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Comparing a roll pattern to a lick....
Question: What is the difference between a roll pattern and a "G lick"?
Answer: A "roll" pattern is simply a "right hand" fingering sequence - the order your fingers
follow one another when they pick the strings. i.e. T I M T I M T I
You can pick the roll with open strings, or while holding down any
chord, such as the C or the D chord.
A "lick" is a roll pattern which also includes "left-hand" techniques -
a slide, pull off, hammer, etc.
Because the left hand techniques add extra notes, the lick may not
sound good with all chords. Each lick is usually played for a specific chord.
A "G" lick means that the lick is played when the song indicates a G chord.
It may not sound good for a D chord.
There are many interchangeable licks for each chord.
Or, you can always just hold the chord and play a roll pattern.
I hope this helps.
Janet
Hi Janet!! This may sound like a really dumb question, but you are the only person I know I can ask. I've gone back to some banjo basics since I quit playing for so long, and I've always wondered with the basic rolls, do I continue with the roll or start the measure over for each measure? In other words, for the backward roll, is it MITMITMI/TMITMITM/ITMITMIT or is it MITMITMI/MITMITMI/MITMITMI? or it doesn't make any difference? Or both?
Thanks! Janice B
It doesn't matter. Each example uses the backward roll in each measure. The fingering sequence can start over or continue as you go through the bar line.
Janet
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