Bluegrass Banjo Tutorials

By becoming familiar with the material in the following tutorials you should be able to play any of the bluegrass banjo songs on the ezFolk website. All of the Level 1 songs in the tablature section just contain the techniques in the Level 1 tutorials. The Level 2 tablatures use techniques from Levels 1 and 2, and the Level 3 arrangements combine techniques from all three levels.

 Intro to Bluegrass Banjo

• Parts of the Banjo
• Holding the Banjo & Using Picks
• How to Read Tablature
• Tuning the Banjo

Level 1

• The Pinch
• Double Thumbing
• Mixed Roll

Level 2

• Forward Roll
• Forward-Reverse Roll

Level 3

• Slurred Notes
• Fill-in Licks
• Intros
• Endings

Bluegrass Banjo Tabs on ezFolk

Most songs are available in three arrangements -- Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 -- and the techniques used correspond to the levels in the tutorials above. 

Click here for the full tablature menu and links to all of the following tabs.

• Big Rock Candy Mountain
• Bile Dem Cabbage Down
• Church in the Wildwood
• Cripple Creek
• Cumberland Gap
• Groundhog
• Handsome Molly
• Keep on the Sunny Side
• Kum Ba Yah
• Little Darling Pal of Mine
• Man of Constant Sorrow
• Michael Row the Boat Ashore
• Mountain Dew
• Shady Grove
• Wildwood Flower
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken
• Wreck of the Old 97

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