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This Scruggs Style arrangement of Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss me on the banjo is a great study in combining lead in notes and roll patterns.
Can you spot all the different roll patterns being used? Remember to read, listen and analyze the tablature before playing. Do the mental work first. Then practice playing. Once you can identify the different roll patterns practice each of them just on open strings. There are many common roll patterns and a few that are common in Scruggs style vocabulary, but don't have a name. In this case just try to identify if there is forward roll or backward roll motion, and be aware of the pick pattern.
The other big component of this is the lead-in notes. Look above the banjo tablature and you'll see accent signs ">" that are telling you to play those notes a bit harder. They help lead in to the next melody note and roll. This is also very common in Bluegrass and Scruggs style banjo.
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