EP3 - Building Simple Banjo Breaks - Finding the Melody Behind the Music

Do you want to build better banjo breaks?

One of the most important skills in bluegrass banjo is learning to hear and find the melody.

In this episode, we'll build a banjo break from the melody of Worried Man Blues and then strip back Earl Scruggs' break on The Ballad of Jed Clampett to discover how melody forms the foundation of every great banjo arrangement.

Let's take a look at all the building blocks so that you can then build better and more suitable banjo breaks.

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