Where to go now?

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:

• Song Banjo

  Red Haired Boy

  Banjo - Melodic Style

  • Difficulty
    

  • Key
    G
  • Tempo
    110 bpm
  • 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

  Salt Creek

  Banjo - Melodic Style

  • Difficulty
    

  • Key
    G
  • Tempo
    120 bpm
  • 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

  June Apple

  Banjo - Melodic Style

  • Difficulty
    

  • Key
    G
  • Tempo
    120 bpm
  • 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:

• Song Banjo

  Melodic Scales

  Banjo - C Scales

  • Difficulty
    

  • Key
    C
  • Tempo
    100 bpm
  • 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

  Melodic Scales

  Banjo - D Scales

  • Difficulty
    

  • Key
    D
  • Tempo
    100 bpm
  • 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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