Howdy,
There was a thread a few weeks ago about playing faster. As someone who has been doing this almost twenty years at a pretty good clip, I struggle playing fast. In my band I feel like I can be the one holding back tempos sometimes. As a banjos that’s not what you are going for. Anyway, whether you agree or not, there’s just going to be times when plying bluegrass banjo that you’ll have to put it in gear. BobbyE laid out the perfect strategy. Play to a metronome for five days at a slower pace and increase by 5 bpm every time. Some advice I’d gotten along the way is to crank up the metronome and try to hang on. I like tangible strategies and BobbyE’s advice has been a game changer. In this endeavor I realize that I practically never have played along with a metronome. In two weeks of doing this I am realizing that I’ve neglected arguably the best tool for learning. If you don’t already, USE YOUR METRONOME as much as you possibly can. You hear the clicks. You feel the rhythm. Your playing gets so much cleaner.
Here's a ledger that's more fun IMO to see where you are inre to tempos.
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