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Old Joe Clark, Part 1


This lesson is part of the course Beginning Banjo with Bill Evans.
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The driving sound of the banjo is at the heart of many styles of roots music. Get started with basic chords, strums, and fingerings, along with simple bluegrass rolls, accompaniment patterns, clawhammer style, and more.
 
 
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Old Joe Clark  
 
Old Joe Clark  
 
Old Joe Clark, Part 1
Old Joe Clark, Part 1
 
The fiddle tune “Old Joe Clark” is a bluegrass jam favorite and another opportunity to work on the “Osborne roll” you learned to play “Blackberry Blossom.” Bill reminds you of the roll (also called the “middle leading” roll) and plays the basic melody of “Old Joe Clark,” showing you how the two combine in the first phrase of the melody. After playing “Old Joe Clark” through slowly, he talks about the structure of fiddle tunes, and how paying attention to the structure can help you learn them more quickly. Then he takes the tune apart, phrase by phrase. You’ll learn the A part of “Old Joe Clark” in this video.

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