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In this 3rd part to the Basic Banjo Backup series, Dan Miller provides information about adding interest to your back up rolls, plus demonstrates a few fill licks and talks about tone, dynamics, and note articulation as it applies to back up and accompaniment.

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By the end of 1972, the Country Gentlemen—with Charlie Waller, Bill Emerson, Doyle Lawson, and Bill Yates—had become the most popular band in bluegrass music.  However, in early 1973 the US Navy proposed to Bill Emerson an offer that he could not refuse and he left the Country Gentlemen to join the Navy and become…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine July 1993, Volume 28, Number 1 When Glen Duncan shares his views on the music industry, he speaks as a musician who has come full circle in the business that makes Nashville tick: music. As a child, he wanted nothing more than to become one of the “magic” musicians who…

Here is a jam track for the tune “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down”. The track is in the key of G and played at full tempo. If the tempo is not right for you, you can slow it down or speed it up using the “Playback” selection in the “Settings” menu.

In this video, Dan Miller shows how to use some simple banjo rolls over chords to use as backup, then explains how to add notes to the rolls to make the back up more interesting. He also demonstrates how to add phrases that will connect chord changes together and presents some up-the-neck backup patterns. Tablature…