How To Play Single String Fiddle Tunes on the 5 String Banjo with Ryan Cavanaugh

7 comments Mar 22, 2021

In this banjo lesson with Ryan Cavanaugh, Ryan teaches how to play fiddle tunes on the 5-string banjo using the single string technique.

He shows you in this lesson how using the D chord position shape you can easily play many fiddle tunes in the single string style. To play in another key, just simply move this shape up the neck to the appropriate key.


7 comments


  • steve dymond March 23, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    excellent tutorial.
    nice playing too
    thank you very much


  • Claire Case March 23, 2021 at 11:46 am

    Wow – so helpful. Thanks!!!


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