How to Play Foggy Mountain Breakdown

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Summary: Learn how to play Foggy Mountain Breakdown on the banjo in this free video music lesson.

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Fred Wilharm Fred Wilharm has played guitar, banjo and harmonica for over 25 years and has taught bluegrass banjo. He has performed with several singing groups and now per... read more

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How to Play Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Hi I’m Fred with ExpertVillage.com and in this segment I’m going to show you a right hand roll that’s used in the song, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” along with the left hand hammer on to form a particular song that the song starts out with. And to do this roll, we first hit the second string with the first finger, then again, then the first string with the second finger, the fifth string with the thumb, then the second string, first string, fifth string and when speeded up a little bit it sounds like this. And when the roll is incorporated in the song “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”, it sounds like this.