Breaking Down Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lick By Lick

Stepbystep, lickbylick instruction on how to play the world s greatest bluegrass banjo song: Foggy Mountain Breakdown written and originally performed in 1949 by the great Earl Scruggs. This assumes that you are already playing the fivestring banjo, are used to wearing your fingerpicks and have been working on your banjo licks. It s not a tune for rank beginners. I take you through the entire main part of the tune, one phrase at a time, with superimposed tablature and isolation shots on both hands.