Vamping - Fireball Mail
Lesson time: (1min 21sec)
Avram Siegel demonstrates a simple low-and-high vamping pattern for the chords to Fireball Mail, with plenty of room to play along on banjo.
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This lesson is part of the course Beginning Banjo with Avram Siegel
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Lesson transcript:
Playing Chords to "Fireball Mail"
And lastly, we'll play the chords to Fireball Mail. I'll just mix up low and high.
One, two, one.
There.
That was just some examples of ways you could play, just real simple vamping. I tried not to play anything fancy.
There are fancier things that get done, but we won't get into those until a later time.
About the instructor
Avram Siegel is a banjo player and a mainstay of the California bluegrass scene. He has played with the Kathy Kallick Band and True Blue, among many others, and has taught for decades - his step-by-step method has turned out some of the state's most respected young players. In his courses he breaks down three-finger Scruggs rolls, backup and melodic playing so you can build clean timing and tone at your own pace. read more