Backing Tracks?
I'm working through Ken Perlman's book and DVD. Great material and I'm very happy with the progress for only 1 week (used to play guitar so that's helping with the left hand).I've seen a...
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"Booth Shot Lincoln" - Clawhammer Tunetorial for 2/8/15
Watch a preview video >Key of A – aEAC#E. This week’s tunetorial is a tune Dan started playing early on and most likely got from Joe LaRose when he was up in Northern Ohio. We liked to put an F#m...
View ArticleCurrent Hero.
Ken Perlman. Really enjoying his book and just ordered the melodic one. The teaching with the book and DVD combination I don't think could be bettered in any way. After 1 week of playing coming from...
View ArticlePat Cloud's book with clawhammer?
I've been wanting to learn more about the fretboard by getting into scales and chords. Has anyone tried Pat Cloud's book Key to Five-String Banjo using clawhammer? I noticed he uses three-finger style,...
View ArticlePatrick Costello @ Washington Post
Nice video piece in the Washington Post about Patrick Costello, who has introduced me (and many others) to the banjo. In my case, eight years ago....
View ArticleGiles Lephew playing at Galax, mixed 2 finger style
Whitetop fiddler Kilby Spencer uploaded this & a couple of others to youtube recently. It's from a 1991 VHS video of banjo player GIles Lephew warming up for the banjo contest at Galax. Obviously...
View ArticleTommy Jarrell question
Hi,I really enjoy Tommy Jarrell's picking, and I wonder if he played two-finger or was it all claw hammer. His The Legacy of Tommy Jarrell Volume 3 CD is wonderful, and some of it sounds more finger-...
View ArticleFiddles are too loud, can't hear myself
Just got a new banjo (Nechville Moonshine) which seems plenty loud on it's own. But when playing with fiddlers I can barely hear myself (especially anything lower than "A" on the third string.) I...
View ArticleTunetorial will not let me view new purchase
I just purchased Booth shot Lincoln tunetorial and it shows up in my list of bought tunetorials but will not let me vbiew it. It is asking me for a Vimeo login. what do I need to do?
View ArticlePutting the 5th string under the spike?
HiIs there a special technique for putting the 5th string under a spike? I'm worried that I may be about to break the string every time I try.TIAAdri
View ArticleBuilding my repetoire. Advice for songs I should learn next?
I have been playing banjo a couple years but have recently seriously taken on the task of building my fiddle tune repertoire. I am planning on starting to go to alot of jams and conventions this year,...
View ArticleDrop Thumb and More Advanced Books
Hello my name is Paul and I am new to banjo. I have played bass for years and some flamenco guitar so I am used to finger picking and such. But anyway I have been learning to play Scruggs style with...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 2/13/15: Fall On My Knees
Happy Friday the 13th/Valentine's Eve!The tune I chose for this week is "Fall On My Knees," most famously known from a recording made by Tommy Jarrell (fiddle) and Fred Cockerham (banjo). This song,...
View ArticleFingernails - again
I've used acrylic nails for years for guitar, and took up clawhammer banjo a few months ago, using the same brand I already wear for guitar. My real nails just chip and wear too fast to use, and...
View ArticleLearning and Tempo
Ken Perlman's Clawhammer Style Banjo introduces a concept then a tune that uses it, then it introduces the next concept and a tune that uses it, etc. I really like this approach.When going through the...
View ArticleDifferent styles of Clawhammer?
HiI've now seen several references to 'different styles' of clawhammer. I know there's a substyle of melodic but what others are there and can anyone give references to youtube etc to see them in...
View ArticleNylon strings on my banjo ?
Hi, I have juste bought a DEERING VEGA LITTLE WONDER and I was wondering if I would get a good result with nylon strings.I have never tried a banjo with other strings than metal ones, when I hear a...
View ArticleDan Levenson 2nd free tutorial video.
Have I missed it? I've been looking forward to it, as the first one was excellent. I seem to remember I read a couple of weeks ago that it was about to be posted but I've not seen it yet. Thanks for...
View ArticleOpinions? SideWinder 5th String Banjo Capo
Just across one of these. Opinions? I'd love to hear. Will one of these work on an old SS Stewart?
View ArticleSeeking Motivation, or Banjo Wisdom Guidance Counselor...
When I first started playing clawhammer banjo about 7 or 8 years ago, I was really into it for the first few years - I went to OT jams, found friends to play with outside of the jams, took lessons and...
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