Question from a bluegrass player considering clawhammer
All: No surprise, I've been becoming increasingly infatuated with clawhammer. Love the sound of it and the rhythmic aspects. I've been learning to play Scruggs style, but want to start on...
View ArticleFrustration and my thumb
Hello everyone, long time creeper, first time poster.I've been playing clawhammer banjo and working my way through Ken Perlman's book for about 8 months now. I've become frustrated and I'm hoping...
View ArticleI want to get into 2-finger/thumb lead/Doc Boggs style playing.
But I have no idea where to start.I'm mostly inspired by the videos of Clifton Hicks on Youtube I'd love to learn to play like him.I've been playing clawhammer banjo for about 5 months now and I'd like...
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TOTW (OT) 4/25/14 - The Snouts and Ears of America
There seems to have been a bit of a glitch in the TOTW schedule this week, so I am posting an "emergency back-up tune", one that I had worked on awhile back but never finished writing up. That tune is...
View ArticleOldtimejam.com - Site Update and Loads of New Tabs!
Oldtimejam.com RebornAt long last I've completed a needed facelift at oldtimejam.com! In addition to a new look, there are also some new features that'll help make it more flexible and just better...
View ArticleWaltzes?
I haven't been playing long & don't know a lot of OT songs yet, but I'm interested in finding some good waltzes, or slower dance tunes. Can someone point me in the right direction. Any suggestions...
View ArticleSome free banjo tabs and instructional stuff
Hey Folks- I have some intro level instructional videos and tabs up on our website. http://quietamericanmusic.com/banjo-tabs-and-videos/This includes some two finger picking, some finger picking for...
View ArticleStupid questions - D and A tunings?
I'm going to Mars Hill Old Time Week in June. At the advice of my teacher, I signed up for Adam Hurt's advanced clawhammer class. It's nice to know that he feels I've come this far in only a few...
View ArticleBasic question on tunings
I want to play in the old time style of many different tunings, but I am lost on a very simple point. If I am in open G tuning and I take my second string (tuned to B) up to C to make Sawmill tuning,...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 05/02/2014 The Last of Callahan
The Last of Callahan TOTW (OT) 5/2/2014I’ve chosen The Last of Callahan for this installment of TOTW. Callahan is an example of the fiddler’s farewell legend in which a condemned man somehow comes...
View ArticleAmazing Slow Downer
A few years ago, I had a software called Amazing Slow Downer. I lost it on a lap to when that computers hard drive crashed. Today I Googled the name and found links to the ASD, software. However, I...
View ArticleTerry Allan Hall
I hate to inform this site that one of their members has passed away. I hope you keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks Georgia Hall
View ArticleTailpiece
Love the tailpiece on my OME Wizard as it is spaced so that the strings are almost parallel as they come to the bridge. I would like something similar on my Wildwood Troubador. Wondering what some of...
View Articlebanjo shop
Heading to Phoenix for a couple of days for work. Any advice on a good banjo shop to visit while there.....just for fun and to browse around.Thanks.tg
View ArticleTwo things that are hard for me
I know the answer is practice, but I 'm writing these here in case someone else has had these problems and found a particular kind of practice helpful.1) Dynamics - I can play loud and I can play soft,...
View ArticlePick for playing clawhammer?
I've been plodding along now with my practice for a few weeks and am enjoying the ride so far. Up until this point I've been using my index finger on the downward strum/hit and that's working well for...
View ArticleAdvice for cleaner sound on lower strings?
After decades as a 3-finger picker, I am pretty new to clawhammer style. I've got to the point where I can make music, completely self-taught with the aid of a couple of beginner videos. But I have...
View ArticleThumb nail
I'm relatively new to the banjo, although I've played guitar, fiddle and mandolin for more years than I care to remember. Anywho, often (not always - some days are worse than others), when I'm drop-...
View ArticleIs there a name for this tuning?
Hi,So, I know there's sawmill tuning and double C. I've been fooling around in gDGDE. Is there a name for that tuning? I would like a quick way of explaining where I am on the banjo. I was going to...
View ArticleFouling the third on a C chord
know it is practice and I will get it but needed to offload my angst somewhere, and Mrs S simply doesn't understand and the cat just stares. Ring finger, second fret, first string - no problem. Index...
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