High Above the Hills - Benji Flaming - solo banjo (solobanjo.com)

Freedom of improvisation is one of my favorite things about playing solo banjo material. Sometimes, it's fun to choose just the first couple of notes you are going to play, decide how fast you are going to play them, and then see where the melody wants to go from there.

It was during these improvisational pieces that the melody in this video kept appearing. It became one of my favorite things to play, both alone and with other musicians. Last year, during the Bell Buckle Music Cruise (in the Caribean, no less) a couple dear friends of mine wrote some beautiful lyrics for this, which also furnished the tune with the title "High Above the Hills".

This will, of course, be on my forthcoming solo banjo CD. :) Visit http://solobanjo.com/ for more info.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• solo
• banjo
• mellow
• contemplative
• new
• age
• alternate
• tuning
• benji
• flaming
• monroe
• crossing

[v5alive]

wicked!!! can't get over how nice this sounds.

[SoloBanjo]

Thanks so much! I'll be posting some more videos in the very-near future.

[BenjiFlaming]

@X20falconsforever14X So glad to hear it! FYI, I've got a lot more banjo stuff (among other instruments) on my main channel (i.e. the account that I'm posting this from).

[X20falconsforever14X]

Awesome! i just randomly looked up banjo music on youtube cause i was interested and you inspired me to start! keep up more songs=D

[banjoman1437]

more!more !more!