You can Learn this BIG Backup Lick - Bluegrass Banjo

Here's an intermediate level backup lick - maybe one of the biggest!
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[@mondocain]

Jim. You cover all the bases. You are like hanging out with a good banjo buddy just showing you good stuff. I can’t thank you enough.

[@JimPankey]

You're welcome! I'd like to think we're banjo buddies. :)

[@jimtucknott8139]

This is one of my favourite licks from when I first heard Earl Scruggs. Thanks as always for another great lesson. Can't wait to get started on this one!

[@JimPankey]

Glad I can help!

[@markdettmer6518]

Love this lick. I have heard it for years and never knew it. Thanks Jim! You are selfles in getting out info to new or growing pickers

[@JimPankey]

Glad I could help 😊

[@lukasrh]

a great video and a very useful lick that I've neglected for all too long. thank you!

[@JimPankey]

Glad I could help ☺️

[@mondocain]

Great lesson! I’m not a Scruggs player, but this works great for Clawhammer too! I love your lessons brother. You are so down home.

[@JimPankey]

Just doing my part. 😊

[@braddobmeier1991]

Nice. Just wanted to let you know your lessons got me playing good enough to play my first bluegrass jam session I had a blast!! Thank you Jim.

[@JimPankey]

That's fantastic! Fun ain't it?

[@BoNdzY]

Thanks for these videos, I’m trying to lean how to really flare up my playing with licks and such. Thanks so much Jim👍

[@JimPankey]

Thanks for watching. I’m glad you found the video helpful.

[@rkbarry]

Please continue with nifty backup licks! This instruction has really upped my game!!

[@JimPankey]

Glad you liked it 😊

[@allenronaldson4381]

What a coincidence, I took an ensemble class at the Old Town School, and everybody had a song to sing, and this was mine. I actually played guitar on it. I think it’s one of the iconic bluegrass songs. We did TR’s version but not as fast.

[@JimPankey]

I have a handful of songs that I use to experiment with new licks and ideas. This is one of my favorites. :)

[@lonniedavis4219]

Great lick and a darn good sounding banjo

[@JimPankey]

Thanks! Yeah, the RK is a beast. I'm thankful every time I play it.

[@astro781]

Earl did this all the time....I'm getting it now....Thanks Jim!

[@JimPankey]

Good job!

[@wayneandrews1738]

Jim, we are all human so we are prone to mistakes! Your licks could fit into *Old Home Place* or *Sunny Side Of The Mountain*. These two songs are quite popular, and could be added to your editions. ^_^

[@JimPankey]

Yup... this "big" lick is super useful. Have fun with it.

[@tobypritchard6095]

Loving this so much Jim, thanks

[@JimPankey]

Glad to do it.

[@severinneukom]

Thats a very cool lick! Have to learn this..

[@JimPankey]

Yes... you do have to learn it. It's required. :)

[@severinneukom]

Hey Jim! I hope you are fine, you probably have a lot around the ears .. I do not know if you know the expression in the USA .. ;-) that means You are certainly busy busy .. would like your opinion .. need an upgrade , have that goodtime two .. what do you think about the deering sierra? Or is eagle II? thank you for your time! Severin

[@allenronaldson4381]

Good stuff maestro!

[@JimPankey]

Thanks!

[@lefty5string]

good stuff

[@JimPankey]

Thanks!

[@rexabillion]

Hi Jim, I really enjoy your videos. How about a cover of either ramblin man by Alman bros or midnight flyer? Keep at it bud, cheers

[@JimPankey]

Used to play Midnight Flyer from time to time back in the early 80s... I don't think I've played it since. It would have been pretty much a straight ahead bluegrass arrangement though. Thing is, those sorts of tunes are more or less approached by finding rolls and licks to fake my way through them. I realize I did Marshall Tucker thing, but that was a "commission" sorta thing... it's not something I've played since posting that video. :)

[@tomference4618]

Nice,...

[@JimPankey]

Thanks

[@theredhawk6483]

Hey Jim, I've been wanting to pick up the banjo and watching your videos and lessons have really got be intrigued. I know a bit (like very little) of how to play string instruments such as guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. Anyway, I was wondering what you think a good starting banjo would be. You know, not a super expensive top brand banjo. Just a good budget starter just in the case I don't fall in love with it. Thanks in advance for any recommendations

[@JimPankey]

Glad you are enjoying the videos. I always recommend the Recording King Dirty Thirties

[@astro781]

If you can afford a RK35, you will not need another banjo until you start recording...Jim has some videos on his channel here....I was upgrading from a Deering Goodtime and wanting to dive into Scruggs style but my Deering lacked the tone I wanted...I bit the bullet and got one and I love it...absolutely love it....Check out Banjohangout...sometimes there are rk35s for sale at a steal. it's worth the investment.

[@tomjenkins4929]

Hey Jim. Thanks for the lessons. Would love to go to folk school with my wife but working right now. Did not know about the school until you mentioned it. Do you teach there regularly?

[@JimPankey]

I've done 2 or 3 banjo classes a year for the past several years... so fairly regular as that sort of thing goes. :)

[@tomjenkins4929]

@@JimPankey ill keep an eye on the schedule. Im from Michigan so it will be a big d

[@JimPankey]

Tom Jenkins a lot of couples come together and take different classes. :)

[@severinneukom]

Hello Jim, I'm trying to accompany my father with my banjo. He plays the accordion. if I make the back up then with the F-shape and D-shape. (vamping) but if I want to make rolls it does not sound so great .. do you have a tip? Is there a universal roll for F / D shape? Thanks a lot for your help! Greetings from 🇨🇭✌🏼

[@JimPankey]

There is no universal roll for anything. Any roll will work with any shape. You have to decide what you like. :)

[@severinneukom]

thanks :-) do you have to make a lesson about different back up rolls? :-)

[@JimPankey]

Rolls are rolls.. The same rolls that I teach in my beginner series are the same rolls I use for everything. I don't have "back up rolls".

[@severinneukom]

Ok, thank you!

[@lifeonsibuyanphilippines7212]

Sir, PLEASE consider singing all those songs while you play the basic stuff. Please sing them all the way through. .. .. It will be very educational and your voice and playing are exemplary. Please consider . .

[@JimPankey]

Thanks. Not all the stuff I teach has words though.

[@banjoman3370]

Hello Jim and all the subscribers, not a video comment, sorry. My banjo is tuned so that the distance between the strings and the fretboard is about 5 millimeters per 12 frets, playing is not very convenient. Do you have a video on adjusting the 5-string banjo neck? The information in our search engines is very small.

[@JimPankey]

I've not done a setup video... I just don't have a good way to demonstrate that I guess. 5mm is high.. 3 would be about right...

[@banjoman3370]

Thanks a lot for the answer, Jim. Good luck.

[@pete389man8]

Hey Jim! I’m interested in banjo but I don’t have a big budget. I was wondering if you have any idea about the Ibanez banjos or better banjo at that 300-400 price range. Thank you for your time.

[@JimPankey]

I generally point my students toward the Recording King Dirty 30s models. I've had a couple of students recently that opted for the Ibanez and they seem to be just fine.

[@pete389man8]

Jim Pankey Alright, thank you Jim

[@dollywoodrailfan]

How do I get personal lessons from you online

[@JimPankey]

I don’t offer online lessons.

[@tobypritchard6095]

What song are you playing by the way?

[@JimPankey]

Pretty sure it's Blueridge Cabin Home... I think I even said that? :)

[@tobypritchard6095]

Jim Pankey thanks man, must be going deaf!

[@JimPankey]

Toby Pritchard it’s all good. I had to go back and watch to make sure I said it. Lol