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During this week's lesson my dad taught me the first part of the song I am learning to play, Cripple Creek. This song uses all of the skills I have learned so far plus a couple of new ones. Before I could learn the first part of the song my dad had to teach my how to slide on a banjo. Sliding is one of the easiest things I have learned so far. All I had to do was put my pointer finger on my left hand on the fourth string in the second fret and move it to the fifth fret while I plucked the fourth string with my middle finger and the fifth string with my thumb (vamp). Once I practiced sliding a little bit my dad went on to teach me the rest of the first part of Cripple Creek. My dad broke the first part of the song into two parts for me. The first half of the first part of the song was fairly easy to learn. First I did the slide that I had just learned. Then while my finger is still on the fourth string in the fifth fret I had to do a vamp and then take all my fingers off the strings and pluck the third, fourth, and fifth strings all at the same time. Once I did that I had to pluck the third string without holding down any strings. I then go into a forward roll while playing a C cord. Lastly I pluck the fourth string and then the third string without holding down any strings. It sounds really confusing but it ends up sounding like this. In the video I replay the same part three times but in the actaual song I will only play it once. The last half of the first part of Cripple Creek was a lot more confusing than the first half. For the start of the second half I had to do a slide on the first string in the second fret and go to the third fret while doing a reverse roll. Then I put my pointer finger on the first string in the second fret and hold that down while I pick the first string once, then I pick the first string once again while not holding down any strings, I put my pointer finger on the first string in the fourth fret while picking the first string once, and lastly I pick the second string once without holding down any strings. This part was hard because it was difficult for me to go fast during all of the transitions. I finally got all of the cords down and in the right order and strung everything together. The video below is what each half of the first part of Cripple Creek sounds like together. I'm still a little slow on all of the transitions but I can hear myself making progress every time I play.
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Garrett Chandler
10/25/2017 05:53:56 am
Wow young lady you are really turning into a banjo superstar!! You go girly so proud of you!!
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Lindsey Dingler
10/25/2017 06:21:00 am
You definitely seem to be making lots of improvement with this project. You seem on top of things from learning how to play to keeping your blog up to date!
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Shea Woody
11/15/2017 10:43:39 am
You seem to really be doing well with playing the banjo. Keep it up.
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