Vampin' Fancy
The Best D Fill Money Can Buy
This lick is built from that simple D major pentatonic walk you just learned. It's foundational Scruggs Style vocabulary. You can hear it near the end of the A & B sections of Groundspeed and in a lot of other tunes he wrote or played on. We are playing right out of the chord shape. As we learn these different licks, be thinking about the chord shapes or scales that are being used. This one just adds a bit more rolling action, a pull-off and a little thumb rake, and it's all in that first measure.
This 2 measure pentatonic walk can work for in a lead, backup, or as a fill. Watch the video to hear it in action and get a breakdown. Practice with the Tunefox player below.
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If you dig this lick then go ahead and favorite these banjo tabs for "Take This Hammer" to work on at a later time. They will show you how to use this lick in a closed position and incorporate a few more "vampin' fancy" tricks.
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Vamping: Root -> 1st Inversion Étude
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Learn to play vamping backup for "Take this Hammer" on the banjo. Here, you will learn to use a 'root shape' banjo chord and slide ...
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Vamping: 6 White Horses Étude
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gDGBD
Learn to play vamping backup for "Take this Hammer" on the banjo. Here, you will learn to use the common "6 White Horses" riff for ...
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Fancy Vamping
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gDGBD
Ain't no doubt about it. This here's fancy vamping. Learn to combine several vamping patterns to create some truly well-to-do backu...
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Next up, time to learn one of the all-time classic "D Licks" from the song "Groundspeed".