5th string question and Wade Ward book
I love the Wade Ward book I got for Christmas! I have been having a good time learning Goin' Down that Road Feeling Bad, Peachbottom Creek, and Johnson Boys. I have a right hand question that came up...
View ArticleCamp at the Clawdan Cabin?
Starting to get questions about this year east. Any interest in coming to camp at the cabin in Ohio this year? Would be weekend of July 27-29. Clawhammer and Fiddle mixed workshop. Let's chat! Play...
View ArticleBarlow Knife in D
one of the fiddlers i jam with pretty often is from vermont, where apparently they like to be contrary and play barlow knife in D instead of G. i haven't been able to come up with a decent way to play...
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Waiting For Nancy Tabs
http://www.banjohangout.org/w/tab/browse/m/bykeyword/v/Waiting+For+Nancy
View ArticleLarry Unger banjo tab
just seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5GOsZPNT7s&feature=related there is mention of a tab, does anyone have it?
View ArticleTOTW 1/6/12: Indian Squaw
Hello "Indian Squaw" is tune I've been messing around with on the banjo for the past couple of weeks, though it's been a favorite tune of mine for a few years. It comes from the playing of fiddler Ed...
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Clawhammer Heroes
I have sorta learned to play Scruggs style in the last three years. Still a lot of work to do . I listened to banjo music from an early age, and thought I had heard everyone, duh. Tony Trishka was...
View ArticleNew Group - Rocket Science Banjo stuff
A couple weeks ago a discussion arose about RSB, and my desire to get more user input into the actual book as well as having a place where users can easily access the RSB material that is not in the...
View ArticleAdam Hurt talks about braving new ground while respecting tradition
In Adam Hurt’s interview (last January in Banjo Newsletter) about “Earth Tones,” his solo gourd banjo CD, Adam explains his philosophy of balancing respect for tradition with the art of...
View ArticleIt's my FIRST day with a banjo!! Woohoo
Some of you saw my other post introducing myself. I decided to go with the Deering Goodtime Classic because of the $399 price that I couldn't pass up. Like the price of the regular Goodtime and I...
View ArticleRight hand head contact
Just got a new banjo a couple of weeks ago, and the Renaissance head is starting to get a shiny spot where it looks like the heel of my right hand is touching it. My old banjo head had a serious thumb...
View ArticleBanjo and singing...
I would love to sing and play some of the old-time songs. Independently I can do both passably without breaking glass or making the cat screech. But both at the same time and I fall off my chair. A...
View ArticleWhat tune is this?
When I went to practice/play banjo earlier today, I had a tune stuck in my head. I know it's a tune I've heard played live before, but I don't know the name of it. It's a simple tune, but it has a...
View ArticleFor what it's worth
I originally thought tuning my 5th string to D ( in unison with the first string ) instead of the usual G would be kind of a passing fancy with me. But on the contrary, I'm finding myself leaving it...
View ArticleFour Mile Portage
Hello all! I looked for a thread on this guys but couldn't find one. I think these two are definitely worth a listen. They are out of Duluth, MN. They have a couple of songs on their website....
View ArticleArranging music with a recording (Annabelle, here)
Ahhhh, Gillian Welch. I'm sorry to besmirch your good songs with my idiotic questions. But here we go. I'm trying to play Annabelle, clawhammer-style. I started out by noodling out each melody note...
View ArticleNeed beginner help, please.
I have an older Chicago 5 string banjo that was given to me by a coworker about 8 or 9 years ago. I haven't had time up til now to learn to play it but have always wanted to learn. My grandmother used...
View Articlesolo banjo/vocal cds
I'd like some recommendations for cds featuring banjo and singing i.e one musician playing the banjo and singing. I would assume such albums would also contain solo banjo instrumentals.
View ArticleWe need a better name for this right hand technique...
I was recently explaining the three different approaches to right hand thumb technique when it hit me: we need a different term to describe one of these techniques! "Floating" is the most common...
View Articleleft-hand middle finger prothesis?
I started a new student today whose left middle finger was chopped off years ago, rendering way too wide for a standard five-string neck. Can you suggest any type of thimble or prothesis that might...
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