Your First Banjo Song

Step 9 of 10 · Beginner Banjo Path

Stephen Foster's Oh! Susanna in G — three chords you already own, charted for 5-string banjo.

What you'll learn

  • Read a chords-over-lyrics chart in the key of G
  • Back the melody with boom–pinch first, then with a rolling pattern
  • Land G, C, and D7 changes on the downbeat of their words
  • Play a full song top to bottom without stopping to fix mistakes

This step is covered in depth on the Your First Banjo Song guide. Open it, work through it, then come back and mark the step complete.

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