Lesson 4 is now online.
We introduce a VERY simple melody (Boil that Cabbage Down) to show the basic principles involved in using notes that are already built into your banjo roll to play the melody.
Then we add a melody with passing tones (This Little Light of Mine) to show how that works.
For both we how how to add a Bluegrass Hammering-On lick to kick a little extra life into the part.
http://creekdontrise.com/tabs_instr/ban ... ing_04.htm
The fifth lesson, whenever I get it finished, will explain pulling off by using melodies like Cripple Creek's chorus that benefit from it.
Hopefully, by the time you've learned everything in lesson 5, you'll be able to read a lot of banjo tabs for songs in G.
Of course I have to write it first.
I'm thinking that lessons 6 and 7 will be about playing banjo in other keys. Participated in and witnessed too many jams where half the crew had to drop out if we got out of the key of G. I don't have a vision beyond that, since you should have enough background by then to read any tab I'm likely to write.
