Closing Time

That's All for Now Folks

That about wraps things up for this lick lesson. Here's some ideas of how to put these licks to work and a few suggestions for what you might want to check out next.

Putting these Licks to Work

If you want to play more Scruggs style material, then check out our Scruggs Style roadmap. Here's a good video lesson series on Fireball Mail you might want to dig into.

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  Learning Path

  How to Play Fireball Mail

  This lesson path takes you through Fireball Mail in several steps. First we learn the bear bones melody. Second, we learn a simplifi...

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The language of bluegrass banjo is largely comprised of the broad vocabulary of licks pioneered by Earl Scruggs. It's important to master those. It will make learning his tunes and other bluegrass banjo tunes so much easier.

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  Song

  G licks

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    G
  • Tuning
    gDGBD

  All of these licks can be used any time a G chord is being played, regardless of the key a song is in. Most of these licks can be u...

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  Song

  C Licks

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    C
  • Tuning
    gDGBD

  C licks. They aren't as popular as G licks, but by golly they are important! Each of these Essential Scruggs Style banjo licks soun...

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  Song

  D Licks

  • Difficulty
    
  • Key
    D
  • Tuning
    gDGBD

  These licks work great over D chords. Some can also lead into other chords. Check out the lick switcher to learn a few variations o...

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