Melodic Banjo Tutorial -- "Blackberry Blossom"

Hear this tune played with guitar rhythm backup (slow, medium, fast) starting at 20:34. Guitar chords are provided on-screen. This tune is also an excellent chord-changing exercise for guitar. This is an instructional tutorial 5-string bluegrass banjo lesson teaching the popular fiddle tune instrumental "Blackberry Blossom," first recorded by Fiddlin' Arthur Smith in 1935 and since has become a staple for fiddlers and banjoists alike. It was popularized for melodic banjo by the late, great Bill Keith in the 1960's. On this video I teach my (mostly) melodic version of the tune lick by lick, phrase by phrase, using on-screen tablature, then I put it together -- slowly at first, then faster toward the end, adding rhythm guitar audio overlay and on-screen guitar chords. This tune is traditional and in the Public Domain. Free tab and play-along tracks at different speeds are available at my website, littlerockbanjo.com. Hope you enjoy. This could be an nice addition to your banjo repertoire.