Scruggs Workshop
5-String Banjo Practice

Chord Progression Player

Warm-up progressions for banjo practice — pick a key, choose a simple preset, roll or strum, and watch the fretboard light up. String 1 (D) on top; short drone on the bottom.

Fretboard

Gmaj

100 BPM
1122334455667788991010111112125th pegDBGDGDBGDgdroneString 1 (high) ↑ · Short drone ↓ · gDGBD
100 BPM

Progression

Tap a chord to hear it · edit the sequence

Key

Tuning

Warm-up preset

Pattern

Beats per chord

4 beats each

Pattern notes

T I M on 5–2–1 (Track 4). On D/D7 the 5th moves to the 3rd.

Drone (5th string) rings when the chord includes its pitch — muted on chords like C/D/A in open G. Altered tunings follow the same rule for their drone pitch.