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Banjo Lessons
with Allison de Groot
Section 1
Welcome to the Course
Holding the Banjo
Double C Tuning (CC) - gCGCD
Bum-Ditty
Bum-Ditty Exercise 1: Changing Strings
Bum-Ditty Exercise 2: C Major Scale Pattern
Working with Tablature
The Nashville Number System
I-IV-V Chords in Double C Tuning
"Old Molly Hare" - Bum-Ditty - Key of C
Split Bum-Ditty
"Old Molly Hare" - Split Bum-Ditty - Key of C
"Mississippi Sawyer" Part A - Split Bum-Ditty - Key of C
Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs
Bumpa-Ditty
"Mississippi Sawyer" Part B - Bumpa-Ditty - Key of C
"Mississippi Sawyer" Complete Tune - Key of C
"Old Molly Hare" - Faster Tempo - Key of C
"Mississippi Sawyer" - Faster Tempo - Key of C
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 2
Allison's Instrument & Strings
Finger Placement, Strumming & Tone
G Tuning - g-D-G-B-D
"Ida Red" - Key of G
Slides
Bumpa-Ditty with Pull-Off / Return
I-IV-V Chords in G Tuning
"Sail Away Ladies" - Key of G
Drop Thumb / Double Thumb - Double C Tuning
Double Thumb Exercise
"Old Molly Hare" - Double Thumb - Key of C
The Cross Over Pattern
"Jack Wilson" - Key of C
Rhythm
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 3
Old Time Jams & Tunings
Using a Capo & Playing in Different Keys
"Old Molly Hare" - Key of D
"Mississippi Sawyer" - Key of D
A Tuning - a-E-A-C#-E
I-IV-V Chords in A Tuning
"Pretty Little Widow" - Chords - Key of A
"Cluck Old Hen" - Key of A
"Late for the Dance" - Key of A
The Roll Pattern
"Late for the Dance" - Adding the Roll Pattern - Key of A
4 Interchangeable Patterns
Rhythm Exercise with Tatiana Hargreaves
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 4
"Down the Road" - Key of D
I-IV-V Chords in D Tuning
Thumb for Melody Notes
"Sourwood Mountain" - Key of G
G Modal Tuning - g-D-G-C-D
"Twin Sisters" - G Modal
Alternate Tunings
"Peach Bottom Creek" - f#-D-F#-A-D Tuning
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 5
F Tuning - f-D-G-C-D
I-IV-V Chords in F Tuning
"Will Davenport's Tune" - Key of F
The Galax Lick
"Old Molly Hare" - Galax Lick - Key of C
"Across the Sea" - Key of C
"Across the Sea" - Galax Lick - Key of C
"Sugar Hill" - Key of D
Ghost Notes
"The Rabbit Skipped" - Key of C
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 6
"Big Eyed Rabbit" - f-F-G-C-D Tuning - Key of F
Crooked Tunes
Micro Slides
"Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone" - Key of A
"Buck Creek Girls" - Key of C
"Buck Creek Girls" - Variations - Key of C
"Farewell Whiskey" - Demo with Tatiana Hargreaves
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 7
"Mississippi Sawyer" Part A Variations - Key of D
"Mississippi Sawyer" Part B Variations - Key of D
"Mississippi Sawyer" Demo with Tatiana Hargreaves - Key of D
The Rhoda Rake
Festival Versions vs. Specific Versions
"Soldier's Joy" - Key of D
"Backstep Cindy" - Key of D
"Backstep Cindy" - Variations - Demo with Tatiana Hargreaves - Key of D
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 8
The X Shape
"Cumberland Gap" - X Shape - Key of G
"Sail Away Ladies" - X Shape - Key of G
"Touch Me if You Dare" - Demo with Tatiana Hargreaves - Key of G
Chord Inversions
"Jenny Lind Polka" - Chord Inversions - Key of G
"Pretty Little Widow" - Key of A
Mapping the Fretboard
Diatonic Chord Exercise
Useful Non-Diatonic Chords - G Tuning
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Section 9
2 Note C Chord Shapes
3 Note Diatonic C Chord Shapes
"Lonesome Blues" - Demo with Tatiana Hargreaves - Key of C
"Ducks on the Millpond" - Demo with Tatiana Hargreaves - Key of D
"Rabbit Where's Your Mammy?" - Demo with Tatiana Hargreaves - Key of D
"Jaybird Died of the Whooping Cough" - Key of G
"Augusta" - Key of F
Altered F# Tuning - f#-B-E-A-D
"Cumberland Gap" - f#-B-E-A-D Tuning - Key of D
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
