Learn to Play - Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Bluegrass Banjo
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- I've had a bunch of requests for this tune. I hope you're able to follow along and figure it out. Take your time and don't hesitate to pause and work on each piece. I'm covering some new ground here, but if you've been through my beginner banjo series I think you should be able to get this one. Yes, it'll take effort, but really, you can do it!
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If you would like a TAB for this video I did share it here: sellfy.com/p/vE6V/
Thank you!
I bought it.great intro as well thnks.. :)
This is hands down the best tutorial of this tune out there. Some people spend like 15 minutes explaining the open roll, and others blow past the tricky bits, but the pacing here is perfect, for me anyway.
Thanks 😊
He’s definitely my number one go to
Jim is the man
I hope you don't take this the wrong way Jim, but I subscribed to your channel just to watch and listen to you teach. As I've said before, I've been pickin' the banjer for more than 35 years but I often come here just to listen to you teach.
The way you peer into the camera gives me the feeling that you're directly connected to your students and it gives a really great personal connection to them in my opinion. Foggy Mountain Breakdown isn't the easiest easy tune to learn but you make it easy because of the way you chip it into small chunks and ask your students to stop there and practice.
I think your teaching method is absolutely amazing Jim, and I wish I had you and TH-cam way back when I first picked up the banjo. Well done, Jim, and thanks for taking the time to build confidence in so many new pickers. You have a very kind soul Jim.
+Bud M. Thanks. I've always been a bit reluctant to teach via video since the personal interaction is gone. The goofy stuff seems to help me connect...
How could any of that be taken the wrong way? Hahaha... It's a wonderful compliment to his teaching style, and I agree wholeheartedly!
Lol. Why would that be taken the wrong way? Jim’s obviously not a sociopath. 😂
Yup thanks Jim.
Looking through some videos a few months ago I came across your video on "You want to learn Bluegrass Banjo" Hell Yeah!!! I went out a week later and bought a banjo.. My brothers all play guitar and I was never interested.. But I love the sound of the banjo.. I think I always have.. Anyhoo... I'm leaning rolls at the moment.. I haven't gotten to your second Cripple Creek lesson yet.. Soon.. But I really like the way you teach.. I wish I could find someone like you here in Australia!!!
Jim. I want to tell you that i appreciate you so much. I had a really rough time last may. I completely blew my knee out and had surgery 3 weeks after getting divorced, moving alone from Tennessee to North Carolina, and getting stuck alone on the mountian for 2 months, unable to go anywhere... I bought a banjo a week before surgery and im so glad i found you here. I tried learning 10 years before but times were different then and i gave up. You completely got me thru the tough times and i learned very easily with your videos! thank you so much for everything you do here. You are a national treasure.
The fact that you take time to respond to people shows your dedication to making this teachable to everyone. Well done.
Thanks. I try to respond when I can. Sometimes I just don’t have an answer... :)
Nicely done. I have studying with you since early March. It is important to go back over early lessons to assure authenticity of what you are doing.! Also, let’s you gauge progress. Thanks, neighbor.
My dad is teaching me this right now and whenever I get done what he wants me to, I come here immediately to learn more... im addicted to the banjo
Awesome! Would love to hear you play.
It's like having an old friend teaching me in my home. Love the videos, love the tabs.....Thanks, Jim
Long time finger picker guitarist here. I bought my first banjo a couple weeks ago, some 1970's japanese made thing they used to sell here in Australia. Drove out to some guys farm in woop woop, got her cheap off facebook marketplace..nice bloke. She seems to stay in tune and makes a hell of a racket. Drives my wife crazy so I have to stuff a sock behind the bridge. This is the best channel to learn for us knuckleheads..love it mate!!
I have been going through your videos for 9 weeks and have accomplished what I thought that would not be possible! Thanks for posting Jim! You are a great instructor!
Thanks for letting me teach you
Foggy Mountain Breakdown, my nemesis and the reason I started, you've given me hope here :-) Thanks, great video/lesson
Glad to help!
You taught me cripple creek and now foggy mountain breakdown. Thank you for being such a great teacher!
Jim, Your the Greatest !! I became disabled 12 yrs ago and I used to play banjo a little, I have lost all feeling on my right side and live 24/7 in Chronic pain. 10 major operations but my nerves in my neck are pinned along my spine, Ripped apart nerves can NOT be repaired. Doctors say something happened as a Vietnam Vet but I receive $0.00 from the U.S.M.C. , As u can see in my picture I rehab Hurt Squirrels but the ones that live with us can't be returned to the wild. They would die so They live in our home free like kings LOL, I want to thank you for taking your time to teach slowly , Living in Chronic Pain I have lost my ability to remember thing anymore. So I watch and watch your videos as much as I can. If you view my TH-cam page, DUNCAN the squirrel was born with Brain Disorder, I have had him to two specialist that say he will never be able to jump straight in trees, so, he will live a wonderful life with my wife and I. He travels with us up to Blue Ridge, GA. where we have some land.Thank you my friend, GOD BLESSSteve
I really like the way you teach the song in pieces. Even I can understand it.
Jim, your online banjo tutorials make learning how to play the banjo so much easier than other tutorials.
Earl Scruggs was my cousin and I wasn't able to really pick his brain on the art he mastered. I did learn some. I enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks for watching 😊
Thank you Jim !! Your teaching style has made it a joy learning the banjo at 60 yrs. young.
Very welcome!
You’re the best teacher ever, I’ve learned so much from you in only a week and now I can play songs all day long
Awesome! Keep picking. :)
Hey Mr. Pankey, I am about three weeks into playing my first banjo, and I have already pretty much mastered your version of Cripple Creek, and Banjo in the Hollow, and am now halfway through this version of Foggy Mountain Breakdown. My wife is thoroughly impressed with how quickly I've picked up this instrument. I must say, you are absolutely a phenomenal teacher, and I really appreciate your first ten lessons and this one as well. I am absolutely stoked to continue learning from your excellent lessons here. You have brought a lot of joy to me up here in rural Ontario in just the past few weeks alone; I've always wanted to play the banjo but never had the confidence that I could conquer the instrument. With your brilliant teaching style I have all of the confidence in the world that I can play with pride this instrument. My wife has been kind enough to order me a Gold Tone Cripple Creek 100 banjo as an upgrade to my Amazon banjo (which required hours of tinkering and a new head to set up, and has a terrible warble to the sound at the best of times), because she's so impressed with the speed of my learning. Anyway, thank you for these excellent lessons, I greatly appreciate your time and effort in producing these. Cheers!
Thanks for letting me help you learn 😀
That's what I'm talking about! I could never get it before, now I'm catching on, thanks, Jim!
Awesome! Wanted to learn this for a long time. This is the best instructional on TH-cam.
I got a banjo about 5 years ago. I got too intimidated by bluegrass playing and ended up going the overhand route. Now it's time to finally learn my rolls and sir.... I love your lessons. Thank you so much.
You can do it!
This is absolutely the best tutorial for this song on the internet! I've seen quite a few, tried playing by ear, but you explained it simple and perfectly. Greetings from Poland for all banjo fans!
Glad it helped!
I never thought I'd be able to play foggy mountain breakdown, but your fantastic teaching style really helped me break it down and me get through it--thanks! Your tab book was also a very helpful reference for this :)
Nothing like spending a Saturday learning a new song, courtesy of Mr Pankey. Can't get much better than this.
Thanks for letting me help you with your Saturday 😊
only on lesson two, but looking forward to playing this some day!.
very informative videos. Thanks for taking the time to post.
Jim I started playing the banjo about 6 months ago. And I would not be playing like I I'm today if I did not come across you on TH-cam. So thank you for giving theses free lessons. I already have 5 songs down all from your lessons thank you again man really. 🙏
I started playing banjo three days ago, so Foggy Mountain Breakdown is the next logical step
Good luck.
I'm 59 and I've played drums in rock bands for 40 yrs(geezer! I'm lookin at what I just wrote! Damn I'm old) but I've wanted to front my own country gospel band forever and if not now I'll never do it so I've been playing banjo now less then a month. I do practice and I know I have to learn what chords go together 1 4 5 and how to know that naturally, without thought, how to get comfortable picking and with finger picks, how to do all the rolls n all so thanks jim you have a comfortable relaxed way of teaching. I had to wait today at the dmv and brought the banjo and practiced in my car for hours before getting in to do my business. I like doing the licks but its putting everything together that a lil tough the fingers and brain dont necessarily agree but I know it takes time like drumming does. Well see in coupla yrs if I can do it. Thanks again jim.
You can do it!
I've been talking about picking up a banjo for years, well my wife surprised me with one for Christmas. I've been watching all your videos, you make it look so easy! And really after just a week it's not too bad. Thanks Jim for breaking it down so nicely.
Jim you are a GOOD Dude! Thank you for your time and passion with the banjo!
You are my hero.
I've spent the last 8 years not playing my banjo. You just made me pick it up again and remember how amazing it feels to get this.
Hey Jim, just wanted to say thanks! I bought a Deering Goodtime Classic 15 years ago with thoughts of learning to play. I picked for a few weeks and learned rolls and a couple easy songs that I never really played right. A couple weeks ago I got the itch to try it again and found this video. A night or two here and there turned into a handful of evenings over that last couple weeks and tonight I finally got the last roll down then….I played Foggy Mountain Breakdown! Finally, a song that other people can recognize! You’re a GREAT teacher! Please, keep it up!
Thanks for letting me help you learn!
Thank you for all the help Jim. :) You're the greatest teacher I've come across and I've learnt a lot from you. Thanks again!!
Mr. Jim thankful for everything you teach and the way you break down and simplify each lesson . I am 59 and just started playing thank you.
Thanks for letting me teach you ☺️
A very long time ago (30-40 years) I was working in gas plant near Milnesand, NM and during the night shift an operator pulled out his banjo and started picking bluegrass tunes. He asked if I wanted to hear something, I said Foggy Mountain Breakdown. He looked at me, shook his head, and said "Everyone always asks for that song and I don't know why". In spite of that I thought he was amazing lol I then requested that he play his favorite piece. It was an old slow Bluegrass song that I long ago forgot the name of but it was very good. It turned out he travelled around on his off time and played festivals and competitions. You just never know when a banjo will show up :)
My dad gave me a banjo, when I was 6 or 7, along with a Mel Bay Learn to Play Banjo book. That was over 50 years ago (how is that possible). I never got past a couple of rolls and some chords. I have had a banjo on order for a couple of weeks. when it shows up I'll start your beginner lessons, you're a good teacher.
Thanks for the story! Thanks for letting me teach you!
I just saw Steve Pawluck's comment from two years ago and wish I had seen it earlier. Haha! That's exactly how I felt! It seemed like too many notes in this "G lick" to sound right... Today it came out sounding right with every note. YES!!!! I'll keep practicing it now. Man, I'm stoked!! Thanks Jim!!
Awesome!
You're a great teacher. I'm from Brazil and I whack all of your videos. Thanks for that.
Thank you so much for putting your lessons on youtube Jim! I just bought a banjo in March and I am really enjoying it. I’m sure I wouldn’t like it so much if I didn’t have such a good teacher🍎😀
Bought a banjo, watched Your video for 2 Hours and got the notes down. Now rinse and repeat till I get the speed right. Loved your video, Jim. For me you are the Bob Ross of banjo.
Keep picking! You've got this.
Thanks for this!!! I really appreciate you method of teaching!
Mr Pankey, thank you for doing these video banjo lessons. I have been working on your lessons for almost 2 years now. I keep in mind from beginner video lesson one. Practice like bushing your teeth every day. Best advice from a pro to a beginner. Your a great man! You put smiles on peoples faces.
Thanks for letting me teach you ☺️
I’m doing the reverse roll but with the video,lol! Got that one down pat!! Absolutely love the way you take the time to show us and explain at the same time! Please don’t stop,I’m learning so much! Hugs from Quebec,Canada!!
Just picked up a copy of the TAB. Thanks for putting this tutorial and TAB together. I am 17 days into my Banjo journey. I am bouncing from your beginner class and Eli's. Having an absolute blast getting 2-4 hours a day of practice! Thanks for taking so much time laying out a catalog of tutorials. Kudos!
Have fun!
Putting the clawhammer down and picking up 3 fingers, you were the first I thought of to break into it, thanks
I'm still working on your beginning lessons but am so excited to have found you. You make the learning so wonderful.
Glad you're enjoying the videos! Keep on picking!
In these trying times, one needs to keep their head, & I couldn't think of anything better than to listen to Foggy Mountain Breakdown. The 5 string banjo...a true American instrument contrived from the mind of an American, and I just can't help but smile when I hear someone laying it down with a 5 string banjo. As a drummer, bassist & guitarist, I (in my old age) felt compelled to buy me a beginner-esque banjo with a mute & picks. Your vid is the one I went with and for good reason...its as simple a lesson as a lesson on FMB can be, & I took off my (now grown) kid's Act 1 toy guitar's low E string & replaced it with a 10 gauge string tuned to a high G. Therefore I have a miniature lil 'geeter' tuned to a banjo. (I just tuned down the A string so that it doesn't resonate) and I'm having a great time learning from your vid, Jim....the perfect thing for my demeanor during these Convid 19 times. By the time my banjo arrives, I should be ready enough to practice on my own because of you, friend. Thx a whole bunch now......hear?
Please keep me posted on your progress
Hey thanks for this great video Jim, been wanting to learn this tune for years, thank you mate.
Just spent 2 hours on this after neglecting my practice and that was hard work.. My hands are getting stiff so back at it tomorrow..Started back in February on your videos every day but family commitments drew me away but determined to get back on it.. cheers Jim for being a great teacher...
Great videos, they help this ole banjo player get better and learn new things.
That's it Jim. Making the difficult simple.
Thanks! Trying to make a difference.
This is so good I gotta look at all your videos now! Thanks so much!
Thanks 😊
Truly the Bob Ross of banjo teachers. You got me into banjo and I'm starting to get the hang of stuff so thanks a lot from England 👍
thank you for the highest of praise :)
No mater what playing level you may be at or type of banjo we can all learn from Jim. I appreciate his easy way of explaining proper playing techniques. His not afraid to share his talents as we all develop our own. Everyone keep on picking!
Thanks Carl!
Thank you for you videos, you're the best teacher one could find!
you're a really good teacher. i'm a guitarist, just got a banjo last week. your video is exactly what i was looking for. thanks, i'm rollin!!
I got my Banjo for Christmas; about 3 weeks ago. I was just able to finish playing this for the first time! WoW! I NEVER thought I would be able to play this tune! I am in love with the banjo. Thanks for teaching in such an easy way.
. . outstanding tutorial explanation break down ,
thanks for all your time and effort posting up all you do Jim , wow
Thanks and you’re welcome 😊
The reason I picked up learning the banjo was to play "Foggy Mountsin Breakdown" because Earl Scruggs is my hero. After watching your video, I discovered to my absolute delight that I CAN PLAY THAT!!!!! Thank you so much for this video!!!!!
That’s awesome!
At 70 and beginning Banjo to play at my senior center with the other geezers on their guitars I'm looking forward to learning to play this and make them all have to adjust their pacemakers. Seriously I learned so much from your instruction and look forward to learning more. Thank you.
Thanks for letting me help you learn 😊
Great way to teach, I'm picking these tunes at a good pace. Thanks.
I gotta say, after years of only playing from sheetmusic with several instruments, picking up banjo and commiting to only playing from memory is something else. The learning proces is very different and far more enjoyable
Glad I can help. 😊
The man is a brilliant teacher and in my humble opinion the best banjo teaching videos on the internet, Thanks jim 😀 👍
Thank you for the very kind words.
You Sir do an outstanding job teaching. I came back to playing for years and years of absence and your step by step is so much appreciated. I am actually going unlearning some muscle memory in my picking rolls and am loving it. Thank You!!!
Thanks for letting me teach you 😀
Well Jim, I'm back, finally bought the banjo, tuner, stand, picks and strap...learning how to tune the banjo, managed to snap the 3rd string.(don't ask) anyway heading back to your 1st lesson on Monday after a trip to the music store for the extra strings, I didn't buy on Saturday. (go figure).. Just dating this comment on 01-10-21, I want to play this song on my 50th wedding anniversary this year. Practice Practice Practice as you say, and hope to be back here in 10 months. Coming up on 70 years this fall...'bout time to start learning banjo. And yes my favorite performer was Earl Scruggs every since I saw him on the black and white tv..... never mind the year..long time ago. Thanks for the help.. dave
You’ve got this!
From Singapore. I was in Savannah last year and enjoyed the Southern hospitality. And I have been watching a whole bunch of banjo lessons online and yours is really personal and connected, showing your great love for your music!
It's really difficult to learn to play the banjo back here in the far East, let alone buy a banjo. But your video is really encouraging and I will probably buy one epicphone that is being sold here.
Please keep me posted on your progress.
Thanks Jim love how you break it down into parts this will keep me busy for a while
Glad I can help ☺️
There's so much that I like about what you're doing. Your beginner series has made learning very accessable. I'll have to admit, however, that the G lick in this song kicked my ass for quite awhile until I played it back repeatedly in slow motion. I just wanted to say thanks, and I hope you keep up the effort. It's very much appreciated.
Thanks for letting me teach you! ☺️
I am new to the banjo and I am having so much fun learning with your videos, they’re extremely helpful and patient. Thank you, Jim!!
I'm glad you like them!
Learning to pick, your vids are the least complicated and I made progress I never thought possible. I'm 58 and could not imagine beginning this late but, I enjoy it even if I'm never as proficient as Jim Panky he makes you feel it's possible.
I'm so glad I can help you learn! Keep me posted on your progress. :)
Thank you for wettin my whistle gonna give that ole banjo a dusting off learn a lick or two. I checked two others they hit the target but yours hit da bullseye God bless
I love this song so much! Thank you Jim for helping me learn how to play it.
Glad to help!
Holy smokes I learned it. I took my time to practice (it took me almost two months to make it through the video) but I can play it now with only a couple bad notes! Maybe another month and it'll be flawless! You rock Jim
That's great!
Jim, thanks so much for these lessons. I hope you and the family are keeping well and safe.
You're so welcome! Thanks, you too!
I LOVE your type of training! Very motivational! Thank you!
Thanks for watching 😊
I got a banjo 3 months ago never having played an instrument before. If anyone told me I’d learn foggy mountain breakdown (even the simple version) in that short amount of time, I’d have laughed.
Thank you very much, Jim, for all your lessons. (I did the first 10, then ‘you are my sunshine’, then this, and now dissecting your ‘groundspeed’ lesson lick by lick to learn it.)
Fantastic! You’ll have to share some videos of your progress.
Jim, I gotta do that, yeah, if only to link back to your page and tell folks where to go to learn.
I'm so glad i stumbled upon you - aged 58 & six weeks in on my first banjo with zero experience of playing any instrument, with the exception of random three finger picking on my son's 3/4 acoustic guitar that I somehow naturally gravitated to......I reckon I was born to pick banjo, the rolls come naturally to me - however my stumpy sausage-like fingers are causing a real issue struggle with chords, but I'm getting there.
So excited you’re playing!
WoW! Glad I found you. Very well done on just the first few videos I've watched. Looking forward to more learning. 😀
Welcome aboard!
Thank you so much! I been claw hammering for a decade but only dabbled in 3 finger picking. Your teaching style is just perfect! Thank you!
You're welcome. Glad to help!
Such a good lesson from a really inspiring teacher! Thanks Jim, you rule!
Thanks for letting me teach you 😊
Jim thanks to you this is the 5th song I’ve learned from your teaching! I really appreciate your simple teaching I just picked up banjo 2 months ago!
Fantastic!
This is so cool! I am really enjoying your lessons.
What a fantastic tutorial! Learning with you reminds me of when I was a kid sitting around playing music with my uncles. Thanks so much.
Thanks for letting me teach you
I did what you said Jim and slowed the video down, right after you said that, and it sounded like you had a stroke!!!🤣 Thanks for the tutorials!!! Loving it.
You learn a tune, AND get a laugh. Totally worth it.🤣
life at the college of banjo jim is dope
Undoubtedly the best banjo teacher on the internet and what a lovely lovely guy as well, Thanks jim 😀
☺️
thank you so much!! i just started playing the banjo last December and thanks to your lessons i have learned a lot and always look forward to playing every day! your lessons have helped me very much. thank you again!
You'll have to post a video of your progress! I bet others beginners would love to hear! I know I would.
i will definitely work on it sir!!
Thanks Jim! It‘s taken me two weeks to learn You are my Sunshine and this. This one was much easier after the struggle last week. Now I have five songs to practice. Great teaching!
Awesome. Thanks for letting me teach you 😊
that sounds awesome. I can't wait to get started. Thank you again Jim
Thanks for watching. 😊
Just received a banjo for christmas, your channel is awesome! I love the way you split your lesson and take the time to explain clearly/show .
Thanks for letting me teach you. 😊
Whew! That was a bit of work for a beginner. That "G Lick" just didn't feel right for a while. But persistence and practice paid off in the end. I recognize that you've taught us a simplified version of the tune, but learning it produces a good feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment nevertheless. Thank you, very much, Mr. Pankey.
Thanks for the video you’re a great teacher I look forward to your videos keep doing what you do well
Thanks Jim. Teaching licks to us clumsy fingered mortals must be like teaching a centipede which leg to put on the ground next without it falling over. Also your banjo sounds & plays much better than my pawn shop buzz box which goes clunk clunk clunk instead of ring ring ring.
Getting a better banjo was a huge step in the right direction for me when I was learning. :)
finally picked up my banjo after purchasing it MANY years ago. This video content is awesome, thanks a lot!
Awesome! Thanks for watching. 😊
Wanted to learn banjo ever since I first heard this tune in the movie as a kid. Got my instrument March 2nd and began the included instructions and CD lessons- they were great and I learned beginning rolls, a few chords and timing techniques and was just starting on songs when I remembered this video that was one of the factors in getting my banjo in the first place. Thought I'd take an Easter break and give this a shot- could always come back to it later. On Friday I started and had it locked Tuesday- granted a waltz version, but still, had all the licks in the right direction. I even had to look in the first 10 lessons to understand the forward reverse roll starting with 5. Not to knock the original course, just for me personally, I think the book I had was kind of a crutch- and by using your technique of small bites, adding on, repeating up to the new stuff- watching listening and hearing you play was for me, far superior in memorizing the licks. So kind of bass ackwards- I will now start your first 10 lessons, while continuing to practice this--my first month of practice was like learning a stringed instrument--but over the past few days- with your instruction- that instrument now actually sounds like a banjo---granted, a banjo in slow motion- but without slides and hammer-ons, the picture is still black and white- no color. Just like you say--I think I'm hooked---and thank you for helping me get there!
Thanks for letting me teach you 😊
Thank you for your lessons!You make this stuff a little less intimidating, I've been following your lessons for about 2 years and have decided, hey I might really be able to do this!God bless you Sir
You're very welcome! You can do it!
your tutorials are wonderfully paced, I grew up playing guitar and just recently started learning banjo and feel like this is the perfect speed
Thanks. Glad I can help. ☺️
Outstanding video Jim!! Exactly what I was looking for. Enjoyed your teaching style. Thanks!!
Glad it was helpful!
Ive had to watch this a dozen times to absorb it all, but I have to agree with previous comments that call it a comprehensive tutorial. Thanks for all you do Sir!
Glad I could help!
Never Get tired of learning from Jim.... I'm up to 6 songs of his that I can actually play with various degrees of proficiency. Still working on speed and confidence, still can't sing and play at the same time but I have it down pretty well at slow speed.... 3 months in and people can hardly believe how fast I picked it up.
Thanks Jim.... Maybe someday we can Jam together.
Thanks for letting me teach you!
I've played Foggy Mountain Breakdown for years but I didnt like the way I was playing but now thanks to you I can play it way better now.
That’s great. Glad I could help. 😀