A New Backing Track For “Banjo Signal”

“Banjo Signal” is a classic Bluegrass tune composed by banjo legend Don Reno (1926-1984). Don Reno was born in South Carolina, raised in North Carolina, and began playing banjo at the age of five. By age 12 he was performing on local radio. Dave Hum never recorded this song to my knowledge. This is a fun song to learn and play. It's actually quite simple to play once you learn the main roll. Remember: The way to play fast is to play slow. That is, start out very slow so you can learn to play the tune accurately note for note, and then increase your speed. Don't just wing it. I did my best to make a nice backing track at various speeds in the keys of G and A for your preference Enjoy!

• Banjo Signal (Jason Skinner explains how to play the song)
• Banjo Signal (Jim Pankey explains how to play the song)
• Banjo Signal (key of A, very fast)
• Banjo Signal (key of A, faster)
• Banjo Signal (key of A, normal)
• Banjo Signal (key of A, slower)
• Banjo Signal (key of A, slow)
• Banjo Signal (key of A, woodshed)
• Banjo Signal (key of G, very fast)
• Banjo Signal (key of G, faster)
• Banjo Signal (key of G, normal)
• Banjo Signal (key of G, slower)
• Banjo Signal (key of G, slow)
• Banjo Signal (key of G, woodshed)

To make this backing track I used MIDI for the bass, drums, keyboard and piano. I used real audio clips for the tambourine, Cajon and percussion sounds. I'm playing my Cort 6-string acoustic guitar and Eastman 505CC mandolin.

Dave Hum and Friends