Banjo tablatures for Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Earl Scruggs
Recomended level: Intermediate
This song has inspired countless people to play and learn Scruggs style banjo. Obviously the Foggy Mountain Roll is prerequisite to play this one. Make sure you have that down. If you need extra help check out our Foggy Mountain Breakdown Roll Mini-Lesson. Incorporating the slurs with the roll can be quite a challenge. Take it a note at a time, and use the focus feature to loop and really nail down tough measures.
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Scruggs Style
- G
- 140 bpm
- gDGBD
The ultimate Scruggs tune! Foggy Mountain Breakdown is an essential bluegrass banjo song, and it's great for working on slurs and right hand drop thumb. This arrangement is closely b...
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Up the Neck
- G
- 100 bpm
- gDGBD
Here's the classic high break for Foggy Mountain Breakdown. At the beginning of this arrangement you'll hear Earl's iconic chokes on the 10th fret.
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Melodic Style
- G
- 140 bpm
- gDGBD
This melodic version of Foggy Mountain Breakdown will challenge you at fast tempos. It's got a lot of tasteful melodic playing along with some fancy chromatic work.