What is noodling - HINT - it has nothing to do with the picture to the right. Noodling is just playing around on the banjo and playing what ever comes to your mind, no structure. This is important to develop new ways to approach old songs and also to develop new ideas.
To learn the banjo you have to persevere - work hard, and in time you will be a good banjo player. But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, or in banjo terms - don’t just practice technique, experiment and have fun. If you are not enjoying yourself you won’t get better, learning shouldn’t be painful.
Most banjo players want to play songs, they don’t want to practice rolls and all that boring stuff. Unfortunately all of the banjo songs I know contain a lot of rolls and licks, so learn the basics, you need them.
Take time to improve your technique and learn new tricks, but also take time to drift away and play what ever you feel like playing. This noodling can lead to some important discoveries, remember a fellow by the name of Earl Scruggs, he developed his own style and changed the way we think about banjo.
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