Bar Chords
I have read that classical guitarists have maybe the best technique in performing bar chords on a stringed instruments. I have read articles about the varied approaches on how people perform bar...
View ArticleClawhammer Tone: Please Share Your Insights
I'm starting to care about tone but, quite frankly, I don't know what I'm after and even if I did, I'm not sure I'd know how to produce it. The only thing I'm sure about is that I like what I'd call...
View ArticleWhat is it?
I have read so much about the different banjos you all have used over the years and I am hoping that you might help me identify the banjo I have. I was a gift from a friend and he knew nothing about...
View ArticleOld Time Jams in Mobile, AL area next weekend??
Any Old Time jams in the Mobile area the weekend of the 25th? Thanks!Bob
View ArticleA before B except . . .
What make an "A part" an "A part" and why do performers often start with the "B part"?I have noticed that, while most any tabs I've seen tend to agree on the order (and I may just be projecting here)...
View ArticleStuck between Bluegrass and Clawhammer
I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but I find myself stuck between old-time clawhammer banjo and bluegrass style. I like the Grandpa Jones, Stringbean approach to music (clawhammer with a...
View ArticleNeed banjo player for project in Greensboro, NC
Would any of you want to join a start-up New Orleans jazz-style project? We have all the horns, piano, drums, tuba and singers. All we need is a banjo player. This is an experienced bunch.
View ArticleQuestion about Charlie Poole's tuning
Did Poole use gCGBD for every key? I've recently become interested in his playing again. I know it was his standard but the Old-Time Herald article discussing his style is a little vague. It says he...
View ArticleG tuning in D
Most of what I play is in G (or A or B) but there are times when I need to play in D especially in a jam. So I spike the 5th string to A and play the rest in G tuning. This seems a little limited in...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 18 July 2014: Apple Blossom (Kentucky)
This one's a regional tune that would've filled the warm summer air a late night or two in 1920's south-central Kentucky, at some generous host's moonshine-fueled square dance. The fiddlers might've...
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"Ebenezer" - Clawhammer Tunetorial for 7/20/14
Watch a preview video >In this, Tunetorial number 9, Dan "Clawdan" Levenson teaches Ebenezer. This one will be a challenge to most of you. It has some fancy up the neck tricks that make it more...
View ArticleBooks for mountain banjo style
I've got the clawhammer book my Ken Perlman, but the more I play I'm leaning more towards learning old time and mountain tunes. Can anyone recommend a good book for that stuff? I've been listening to...
View ArticleTobins Jig
Does anybody have a tab they would be willing to share for Tobins Jig? I would really appreciate any help anyone can give.
View Article(Mel Bay Presents) String Band Classics for Banjo
I was at Half Price Books store this weekend and happened upon this book. I thought it would be a good companion to my recently purchased "Old Time String Band Banjo Styles". This is a book of 23...
View Article2 finger index lead = up picking with drop thumb?
I asked this in another thread, but decided to give it a thread of its own.Is there a difference between 2 finger index lead and what Pete Seeger's book called up picking with drop thumb?If I take any...
View ArticleFolding Down the Sheets Title
I am currently learning the tune Folding Down the Sheets from a Tim Rowell tab. Does anybody know what activity that term refers to?
View ArticleDo you have days where your banjo just doesn't sound right?
Do you have days where your banjo just doesn't sound right but you are pretty sure that nothing on the banjo has changed? All day today my banjo hasn't sounded right to me. I do have a hide head...
View ArticleNYLGUT STRING TYPES
I just finished assembling a fretless kit that I bought from Bell Banjos, It came with Nylgut "Minstrel Banjo" strings. It just so happens that I have three other sets of Nulgut strings. "Classic...
View Articleadam hurts playing style on the chance mccoy album
can someone tell me more about the way adam hurt is playing on the chance mccoy appalachian string band album? im talking about his rhythm back up for the fiddle tunes. it almost sounds like a constant...
View ArticleSteel String Question
I'm thinking of trying an unwound .018 string for my 4th string instead of a wound .020 string. Anyone try an unwound 4th string for clawhammer?
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