Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms Banjo Tabs
Flatt & Scruggs
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles
Recomended level: Beginner
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms is a bluegrass standard! We reccommend you start with the melody. That's always a great place to start. You learn the important notes that define this tune. The next best place to go will be some simple rolling backup. Check out Create Your Own: Rolling Backup. Learning to roll with the chord changes is an essential skill for playing with others. It also helps get your picking hand in shape and ready to tackle Scruggs style banjo.
There's a large variety of styles to check out here. Each one will teach you not only a unique way to play this song, but also important concepts for banjo playing. Dig into the Two Finger Style arrangement for something that is simple, solid, accessible and interesting! There are subtle variations to the melody that add a bluesy flavor. Fill-in notes and pinches are added to give the song a classic banjo sound, and it's all done with just two fingers - the index and the thumb. If you are ready to try some three finger style banjo, then check out Walks, Fill-Ins & Pinches. This one uses three fingers, but is very similar to the two finger style version in how it is played . Walks are also added in. These give a really cool, new and interesting sound. Fitting the Melody into the Forward Roll is an neat one. It uses the forward roll exclusively but manages to weave in all the important melody notes. This one should not be ignored.
There's several more arrangement options to check out. Make sure to read the descriptions for each of the banjo tablature versions of Roll in My Sweet Baby's arms to get more info, practice, and playing advice for each arrangement.
Learn how to play Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:
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Two Finger Style
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 75 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This excellent two finger version of Roll in My Sweet Baby's arms is a blast! This is a great banjo break that is based on the melody and includes some fill-in notes and pinches to ...
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Walks, Fill-Ins & Pinches
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 75 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Keeping it simple and making it interesting. This arrangement utilizes simple "fill-ins", pinches and walks. This one will be easier to play at higher speeds, and just sounds great!...
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Fitting the Melody into The "Forward Roll"
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 60 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This one is cool. We are truly "rolling" in My Sweet Baby's Arms. Forward rolling that is. uses an "index lead" forward roll exclusively. That means the roll starts with the index f...
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Scruggs Style - Basic
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 120 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Earl's version of this tune is jam-packed with signature licks that sound great with this tune, this arrangement is more based on the melody with some simple rolls, pinches, and fill...
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Create Your Own: Rolling Backup
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 75 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
Learn to create your own rolling backup! For each measure you are rolling with 16th notes. That means you could use two 8 note rolls per measure. The forward backward roll is a grea...
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Scruggs Style
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 120 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This is Earl Scruggs's break on Roll in My Sweet Baby's arms. Try to milk those 3rd string/3rd fret bluesy notes.
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Melodic Style
- Difficulty
- Key G
- Tempo 120 bpm
- Tuning gDGBD
This melodic break jumps up and down the neck and gives you a lot of ideas for licks to use in your own arrangements!