Learn some repertoire!
Now that you have the G scale under your fingers it would be a good idea to learn some tunes to really solidify it in your vocabulary. Here are a few tunes that would be great to move on to next:
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Song
Banjo
Banjo - Melodic Style
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Difficulty
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Key
G
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Tempo
110 bpm
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Tuning
gDGBD
This tune is often a guitar players first flat picking song, and this version of Red Haired Boy is based on Tony Rice's playing.
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Song
Banjo
Banjo - Melodic Style
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Difficulty
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Key
G
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Tempo
120 bpm
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Tuning
gDGBD
Play like a fiddle player! A lot of melodic style banjo players listen to fiddle players for articulations and popular licks.
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Song
Banjo
Banjo - Melodic Style
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Difficulty
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Key
G
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Tempo
120 bpm
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Tuning
gDGBD
This is a classic fiddle tune and this arrangement of June Apple is based on Noam Pikelny's performance.
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And if you're itching to keep learning scales, check out the C and D scale exercises:
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Song
Banjo
Banjo - C Scales
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Difficulty
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Key
C
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Tempo
100 bpm
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Tuning
gDGBD
You'll notice that the C scales use very similar positions to the G scales. The main difference between G and C is one note. C scales include F natural, and G scales h...
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Song
Banjo
Banjo - D Scales
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Difficulty
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Key
D
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Tempo
100 bpm
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Tuning
aDGBD
D major is one of the more difficult keys to play melodic in because of the large stretch from the 9th fret 3rd string with your pinky to the 5th fret first string wit...
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