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During the first ten minutes of this week's lesson me and my dad reviewed the three cords I had learned, open G, C, and D. Then I played Mary Had A Little Lamb a couple times to get warmed up and ready for what he was going to teach me that day. When I played Mary Had A Little Lamb this week it went a lot smoother than last week. My transitions were a little better and I was hitting the cords cleaner. Then my dad told me what he was going to teach me this week. My dad said this week I was going to learn how to do a roll on a banjo. Rolling is a different way to play cords on a banjo than just regular strumming. I learned how to do a forward roll this week. A forward roll is the easiest roll you can do on a banjo. To do a forward roll you put your ring finger and your pinky finger on the surface of the banjo. Then you put your index finger on the third string, your middle finger on the fourth string, and your thumb on the fifth string. Then you strum the third string first, the fourth string second, and the fifth string last. Since I have little hands I couldn't put my ring finger and my pinky finger on the surface so they're picked up a little so I could reach all of the strings. Once I learned how to roll I had to play Mary Had A Little Lamb with the roll. This was really challenging because my mind had to focus on multiple things. I had to press down hard on the right strings, make sure I was picking at the right strings in order so the roll sounded good, and keep up with how many times I had played the cord so I would know when to change to the next cord. When I switched to the next cord I would forget about the roll and my thumb would pick the fifth string before my middle finger had picked the fourth string. I started to get really frustrated that I kept making the same mistake over and over and that I couldn't get past the first set of C cords in Mary Had A Little Lamb. My dad said to just keep practicing and playing it and eventually I would get it. After I practiced it for a little while I finally finished playing Mary Had A Little Lamb with the roll! I practiced some more and every time I played it started to sound better and better. The last video I have is what me playing Mary Had A Little Lamb sounded like once I had practiced more and it was starting to sound better. It's still not perfect but with more practice it will sound better.
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Garrett
10/11/2017 06:03:08 am
What an inspiring week!! I'm so glad that you have a good work ethic towards your project keep grinding homie💯👀✅⛽️
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Troy Clary
10/11/2017 06:19:37 am
Keep it up Carleyyy!!!!! Maybe you could do a duo with Hunter. I would love to see your progression in person. Keep Grinding!!!!
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Nathaniel M
10/11/2017 06:21:54 am
You are working very hard with your strum, strum, strumming. Keep up the fantastic work. Very soon you will sound like a professional Mary had A Little Lamb player
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