Improvise on the Banjo with 6ths! // Bluegrass Banjo Lesson

[@judwatkins9478]

I still get new insights even after watching the same videos months or years apart. Thanks, Eli!!!

[@johnapicella3547]

Outstanding lesson. Friend of the devil is a perfect song to apply this to. You included the opening riff in this lesson. I’ve been working on that song as it has become a regular tune in the local jam. GHS almost mediums if you please!

[@jaguarsunburst1570]

You're Really The Best Teacher Ever .!!❤❤❤

[@blackbirdpie217]

Dennis Caplinger told me he favors sixth patterns and being familiar with his playing I hear his style in there. Thanks very much I'll be working on this!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Cool!

[@GuitarandBanjoLessons]

Great lesson!

[@tobypritchard6095]

This is great Eli, each lesson is a goldmine that needs time to explore

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks Toby!

[@timburrell7396]

Very good lesson thanks

[@gbwooten]

I have been picking around on a banjo for several years but I have learned a lot from you. I'm trying to get my grandsons to pick it up, they both are pretty smart and if they give it a try I know they would get really good with your teaching. It's really a good thing that you are doing. You play very well and a lot can be learned from you. Thanks.

[@esa6321]

Lol I'm the opposite. I'm trying to get my grandpa to pick up either mandolin or banjo but he wont.

[@750S]

Did they pick it up yet? If not show them Nora Brown. I went from never having the desire to learn or play banjo to owning one in less than two weeks from finding her

[@paulfoytack5267]

I'm not sure how you do it Eli but your teaching method is piercing my thick head. Thanks!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Ha! Glad to hear it Paul!

[@DYMONDSLAWNANDLANDSCAPE]

I am going to try these in blackberry blossom! Thanks 😊

[@bumpassbanjo9480]

Good lesson Eli, i play a lot of Reno and Adcock style tunes and this would work with a lot of tunes. im gonna try using this method on Limehouse blues.

[@cjeterg]

Very cool stuff

[@bigshinytone]

Fantastic lesson, as always! You can hear 6th at work on Bela’s tune the Open Road on Drive. Love it.

[@DJBuell]

Same with Plunky's Lament on the Bluegrass Sessions

[@fergyspoolshots]

Or Leaving Cottendale by Alison Brown.

[@howardswartz5444]

Great lesson

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks!

[@sevoserver912]

Great job explaining this!

[@peterreno4203]

Nice work. I'm trying this on Whiskey Before Breakfast in G!

[@alprice5string]

I'm going to try applying this in the B part of Road to Columbus. Thanks Eli.

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Good idea!

[@michaelmalek9225]

Nice! I like this, great little exercise as well!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks!

[@peterdomenici9866]

Well explained, this is a really great breakdown of that sound. Love these videos man, really helpful. Thanks!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks Peter!

[@tc83780]

Thanks from France

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

👍

[@mikew5423]

This technique works great on Roanoke

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Definitely!

[@astro781]

A lot here, Eli. Thanks for this. Eight More Miles to Louisville might be a good one for these exercises.

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Definitely!

[@willowwils7499]

Could you possibly play and tab out the dixie chicks song goodbye earl I’ve been looking for these tabs for years but cant find any

[@kensymons9116]

Eight More Miles to Louisville might sound good with 6ths.

[@timspencer1307]

Blackbird would be great with this technique.

[@johnbocksnick1125]

Presented well

[@goldenbanjo197]

That might work well on ground speed! Good video man.

[@blackmesa4188]

Tnx profesor!!!

[@RickyMier]

What a great lesson! That track at the end is ridiculous, where can I find more of that music?

[@bigshinytone]

It's Eli's tune called Knotty Pine! I love it as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b161YqScmL14b7M

[@daveandrews6670]

Good stuff Eli, would it work on,Doug's tune ?. wouldn,t no how anyway.

[@yullypuspoyudo8483]

Awesome...

[@stephenweade7487]

Great info as always .. trying to hear and match a song I’m guessing that By My Side would work.. infamous Stringdusters

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks Stephen!

[@UTBanjo]

Home! Sweet Home!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Definitely!

[@adamjacobrogers9155]

Dim. 6ths?

[@leonbasler2545]

So are they sixths because, the 2 notes that are played are part of the major tonic and the relative minor? I mildly confused

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

They're 6 notes apart in the major scale

[@vojtechkucera4778]

This is great lesson. I've been knowing about 6th but I couldn't find a way to use it Thank you Eli so much Regards from Czech Republic

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks!

[@johnblack1030]

This would be good to Dooley.

[@MrLemonBob]

Twinkle twinkle little star

[@gregcole3088]

Blackberry blossom

[@garrywatson1839]

I think it would work with blue ridge cabin home

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

I agree!

[@sandrasosnoski3038]

Bella Fleck’s Big Country

[@aarongiddens8890]

I would say it would probably sound good on Blackberry Blossom

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

I think so!

[@jasonmercer8323]

Tony Trischka’s crossville breakdown

[@LeddingtonGuitars]

1:46 - Hold your horses there... you missed the bit that explains how G + B = a 6th?? 5 seconds earlier you said G > E was a 6th, this bit i get... but G + B = a 6th... please help!

[@vojtechkucera4778]

you have to count it from B to G...not from G to B

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Yes B up to G is a 6th, G up to E is a 6th, but G up to B is a 3rd, and E up to G is a 3rd. It all depends which note is on the bottom. If you flip them around then it’s the same notes, but definitely a different sound. Hope that helps!

[@LeddingtonGuitars]

@@EliGilbertBanjo Got it! Thanks!!

[@harrygarcia8749]

Hi, I posted this question, then scrolled down and saw this. But I am still confused, because if I start from B and go up the B scale to the 6th it's G#, not G. Not sure why I am not understanding.

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Not the B scale, the G scale. B-C-E-F#-G. Hope that helps!

[@austinholmes5277]

4:05

[@aarongiddens8890]

Maybe it would sound good on Gold rush

[@sunnysachdev5039]

Steve Martin’s So Familiar

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Definitely!

[@joesmith8847]

When I’m 64 by the Beatles might work well for 6ths.

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

I bet it would!

[@UTBanjo]

I actually learned this way without really knowing why/what I was doing.

[@harrygarcia8749]

Please explain how B and G are a 6th apart? You just explained how G and E are a 6th apart.

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Not the B scale, the G scale. B-C-E-F#-G. Hope that helps!

[@chrisdavis273]

Hey I even commented. I am like a KZbin user pro.

[@andygabelmusic]

Don't let me down by the Beatles

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

For sure!

[@chrisbryant1657]

Stairway to Heaven

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

You’re not wrong!

[@DJBuell]

Thumb the 5th string, you'll sound like Bach

[@joshuacash]

Love your videos! But dude, you've gooooottttaaaa clean your fretboard ;)

[@geebee864]

Yo got bad eyes ! Use your EARS ! Works better! HaHa

[@rschuyler]

Honestly I hit dislike anytime someone tells me to subscribe to their channel. Hate being told what to do