How to Learn Any Song On The Banjo

[@BanjoSkills]

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[@BanjoAddict]

ha ha this is exactly what i have been working on for the past week and couldnt find any info anywhere on it! this video was right on time! thank you!

[@BanjoSkills]

Awesome to hear! You’re welcome! Let me know if anything isn’t clear or could use some more explanation

[@eeaston5]

Thank you thank you. Great step by step breakdown. Just started working on one of my favorite songs that I couldn’t find banjo tab for - really helpful!

[@BanjoSkills]

Great to hear! what song?

[@eeaston5]

@@BanjoSkills Piper To the End by Mark Knopfler. Lots of chord changes though so still working on how to put some bum diddys in.

[@Oldman-t7m]

Great explanation sir,,,,,thanks

[@BanjoSkills]

You are most welcome!

[@digitplayer5811]

I love your videos! I just picked up the banjo and I already feel steady. Please keep up the great content!

[@BanjoSkills]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@taftphotography]

Super helpful Jack!

[@BanjoSkills]

Glad it helped!

[@STP19]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Yes Jack. You've done It again. I've been sipping Good Whisky 🥃, with Good People. Your tutorial has explained the The Task perfectly. Respect Man, Respect and ................ with one of my Favourite Songs. STP

[@BanjoSkills]

Thanks again!

[@LukeNeville1996]

Hey Jack, thanks for this - really helpful. Something I struggled with was working out what tuning to put the banjo in. I can look up the chords for a song online, but then how do I translate that to the banjo if they are for guitar, for example?

[@BanjoSkills]

Thanks so much! I'm going to do a video about this soon because I get asked this a lot. But, I tend to mostly use open G or double C tuning. Whichever is going to give me easiest reach of the chords with as many open strings as possible. If you're trying to learn a song not traditionally played on the banjo, I'll find the guitar chords and then translate any I don't know to banjo using Theo's Chord Generator here chordgen.parmakis.co.uk - I'll use that to make myself a chord chart and then learn the chord progression and go through the rest of these steps. I'm working on a very modern pop song right now - and the process really is exactly the same - chords, melody, bare-bones, embellished.