There are a lot of possibilities on the banjo fretboard and today I’m going to talk about playing up the neck. Let’s move up to the 15th fret on your banjo, place your index finger (I) on the second string - fifteenth fret; next place your ring finger (R) on the first string, seventeenth fret.
Press play to hear this example of up the neck banjo:
For each example I will have a diagram of the left hand finger positions and the TAB. Pay close attention to the picking pattern, we will be using it a lot. The picking pattern is written below the TAB, remember; T - Thumb, I - Index Finger and M - Middle.
The next example uses the exact same picking pattern, so let’s move up to the 20th and 21st fret and get setup. Place your index finger on the second string - twentieth fret, and your middle finger on the first string - twenty-first fret and your ready to go.
Have a listen to that last exercise right here:
Both of the examples I have shown you can be played in a lead break when the backup chord is a G.
What you should know.
- Two different measures of banjo lead.
- The backup chord is a G.
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