Are you in a banjo learning rut?

If your in a rut in learning how to play the banjo, here's a few suggestions to help you get out of it:

Try taking one or two of your favorite licks from one of the songs you know and try to find where you can substitute them into some of the other songs that you know. That way you can develop different variations for your songs and you're not playing them the same every time through.

Find simple intros and endings for them as well.

And if you don't know your chord shapes, think about learning them (both up and down the neck if you think you're ready).

And once you get that down you can start working on fuller arrangements for your songs, such as adding a simple intro - adding different breaks - add a simple ending. That'll keep you busy and maybe start to get you thinking a bit more musically about what's going on. Not to mention JAM -READY!!

Keep on pickin'
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