All styles of fingerpicking (aka “up-picking) are taught in the Breakthrough Banjo course, including 2-finger thumb lead, old-time 3-finger, and 3-finger bluegrass (aka “Scruggs” style).
Below is a short video explaining why all styles are taught as part of the course.
3-FINGER STYLE DEMONSTRATIONS
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3 Finger Banjo – Song (and Tab) of the Week: "Waterbound"
3 Finger Banjo – Song (and Tab) of the Week: "Nine Pound Hammer"
3 Finger Banjo – Song (and Tab) of the Week: "Going Down That Road Feeling Bad"
Fingerstyle Banjo – Song (and Tab) of the Week: "East Tennessee Blues"
Bluegrass Banjo Classics: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
Bluegrass Banjo Classic: "Long Journey Home"
3 Finger Banjo Tune (and Tab) of the Week: "Banjo in the Hollow
3 Finger Banjo – Tune (and Tab) of the Week: "John Greer's Two-Step"
3 Finger Banjo Song & Tab of the Week: "REDWING"
3 Finger Banjo Tune & Tab of the Week: "Bill Cheatham"
3 Finger Banjo Tune (and Tab) of the Week: "STONEY POINT"
Easy (but awesome!) Banjo: "Wabash Cannonball" (3 finger style)
3 Finger Banjo Song: "Willow Garden"
3 Finger Banjo Song: "Darling Nellie Grey"
2-FINGER “THUMB LEAD” STYLE DEMOS
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo Song and Tab of the Week: "DARLING COREY"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo Song & Tab (and tutorial) of the Week: "WAYFARING STRANGER"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo: "Aint Gonna Work Tomorrow"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo – "Angelina Baker"
2-Finger Thumb Lead Banjo Song (and Tab) of the Week: "Handsome Molly"
2-finger Thumb Lead Banjo Demonstration: Song Medley
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo Song (and Tab) of the Week: "RAILROAD BILL"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo Song and Tab of the Week: "WILD BILL JONES"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Song & Tab of the Week: "RALEIGH & SPENCER"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo – Song (and Tab) of the Week: "Short Life of Trouble"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Song (and Tab) of the Week: "GROUNDHOG"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Tune (& Tab) for "Cold Frosty Morn"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo: "Cripple Creek"
Thumb Lead Banjo: "Bonaparte's Retreat"
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo: "Earl's Breakdown"
Banjo Song (and Tab) of the Week: "The Cuckoo"
Thumb Lead Banjo Song: "Johnson Boys"
Thumb Lead Banjo: "The Ballad of Jed" (Beverly Hillbillies Theme)
2 Finger Thumb Lead Banjo Demo: "Oh Susanna:
