Splitting the Licks
by Janet Davis

Intermediate
65 minutes

This companion video based on the book of the same title guides the 5-string banjo player step-by-step in creating arrangements from basic melodies by adding standard banjo licks and rolls. Addresses both Scruggs/bluegrass style and melodic/chromatic style.

Banjo Joe
Bill Cheatham
Blackberry Blossom
Bury Me Beneath The Willow
Cripple Creek
Cumberland Gap
Devil's Dream
Fire On The Mountain
Goin' Down That Road Fellin' Bad (Aka Lonesome Road)
Grandfather's Clock
Hamilton County Breakdown
Jesse James
John Hardy
Nine Pound Hammer
Old Joe Clark
Red Haired Boy
Red River Valley
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Sailor's Hornpipe
Salt River
The Eighth Of January
Train 45
Turkey In The Straw
Under The Double Eagle
Wabash Cannonball
Walking Cane
Whoa Mule
Wildwood Flower
Worried Man Blues