Expansion Pack for Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Bluegrass Banjo

Hey y'all! Jim Pankey here.... lol
wildjimbo.sell...
Here's a couple more breaks for FMB. They can be a little tricky, so take your time! Seriously, there's no rush.
I'm playing my Recording King M5.

[@JimPankey]

Get the tab: wildjimbo.sellfy.store/p/foggy-mountain-breakdown-expansion-pack/

[@thomaseck2986]

Jim! Never stop teaching, you are changing the world 🌎

[@JimPankey]

Gosh.... I hope for the better. 😬

[@johnschreiner2047]

It's taken me a week, but I've got high break down! Now I need to complete the low break. Thanks Jim.

[@JimPankey]

Good job 👏🏼

[@vickimerrill1949]

I have spent the last few days trying to make the pinky stretch on that G lick and for it to sound clean. Today was the day! May not be a big deal for most but for me, it's a huge accomplishment. Thanks again for your videos!

[@JimPankey]

Woohoo!! I knew you could do it!

[@ksbrabao4046]

How do glick?

[@alisontrainor2310]

Hey Jim! Just wanted to say thanks from England as I have found your lessons fantastic. I inherited a banjo from my great grandmother and never had chance to learn until lockdown in April 2020. After a year I am now beginning to work out other tunes for myself. You are the best banjo teacher on You Tube without a doubt, and your manner and encouragement to keep going and let errors slide and build up speed and confidence is unrivalled. Many thanks for what you have taught me in the last year. Cheers, Al

[@JimPankey]

Thanks for letting me teach you ☺️

[@jerrywood5441]

Hey Jim. I grew up playing guitar and banjo but stopped in my early 20s regretfully so but now I'm 57 and stared a few weeks ago looking on you tube for lessons. I found and like you thw best. I just got cripple creek down well and am just beginning to play foggy mountain breakdown. Thx for your lessons and patients making them. You are great. !!!!!!!!!

[@JimPankey]

Glad you're enjoying them :)

[@Taylor-bu7rp]

Thanks for the video Jim! Glad to say I can now play this!

[@JimPankey]

Awesome 👏🏼

[@ahugs8843]

I've been hoping you'd do this. Thanks so much!! I got a banjo for christmas and I've really been enjoying your lesson videos. You're an excellent teacher Jim!!

[@tomference4618]

..bedazzled each time I watch the low part,..but will work on it still. Thanks so much Jim!

[@JimPankey]

You can do it 😊

[@Iflyone2]

Absaolutely enjoy your vids! Keep making them and giving us something to shoot for!!

[@tomference4618]

..am loving it, over and over! I am almost there Jim,..thanks so much for keeping this posted!

[@JimPankey]

Enjoy!

[@lukasrh]

thanks for this great lesson. first the don reno licks and than the expansion pack. perfect for a rainy sunday. no it's called rainy sunday breakdown :-)

[@JimPankey]

You're very welcome!

[@tobypritchard6095]

So happy for this Jim! I think I recall you calling that roll on the low break the 'inside out roll' which stuck. Loving each lesson and how the many tunes crossover each other.

[@jmills60]

Jim, I was working on this lesson today, and I saw another layer of the onion peeled back. Thanks for your lessons.

[@JimPankey]

Very welcome

[@stuart2816]

Brilliant as always Jim thank you. I gotta find the right way to finish off now after the high break. I'm sure one of your lessons covers intros and endings so will keep looking and practicing...best regards from over the pond

[@JimPankey]

After the high break I usually go back for one more low break.

[@stuart2816]

@@JimPankey ahaa! Thank you Jim! 👍

[@thefamily2707]

Oh yea I’m now ready for the next level on foggy thanks to your first awesome video I’m now on expansion pack 💪🏻🤠👍🏻

[@JimPankey]

Fantastic!

[@stevepawluk4129]

Excellent! This is fun! Thank you, Mr. Pankey!

[@JimPankey]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NBAnnie]

Hi Jim, re the low break, I really liked the way you cobbled together the break using only the "hook" & a couple fill in rolls to tie together several standard licks. I found one can also make a simple second low break using only the "hook" with a backward roll throughout the chord progression.

[@JimPankey]

Glad you liked it. I stole those ideas from Earl.

[@michaelangelo9024]

Love that roll from the E chord. Sounds mean.

[@JimPankey]

Me too! Thanks for watching. 😊

[@ArkansasHillbilli3]

Thanks, I never even knew there was another part to Foggy Mountain Breakdown

[@JimPankey]

Oh, we can make up all sorts of breaks. That’s what makes it fun.

[@GravyTrainZ]

I've been working my way towards this video, and I've used KZbin's speed feature to write my tab for these breaks for reference. Thanks again for a great instructional video, and by the way, your 3 to 2 pull offs are so smooth!! Practicing them every day to get to your level :)

[@JimPankey]

Thanks for letting me be a part of your banjo journey

[@robertkreischer4195]

Hey Jim, just lettin ya know I'm still at it. I'm gettin pretty good at FMB and I also learned the solo to rocky top. I really appreciate your help. Thank you.

[@JimPankey]

That is awesome! Thanks for letting me teach you!

[@jntroisi]

Thanks again. I'm far from being able to play this but I'm subscribed and saved your videos to learn

[@GAMINGJ0HN]

I can't find a single good video on how to play Big Rock Candy Mountain on the banjo, all of your videos are incredibly well put together and easy to follow - is there any chance you could do a tutorial for that song?

[@severinneukom]

Great stuff! I've been playing for 4 years and still can't do an FM high break .. i think its time to learn that! 🙈

[@JimPankey]

You can do it!

[@thediamondintherough]

I can't wait to learn this. Thanks Jim!

[@JimPankey]

Have fun!

[@kelley55rn]

I know you get tons of requests so I will understand if you don’t, but will you play through The Sweetest Gift ( A Mother’s Smile). I’ve watch many videos of people playing and singing, I’ve tried and tried but I just can’t seem to play it. I know I’m just starting but this song has special meaning to me.

[@paulmarkowski9794]

All your videos are great! Nice hoodie- read through comments just to make sure it hadn't been asked- are you an AF veteran? If so, thank you for your service- both then and now! Just receive my dark green Jim shirt- it replaced an army shirt I finally had to surrender to the rag pile. Yikes- bad choice of words--I mean "retired" to the rag pile!

[@JimPankey]

My son is in the USAF. Thanks for getting one of my shirts. 😀

[@niklasandersson5118]

Hi! Thank you for your great lessons and that you made me start playing banjo! 😀 i have a song that i have loved for many years Tennessee whit Jimmy Martin. Maby you next lesson you do can be that song? 😀 thanks again! Niklas from sweden

[@paulmarkowski9794]

Jim, tricky for sure! I thought the up the neck was going to be the rough one- still working on the pinky, but the down the neck part had me lost but I think I have it now- maybe you can set me straight for sure. Other than the first Em part, everything else is just slightly different than the original break because of that 5-3-1-5-3-1 instead of the 3-5-3-1-3 in the original break. This break seems to use the lick as a separator of other licks more often, and since it has one extra note, that first g-lick picks up an extra string- the first string, so before the slide on the 3rd string it's 3-1-5 instead of 3-5 as in the original break. It kind of balances it out more- but drove me nuts until I kept watching you in slow motion. If I'm right about this, it makes this lesson even better for anyone who may want to try their own lick additions later on--they have to have balance. Either that, or my wife is right and I am nuts!

[@JimPankey]

Hey, you're a banjo player, you are already nuts. 😆. Glad you're figuring it out with my "help".

[@wildbanjoman99]

Great video jim, you ever thought about a video on bugle call rag? I wonder how ole jimbo would approach it... Hmm. Hope all is well, i found out you are only a few hours away from me. Im down near the savannah area :)

[@JimPankey]

That’s a good one. I thought maybe I had done it way back... evidently I haven’t.

[@wildbanjoman99]

@@JimPankey i think it would be a interesting video. Just a suggestion though, im currently working on a more advanced man of constant sorrow. Has 1 to 3 hammer ons and other bluesy licks

[@astro781]

Oh, boy, ya---another vote for Bugle Call Rag here too!

[@waluman1]

thank you!

[@budmoore8144]

great video so glade you did this one

[@jasong.5842]

Hello Mr. Pankey, Do you think you could teach us how to play The Dying Soldier three-finger style banjo? All I saw was clawhammer. I think this would be an absolutely beautiful song if you could figure it out. Thx for the great lessons.

[@isaiahbarnett9062]

we are going to break down the break

[@JimPankey]

You can do it!

[@dylanwatts5295]

On the low break what are you playing at the part right before the 4 1 1 lick? When teaching that segment you said it was 5 3 1 5 3 1 but when you play the whole break it seems like you’re playing something like 5 3 1 3 4(2nd fret) 1, then 4 1 1. Would love to know so I can learn the best sounding version. Thanks

[@JimPankey]

Yup… looks like I’m doing what you discovered. In “real life” actually do it both ways to add some variety.

[@bigblockbumpside2296]

Hey jim i was wondering your technique on how to do that bend at the beginning?

[@JimPankey]

Just like you'd imagine. I fret the note, then bend the string. There's no trick to it.

[@colinsarah120]

Well this is terrifying 😂😂

[@JimPankey]

Best to watch late at night… in the dark… in the attic.

[@taylorsvilleTJ]

Can you do a short video how you transition from Foggy Mountain main part to the up the neck part? Thanks. It sounds to me like some of the G lick at the end needs to be left off if playing directly into the up the neck part. Thanks

[@JimPankey]

you're on the right track. listen to it, and make it fit in time. you can do it.

[@pjgen1]

Jim, great stuff. But, need TABS to get started. I for one will gladly pay for any and all TABS you find time to do! I don't play from TABS but need them to learn. Please bear with me, I'm a beginner and need all the help I can get.

[@JimPankey]

You can do it without the tabs. I promise. I do have some stuff tabbed at sellfy.com/wildjimbo but not much.

[@pjgen1]

Request TABS for Foggy Mountian Breakdown addition and Wildwood Flower.

[@JimPankey]

Probably won't be doing a tab for Wildwood Flower. I do have a tab of the first break of FMB here: sellfy.com/p/vE6V/

[@tdpofsc]

Hi Jim, is there a tab for this in your tab store?

[@JimPankey]

I don't have a tab for this

[@michaelangelo9024]

Right now I want to just do the low part. Then, I will be able to tackle the high.

[@JimPankey]

No rush. If you’re still working on the low break there’s no reason to be on this video yet.

[@dardoux]

Hi Jim, is there a tab sheet to go with this please?

[@JimPankey]

No. I didn’t offer a tab with this since it’s just ideas you can apply.

[@bigblockbumpside2296]

What do you do if your pinky just wont stretch?🤦‍♂️

[@JimPankey]

Keep practicing 😊

[@paulmarkowski9794]

@@JimPankey OH YEAH- and when it does- it makes it even better--if it was too easy- it wouldn't be near as fun!

[@Coyote769]

Jim, are you an Air Force veteran??

[@JimPankey]

My son is in the USAF

[@dacipatton1]

Im sameguy as Bigd

[@JimPankey]

Howdy 🤠

[@prodigygirl1]

Heya Jim 🥰

[@JimPankey]

Howdy!