Cold Frosty Morning Tab
I put a new tab up on the Mountain Banjo site. Also, Linda has a page for her fiddles, on the site. http://mountainbanjos.wordpress.com/
View ArticleGroup to transcribe Charlie Poole, Uncle Dave Macon, Fate Norris, etc
Hello everyone. I have been a lurker here for a long time and was a member of the forum for a while under the name of "oldsouth". I canceled the email address associated with that account, so when I...
View ArticleChords for A Modal tuning
Hey folks! I'm having some issues figuring out chord shapes when I'm in A Modal tuning. Does anyone know what the chord shape for Am, F, and G would be? Thanks!
View Articlemy experience with nylon strings
Hi all. I'm a novice with only a couple of months practice behind me but have made the switch to nylon strings and thought I'd share my experience so far. . I find that every time I hear something on...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 10-03-14 - High Yellow
This week's tune is High Yellow. Even if you've never heard it before, it might sound familiar to you. The A part is very similar to "Martha Campbell" (or is it the old Maxwell House Coffee...
View ArticleMarks on a fretless?
I just responded to a topic about how to mark fret-locations on a fretless banjo. My question here, then, is...is this counterproductive? Are "cheater" mark on a fretless helpful or harmful?
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New Old Time Banjo book by Art Rosenbaum
Found this on YouTube (nice video, too): Here's the link to the book: http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/books/art-rosenbaums-old-time-banjo-book
View ArticleHurray for the Riff Raff tabs
Does anyone happen to have tab for Hurray for the Riff Raff's Blue Ridge Mountain or Crash on the Highway? Or any Hurray for the Riff Raff's songs for that matter? My niece plays these on guitar and I...
View ArticleWhat tune is Cathy Fink playing
I know I should know this, but I can't for the life of me name the tune Cathy's playing on the video on this page. Can someone help? http://www.cranebanjos.com/2014/08/banjo-006-hoot.html
View ArticleClawhammer Workshop at IBMA
I did a clawhammer workshop at IBMA yesterday with Mark Johnson and Jens Kruger, and we had a ball. For one of my selections, I did a version of Rambling Hobo, which was the first banjo tune that Doc...
View ArticleTune of the day... Ain't no clawhammerers in the chatroom, babe.
And I wondered why not. I've met some nice regulars but they don't play the way I do. It's prob'ly the only way I'm gonna get to share my interest, living in Middle England. So how about it?
View ArticlePre-Fiddle Exposure
I was reading a bio of John Snipes and this term "pre-fiddle exposure" was mentioned in it...here is the article:http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-snipes-mn0000815510/biographyI've been listening...
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"Cold Frosty Morning" - Clawhammer Tunetorial for 10/5/14
Watch a preview video >A Major version – Melvin Wine melody Key of A – aEAC#E In this, Tunetorial number 20, Dan "Clawdan" Levenson teaches the tune Cold Frosty Morning. While there are many...
View ArticleFretless Fury is back!
Welcome back Tom! It's been awhile!For those who don't know, Tom aka Fretless Fury is a great player --and teacher--of Round Peak style fretless banjo. His youtubes on that subject are wonderful, as is...
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Victor Furtado
Anyone have the name of this tune that Victor played at Clifftop this year?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZLhVwxSgJ4
View ArticleQuestion About the Book: Dick Kimmel, Fishing Creek Blues
Good Morning,Does anyone out there in BHO-land have a copy of this book?Dick Kimmel, Fishing Creek Blues: 17 Clawhammer Tunes, Missouri: Mel Bay, 2000.One page 4 of that book, Kimmel says:“I must give...
View Article"Old-timey-ing" a resonator banjo
I heard Willie Watson's rendition of Mexican Cowboy played on his bow tie Mastertone and I really like the sound he gets out of that banjo. Also on another thread Merle Watson was frailing a resonator...
View Article5th String Overload!
Hi all!Do you have any tips on not sounding the fifth string on every stroke? Is it as simple as practicing it over and over or is there a trick that might make it easier? Any advice would be much...
View ArticleSawmill tunes in Old F
So, I have been learning to play the sawmill tunes I know in Old F, or Sandy River Belle tuning. I find that it sounds bluesy minor, and I do more of the fancy stuff like hammers, slides, clucks, and...
View ArticleA drop thumb observation
This is just a bit of an FYI on something I have noticed while learning to play the banjo. I started with basic clawhammer and then, as I progressed, started to add in a little bit of drop thumb. It...
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