A New Backing Track For “Banks Of The Ohio”

This popular tune is called, “Banks Of The Ohio,” which has been recorded by many musical artists. I used a recording by Tony Rice as a template to make my backing track, so you can see how the song is arranged. Standard 5-string banjo tuning is used. In a couple places there is an extra fill between verses, including after the initial 13 second intro. I just do the 'G-lick' twice. The original Tony Rice recording was done in the key of F. I've made backing tracks in the keys of G and A for your preference. Enjoy!

• Banks Of The Ohio (Chris Elliot explains how to play in key of F)
• Banks Of The Ohio (Mike Hedding explains how to play in the key of G)
• Banks Of The Ohio (faster, key of G)
• Banks Of The Ohio (normal, key of G)
• Banks Of The Ohio (slower, key of G)
• Banks Of The Ohio (slow, key of G)
• Banks Of The Ohio (woodshed, key of G)
• Banks Of The Ohio (faster, key of A)
• Banks Of The Ohio (normal, key of A)
• Banks Of The Ohio (slower, key of A)
• Banks Of The Ohio (slow, key of A)
• Banks Of The Ohio (woodshed, key of A)

I found a nice YouTube channel called, 'Bluegrass Practice Tracks' with dozens of free of Band-In-A-Box made backing tracks. Go check it out! Here is “Banks Of The Ohio” on their channel. Here is 'My Grandfather's Clock,' one of my favorite songs to play.

To make 'Banks Of The Ohio' I used MIDI for the bass, drums, piano and keyboard. I used real audio loops for the tambourine, shaker and djembe. As always, I use MixCraft Pro Studio to make all my backing tracks. Thank you for visiting my music blog.

Dave Hum

(April 11, 1966 - November 14, 2012)