Columbus Stockade Blues Banjo Tabs
Bill Monroe
Columbus Stockade Blues Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles
Recomended level: Beginner
Learn Columbus Stockade Blues on the banjo. Start with the melody. That's your foundation. Then learn the chord changes and how they connect to the melody. After that, try out some lead arrangements.
Follow the fingerings in the banjo tablature and try out some licks to learn new vocabulary and add in variations.
For the backup you will use the chord progression and some basic rolls or vamping to create your own. Watch the video for a further demonstration and check out these learning paths if you need to Learn Basic Rolls and Chord Shapes, or if you want to explore and Learn Backup Banjo.
For the Up the Neck études and arrangements there are common "double stop" chord shapes and intervals you will use. Use the Double Stop Études and G Major Intervals as a warmup or bi-weekly workout to help build your skills and familiarity with these "shapes".
The Scruggs Style arrangement is straight forward Bluegrass banjo. Melody, rolls and a few standard licks come together to give you a great break over the verse and chorus sections. Lead breaks are typically played over the verse only, but it's good to know both sections. Sometimes chorus breaks will be played in jam situations, and there's a lot of great melody, licks and banjo language to explore in the chorus. When you explore what's available in the lick switcher you will notice a lot of essential Scruggs licks. It's good to work on these foundational bits of bluegrass banjo vocabulary regularly. Having the standard licks and variations mastered will make learning new Scruggs style tunes a breeze!.
Learn how to play Columbus Stockade Blues on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:
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LearnScruggs - Basic
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Learn a simple Scruggs style lead for Columbus Stockade Blues on the Banjo. This arrangement adds in some pinches and forward rolls along with the melody to get something that is ac...
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LearnÉtude: Using Walks Up The Neck
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Learn Columbus Stockade Blues on the banjo. This arrangement is an étude, which means study, that focuses on common "walks" that lead from one melody phrase to another whenever play...
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LearnÉtude: Double Stops Up the Neck
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Learn Columbus Stockade Blues on the banjo. This arrangement is an étude that focuses on common "double stops" that are used whenever playing up the neck in the key of G. The only b...
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LearnUp The Neck
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Learn to play Columbus Stockade Blues on the banjo - up the neck! This one uses typical Scruggs style positions but is slightly adapted to be more playable when you are first learni...
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LearnScruggs Style
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Learn Columbus Stockade Blues on the banjo. This is a great Scruggs style arrangement that covers the verse and chorus sections. Usually a solo is only taken over a verse, but there...