to tackle first.
I suppose my goals would be:
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become a better at scruggs style backup
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Build my own breaks to songs found in our book, in the keys of G, C and D in 4/4 and 3/4
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build up the habit of daily practice
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Be more confident on the fly when playing.
Any tips on which lessons or coursework to start out with? Ive browsed some but its a lot, theres so much I want to get better at I dont know where to start.