G’day! In this Liberty: Banjo Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune for the progressing intermediate to advanced picker, focusing on the melodic technique. Liberty is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of D, and this arrangement is played in standard open G tuning. It has challenging left-hand note combinations making use of all four fingers making it a great work out for your left-hand. With the arrangement played in the melodic style, both hands needs to cover a lot of territory, but it’s darn fun to play & a great session tune! We’ll also take a look at how to play the D Major scale in both open position (one octave) & melodic style (two octaves), in standard tuning.
The first video lesson is available free below.The full lesson is available to members, which:
- Includes 2 video lessons;
- Includes the PDF tab for the entire break;
- Tech work sheet for the D major scales;
- Also includes MP3 play-along & backing tracks for 3 tempos.
Full membership gives you access to all video lessons, tabs & charts!
The PDF tab & tech worksheet only is also available to purchase separately below:
Lesson #1:
- Learn the break for part A;
- Exercises for the left hand position, finger choice & right hand technique;
- D Major Scale – one octave – open position.
Lesson #2:
- Learn the break for part B;
- Exercises to improve fluency & speed;
- D Major Scale – two octaves – melodic.
Liberty: Banjo Lesson
Lesson #3:
Members Only- MP3 play-along & backing tracks at 3 tempos.