Lessons
Up the Neck Backup Banjo
In this video Dan Miller discusses Up-the-Neck banjo backup on slow songs by presenting Earl Scrugg’s backup on the first verse and chorus to the song “I’ll Never Love Another.”
Harmonized Scales on Banjo
Dan Miller talks about harmonized scales and how they can be used on the banjo using the tunes “Ground Speed”, “Theme Time”, “Dear Old Dixie”, “Cherokee Shuffle”, and “Bill Cheatham” as examples.
Banjo Lesson I’ll Never Shed Another Tear
This week Bill Evans, winner of the 2022 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, offers a lesson on Earl Scruggs style banjo playing. If you like what you see here, check out Bill’s Scruggs style course at Peghead Nation “Earl Scruggs: A Player’s Guide” with over ten hours of instruction on all aspects of Earl’s playing. Tablature…
Little Darlin’ Pal of Mine for 5-String Banjo
It is banjo month here at Bluegrass Unlimited (December 2022) because Earl Scruggs is on our cover. This week Dan Miller plays an arrangement of “Little Darlin’ Pal of Mine” and then demonstrates how to create some variations.
Fireball Mail – Part 2
Last week Dan Miller presented a basic arrangement for the tune “Fireball Mail” on the 5-string banjo. This week he demonstrates how that arrangement might be modified in order to add some variation in the context of using the major blues scale.
Fireball Mail on the 5-string banjo
In this short video Dan Miller demonstrates an arrangement of “Fireball Mail” on the 5-string banjo. In a follow-up video he will demonstrate how to create variations of this arrangement. Tablature for this arrangement will be uploaded to the Bluegrass Unlimited website after the 30th of November 2022.