Clean Up Your Playing, Part 2

from: The Banjo According to Danny Barnes with Danny Barnes

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Danny talks about the other roll he thinks is important to practice and have in your repertoire, the 1 2 1 5 roll. The 1 2 1 5 roll allows you to move a melody up and down the banjo neck on the first string. Danny shows you how to do that on a tune like Alan Munde’s “Deputy Dalton” and how to practice the 1 2 1 5 roll with a metronome. He also shows you a variation that moves the middle-index finger alternation to the second and third strings (2 3 2 5) and third and second strings (3 4 3 5).

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Clean Up Your Playing

Clean Up Your Playing, Part 1

Clean Up Your Playing, Part 2

Clean Up Your Playing, Part 3

Clean Up Your Playing, Part 2

Danny starts this video by talking about playing with other musicians, in a band or jam session, and being aware of the volume of your banjo in different situations. He also talks about making sure your timing is precise—that you give quarter notes their full value, so they are exactly twice as long as eighth notes, for example—and that you make your bends to a specific pitch.

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