Vamping: Beginning Banjo Backup (Murphy Method)
by Murphy Henry

Beginning
120 Minutes

Vamping - Beginning Banjo Backup Learn how to vamp to all the songs on our Beginners' Banjo Videos. And what is vamping? When you vamp on the banjo, you are playing just chords, no melody. Vamping is what you do when the other person is playing the melody or playing the "lead" or "taking a break," as we sometimes say. These chords are all 4-finger chords made up the neck (in the higher positions on the banjo). When you vamp, these chords are played on the off beat. All of this is explained on the video!

On the video, we show you how to make these chords, and we go over the chord changes to each song, one beat at a time. As always, we stress learning to hear and play these chord changes BY EAR.

This video is a MUST for the beginning banjo player! Lots of slow playing so you can play along. Ending licks taught for each song.
v Vamping to Banjo in the Hollow
Vamping to Cripple Creek
Vamping to Cumberland Gap
Vamping to fireball Mail
Vamping to Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Vamping to John Hardy
Vamping to Lonesome Road Blues
Vamping to Old Joe Clark
Vamping to Salt Creek