D Major Melodic Scale Workout Banjo Tabs
Exercises
D Major Melodic Scale Workout Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles
Recomended level: Intermediate
This banjo exercise provides instruction and practice to help develop dexterity and melodic playing abilities on the instrument. These exercises and workouts are listed in order of difficulty and intensity. Pay very close attention to the banjo tablature. The fret hand and pick hand fingerings are very important.
Learn how to play D Major Melodic Scale Workout on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:
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Low Octave
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 30 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Don't sacrifice steady beat and smooth playing for speed. If you are playing fast and it becomes sloppy then stop and slow it down. Get the notes right at whatever speed you need to...
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Higher Octave
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 30 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Notice that the 2nd finger stays on the second string after you shift higher up the neck. Using this finger as a pivot/anger finger during your shift will help you play this smoothe...
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Two Octave Scale
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 30 bpm
- Tuning aDGBD
This is a D scale pattern with your fifth string spiked at the 7th fret to create the A note in the scale. Using this tab, you'll learn how to play a two octave scale.
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Scale Pattern #1
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 30 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This scale pattern is also known as the 1231 2342 pattern, which refers to the scale degrees. If you were to name the notes it would be DEF#D EF#GE and so on. Before applying this to...
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Scale Pattern #2
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 30 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This scale pattern is also known as the 1321 2432 pattern, which refers to the scale degrees. If you were to name the notes it would be DF#ED; EGF#E and so on. Before applying this t...
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Scale Pattern #3
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 50 bpm
- Tuning GDGBD
This workout moves you through the D major scale in the melodic style by moving in "thirds". This is a musical term describing the distance in which you move from one note to anothe...
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Scale Pattern #4
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This scale pattern moves through the scale in 4 note groups, ascending and descending. As always, check the banjo tab for the suggested fingerings. After becoming familiar with this ...
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Diatonic Modes
- Difficulty
- Key D
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Diatonic Modes. What the heck does that mean? Well, Diatonic means "of the scale". Everything in this workout is technically the D major scale, just with different starting and endi...