Rider - Scruggs Style - Basic - Key of D

For this version of Rider, you'll need to "spike" or capo your 5th string at the 7th fret. If that sounds like gibberish, check out the learning path for Banjo Capo Use to learn what those terms mean. You could also re-tune your 5th string a bit higher, to an A note, to get the right sound for this one. The tuning, from 5th string to first, will be aDGBd

This basic Scruggs style version of Rider for the banjo uses repeating roll patterns mixed in with the melody to provide a solid arrangement that sounds great and isn't too tough to play. Playing the exact melody while incorporating rolls in this key can be a little bit tough. We've created an arrangement that retains the heart of the original melody and substitutes some notes to make it a bit easier to play. The only roll pattern used in the whole song is a forward roll. There's also a great pentatonic walk. It's much like the one you may have learned in the Scruggs Style - Basic - Key of C version. Notice it's just the same "shape" at a different spot on the neck. Memorizing shapes and sounds is a great way to build your banjo vocabulary.

You'll have to make a few position shifts. Follow the suggested fret hand fingerings in the banjo tablature and make position shifts while open strings are being played.