Part 3: Non-Bluegrass Backup Banjo – Fills, Runs, Inversions & Syncopation

Backup Banjo (Part 1): Major & Minor Chords

Backup Banjo (Part 2): Celtic Backup

In this third part of the course, we’ll focus on the use of runs, fills, inversions & syncopation in our backup. With three example progressions: 12 Bar Blues, Folk Rock & Psychedelic Rock, we’ll explore these ideas while also learning the pentatonic box patterns that surround our chord positions.

Split in to 5 parts, the full lesson covers the following:

1. Introduction & root position major chord with pentatonic box;
2. All remaining chord inversions with their pentatonic box patterns;
3. 12 Bar Blues progression;
4. Folk Rock progression (Heart of Gold);
5. Psychedelic Rock progression (Little Wing).

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

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