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One Finger Workouts banjo tabs

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  • Tablatures

    Thumb 101

    Exercises

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

    Learn the basic rhythmic subdivisions using only your thumb. Strive for precise timing. Practice playing loudly on one pass through, and quietly on another. Some subdivisions will be too fast for you at certain tempos. Adjust the tempo slider accordingly.

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  • Index 101

    Exercises

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

    Learn the basic rhythmic subdivisions using only your index finger. Strive for precise timing. Practice playing loudly on one pass through, and quietly on another. Some subdivisions will be too fast for you at certain tempos. Adjust the tempo slider accordingly.

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  • Middle 101

    Exercises

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

    Learn the basic rhythmic subdivisions using only your middle finger. Strive for precise timing. Practice playing loudly on one pass through, and quietly on another. Some subdivisions will be too fast for you at certain tempos. Adjust the tempo slider accordingly.

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  • Alternating Thumb 101

    Exercises

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

    Alternating thumb is a cornerstone of two and three finger banjo. Use this exercise to warmup, work on precise timing, and push your speed. Strive to control your dynamics. Be able to play this with even volume quietly and loudly.

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More about One Finger Workouts

One finger workouts are designed to exercise timing, speed, strength and control for your thumb, index, and middle fingers. They are a great way to warmup, but also help you develop rhythmic rudiments that will help in everything you play.

There are many Scruggs, melodic and bluesy licks in these 2 banjo One Finger Workouts tablatures, which can be used to personalize each arrangement into your liking. To change measure into different arrangement, just click on the "Original Measure" text above the measure and select a different lick. You can also click the "Shuffle licks" button at the bottom of the page to randomly change all of the licks in the tablature and create a wholly unique arrangement of this song.

Be sure to check out all of the great learning tools that Tunefox has to offer such as "Hide Notes", "Memory Train", and "Speed Up". These tools can be found in the "Tools" menu at the bottom right of your screen. Want to learn some of One Finger Workouts by ear? Use "Hide Notes" to hide some or all of the notes in the tablature. Once you’re finished learning with the tab use the "Memory Train" tool to commit the song to memory. Then practice with "Speed Up" to improve your technique and speed in no time.

Use the Tunefox backing tracks to practice the solo you’re working on or improvising over the chord changes for One Finger Workouts. The backing tracks are recorded samples of real instruments to help simulate practicing with an actual band. You can adjust the volume of the instrument, band, and metronome to your liking.

Members can export their arrangements into PDF, allowing them to print and bring them to their next jam session.