How To Play The Banjo : How to Play the Earl Scruggs Banjo Roll

Learn how to play an Earl Scruggs banjo roll in this free online bluegrass music lesson.

Expert: Fred Wilharm
Contact: www.mainstreetproductions.org
Bio: Fred Wilharm has played guitar, banjo and harmonica for over 25 years and has taught bluegrass banjo.
Filmmaker: Fred Wilharm

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[kdkmo]

Read Earl's book. It's called "alternating thumb roll".

[yeslinusyes]

Re..Re...Retard!

[TheSchaef]

"speeded up" lol

[dukeofearlbanjo]

it's an alternating roll without alternating...lol. Earl never played that crap

[thasuperdutchman]

mmmmm beer

[followthecheater]

I give up on this roll xDD

[falstaffinfection]

I thought it was a "forward" roll, but that might be a regional thing. Putting the word expert anywhere near this video is total paradox. Maybe I'm missing something, but this is day 1, lesson 1 on how to play the banjo. Hardly expert advice.

[banjowatcher]

Hey ! it's called an in-out roll.

Scruggs rolls are where you get the melody note with your thumb.

An in-out roll is but one type of roll used in Scruggs playing.

[xrmlv]

hello.what type of banjo do u suggest for begginers?4string?5?or maybe 6 for guitar players?each type is for different style and techinc or it's the same?thank you very much!

[trapperjohn3400]

in order to get speed when playing banjo you will need picks, i felt the same way about picks as you, but i learned with picks and my speed and accuracy increaced.