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Over the Waterfall - "C Shapes" Banjo Tabs

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Over the Waterfall - "C Shapes" Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Intermediate

Tags: #old-time, #fiddle tune, #instrumental, #melodic, #scruggs, #major key

"Over the Waterfall" is a fiddle tune from the world of Old-Time music. It's a slightly "modal" tune in the key of D. Modal just means you'll use a few notes and chords that aren't typically played in key of D major. This is what helps to give the song a unique sound and flavor.

For these versions of Over the Waterfall for the banjo, you will use "C Shapes". To get into the key of D, you will need to capo at the 2nd fret and 'spike' or capo your 5th string at the 7th fret. To learn more about spikes and capos, check out our Learning Path on Capo Use. If you are just playing by yourself you don't need to capo to learn this tune. The capo is only needed if you are jamming with other players or a recording of this tune and they are playing it i the traditional key of D.

There's a lot of different versions to check out here. Remember to read the descriptions for each banjo tablature. There's more practice advice and information that will help you to learn, understand and practice with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

For the Melodic Style tunes it's important to master basic scales and practice scale workouts and exercises. It's a great way to build facility and knowledge that makes learning and understanding melodic style tunes much easier. In this case you would want to focus on C Major Melodic Scale Workout

To dive deeper into the melodic style check out our roadmap for melodic style banjo. There are video lessons, songs and tons of exercises that will help you build your skills

For the Single String version of this tune you should regularly spend some time with the Single String 101 and the Single String Mini-Course to bolster your picking and fretting skills for this intricate style of banjo playing.

For the Scruggs Stylearrangements of Over the Waterfall you should definitely practice your banjo rolls and Essential Scruggs Licks. One of the versions is based on the picking pattern found in the classic banjo tune "Groundspeed". If you haven't learned that then at least check it out so you can see and hear the common picking and fretting hand patterns used in that tune and in the Scruggs style version of Over the Waterfall.

Learn how to play Over the Waterfall - "C Shapes" on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:

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