Keeping The Licks Straight In My Head

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This group is for all of us that believe in the Murphy Henry Method banjo lessons. I am having a blast learning.

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From pickn5 on 10/24/2014 4:38:53 AM

Since April 2014, I've been working through Murphy's Beginning Banjo Track. When I got to Two Dollar Bill I started to have trouble keeping the licks from Do Lord, Worried Man, and Two Dollar Bill straight in my head. I had to keep going back to the lessons on each tune to refresh my memory each day. Two days ago, I finally got them straight. Old age creeping up on me, or normal? Now it will be on to Foggy Mountain Breakdown, a favorite of mine when listening to it picked by Earl. Keep picking.

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	caseyhenry says: 10/24/2014 7:41:07 AM Totally normal. To keeps the licks straight you pretty much have to have the words in your head. So learn the words!!
	pickn5 says: 10/25/2014 5:00:02 AM Thanks Casey, I do take yours and Murphy's advice and try and learn the words. It does help, now if only I could sing.
banjocase says: 10/26/2014 9:25:36 PM Sing the words, I remember Murphy emphasizing that. You "gotta" sing along. Have fun and best of luck to you.
	pickn5 says: 10/27/2014 5:16:04 AM Thanks Steve, it really does help and I do try to sing along at least in my head.
	Dave_RB75 says: 11/20/2014 1:06:26 PM Somebody gave me some good advice once, I think it was Gary "Biscuit" Davis, who said to give each lick you come up with or are taught its own name. We already do that in learning Earl's licks/rolls anyway, i.e., foggy Mountain Breakdown lick...
	pickn5 says: 11/21/2014 5:42:22 AM Dave, thanks for your comment. The biggest problem for me on those 3 tunes was that they sound alike. I went back and kept playing them over and over referencing the lesson videos when needed and finally got them straight in my head. I started working on Foggy Mountain Breakdown a couple of days ago. I think I'm going to be a while on that one. As long as I'm enjoying the banjo, I'm good to go. Keep picking.
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