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Columbus Stockade Blues Banjo Tabs

Bill Monroe

Columbus Stockade Blues Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Beginner

Tags: #vocal, #traditional bluegrass

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".

Learn how to play Columbus Stockade Blues on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:

  • Banjo Columbus Stockade Blues Melody

    Melody

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      60 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    Learn the melody for Columbus Stockade Blues on banjo to get a foundational understanding of the song. It will teach you the important notes. This is important because you don't wan...

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  • Banjo Columbus Stockade Blues Scruggs - Basic

    Scruggs - 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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  • Banjo Columbus Stockade Blues Backup

    Backup

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      60 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    Here is the chord progression for Columbus Stockade Blues. It covers the verse and chorus sections. For the backup you will use the chord progression and some basic rolls or vamping...

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  • Banjo Columbus Stockade Blues Étude: Using Walks Up The Neck

    Étude: 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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  • Banjo Columbus Stockade Blues Étude: Double Stops Up the Neck

    Étude: 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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  • Banjo Columbus Stockade Blues Up The Neck

    Up 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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