Chords for Beginner's Old Time Banjo Lesson- As Easy As 1-2-3 - Volume 2

Well, howdy folks, my name is Tony Thomas and I'm back with you again here on YouTube
Gonna show you some beginners old-time banjo.
I call it as easy as one two three and
_ Today we're gonna work on an old hymn called amazing grace and I'll show you the chord pattern
You get make sure your [G] banjo is tuned in the [E] open G
_ Tuning which consists of if you strum your banjo open you're in [G] a G
_ Perfect G.
Oh you count down one two, three, four five frets and you bar [C] it _
You got [D] a perfect C.
You go down two more which is six seven [D] frets
_ You bar it you got a perfect D
[G] _ _
Okay, your G _
[C] C
_ D
[G] Then there's one other chord that I got to show you what you don't where it's called an E minor
It's a simple chord to make you take your index finger.
You note it _ on your second fret fourth string [E] and
Your middle finger [Em] second fret _ first string.
You've got a perfect _ _ _ _ _
E minor
_ [G] _ _
[Em] _ Then you've got [G]
G
[C] C
_ [D] D _ and
[Em] E minor _ and you [G] can play this with picks or without picks
_ And we're gonna go through it with you without the picks and [E] we're gonna show you a couple of little pick tricks here in a
Minute to that you might find beneficial to you.
But first we're gonna start out with amazing great
_ _ open G _
_ _ _ _ Amazing grace
[C] How sweet are you see [G] the sound that _ saved a wretch [D] like me
There's your D _ _ _
[G] I once was lost
_ [C] See how [G] I'm found here's your E minor [Em] was blind
but now [D] I
[G] See ever sure D there.
I'm gonna call out the chords as I do this _ _ _ _
_ Amazing grace
_ [C] _
C _ [G] G _
G
_ G G
_ _ [D] B _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ G G _ G
[C] C [G] C C
_ [Em] E minor E minor
[G] _ B G
_ There's your chords.
I saw them out for you.
Your chord changes.
Okay, I told y'all would show you some simple little
Techniques you [E] probably didn't know about you can do this with [G] picks too.
I'm gonna put on the finger picks and the old thumb pick
_ [Bb] I'm gonna [D] show you how to do this using your picks and _
Like I said, this is very essential for you to learn
[G] This type of music for the simple reason you'll be learning how to play by year
[E] And that's something that you [D] need to learn how to do is to play by year if you're ever gonna play with groups or play
With bands or even to a company yourself.
I mean tablature is good or reading music [Bm] sign
I've got nothing against it
But you need to learn how to play by [E] year if you if you're ever gonna play with bands or groups or whatever
_ Okay, I got the three picks on here the [Gb] thumb pick and of course
I got a pick on my index and one on my middle finger.
[G] Okay, amazing, right?
_ [Em] man
[G] _ _ _ _ How [C] sweet
_ [G] A sound that _ saved a wretch like [D] me
_ _ [G] _
I once was lost but [C] _ now [G]
I'm found
[Em] Was blind but [G] now I see _
Always [B] remember on that and when you [D] come up [Em] was blind you hit that E minor there.
Okay, [G] let me show you another
Little pick trick I call here a lot of people are not aware of this at all, but it's very very easy to do
Gonna use the guitar pick or the plectrum pick.
It's a [Ab] plectrum style
It's what old-time [F] banjo players hit was [E] quite common years ago and it still isn't some types [C] of music
It's the [G] plectrum style.
We're gonna go over the plectrum style _ _ _ _ _
Amazing grace [C] how sweet the [G] sound
that _ saved a
Wretch like [D] _
me
_ _ I once was lost
[C] But now [G] I'm found
[Em] Was blind [G] but now I see
_ Okay, I'm gonna show you how to pick a little bit of melody here using the [E] plectrum pick
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ It's almost if I was using a [Em] three-finger roll [G] using that plectrum style
Which is a form of what they call cross picking it's very easy to master
[D] I _ _ _
[E] _ _ hope you've picked up something from what I'm trying to get across [G] to you and I hope it
enhances your abilities _
But anyway, I'll [E] be back at a later date with more as easy as one two, three beginner banjos
_ Course and God [G] bless.
Take care