Banjo Lessons on improvising by Geoff Hohwald and Jim "Duck" Adkins. These intermediate level banjo video lessons cover how to improvise in the Scruggs or Melodic Style. These lessons will teach you a series of banjo licks and then show you how to incoporate them into famous songs.
Improvising with G & C Licks This free video lesson by Geoff Hohwald will teach how to play 3 versatile banjo licks. Once you learn the licks, Geoff will show you how to use them to spice up two popular bluegrass banjo songs which are taught in these lessons Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Easy) and 9 Pound Hammer (Easy). Tab for the 3 licks is shown below. You can download a PDF file with the tab for the complete solos with the added licks by clicking here.
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