First video ever, feedback welcome.
So I've been playing clawhammer for nearly two years now, learning any way I can, largely trial and error, getting some help here occasionally but mostly lurking and searching the forum archives when...
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"Soldier's Joy" - Clawhammer Tunetorial for 3/1/15
Watch a preview video >Key of D – aDADE (double C – gCGCD – capo 2)Soldier’s Joy is one of the most popular tunes ever and a jam session regular! Dan has 86 versions of the tune in his personal...
View ArticleWill Keys; great picking
I apologize if this has already been widely viewed and discussed at BHO, but I was so thrilled to come across this performance. Will Keys was certainly a master of the five string banjo, a true...
View ArticleCliftop festival
I have never been and have some questions.1. If you are not into camping where do you stay?2. Is there a vendor area where you can purchase new and vintage banjos? which vendors show up.3. is there...
View ArticleAm I the only one wanting a beveled edge on the fingerboard?
I have begun playing over the neck but sometimes I hit my thumb on the sharp edge of the fingerboard. It would be much more comfortable if it had a bevel or rounded edge there. But, I never see such a...
View ArticleNylon or Nylgut strings with a Dobson tone ring
The only banjo that I have tried that had a Dobson tone ring had metal strings. It sounded wonderful, but more and more I'm playing my synthetic strung banjos. I've been thinking about getting a...
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TOTW 03/06/2015 -- Piedmont
OK, for this week I'm submitting a fairly obscure Missouri D-tune called Piedmont. I think it deserves to be a bit less obscure.The tune comes from the great Missouri fiddler Art Galbraith. I learned...
View ArticleNail or Pick?
i'd like to know what percentage of clawhammer players use their nails and what percentage use a pick.My nail's just broken and I'm having to use a kelly freedom pick while it regrows. But the pick...
View ArticleGCGCC Tuning
I'm really getting to like this tuning. I thought I wouldn't, with three of the five strings tuned to C, but it can reall produce some nice sounds. What's it called, by the way, Old C?
View ArticleLooking for a tuning for this song---anyone have perfect pitch?
Does anyone know what tuning RB is using for "False Hearted Lover Blues" here?http://youtu.be/bIdHRxk9WFY
View ArticleI got the wrong banjo... does it really matter?
I was thinking I would be starting out with scruggs style, and ordered a run of the mill bottlecap to learn on, thinking that if I like it, and can do it, I will pick up a Deering Goodtime in a couple...
View ArticleThe drawback to spikes?
HiI just started to play Blackberry Blossom from Ken Perlman's Melodic Clawhammer and it requires fretting the 5th string on the 7th fret. Wondered why I was getting a buzzing sound and of course it...
View ArticlePlaying In D tuing with Mandolin player
I have started to play banjo at work with a mandolin player and I keep my banjo in G tuning. If I want to play some of the songs I know in double C or say we play with a fiddler that wants to play in...
View ArticleWhy all these tunings?
As a very raw banjo owner / holder, but with a lot of background in playing, writing and teaching music, I am flumoxed by this issue of tuning the banjo for different songs.Now, I don't mean to be...
View ArticleRagtime Annie duh
Sorry but my brain is in a very low gear lately and i am getting confused on the order of the three parts in Ragtime Annie any help out there for my feeble mind.
View ArticleLearning by ear
A recent post on tunings got me thinking about how we learn to play.Is learning ONLY BY EAR a good way to learn to play clawhammer?I have a real hard time converting a written tab (or written...
View ArticleSore Anchor Fingers
Greetings folks! Got a new one here for me. I've been playing Scruggs style banjo about 20 years or so...set the instrument down a few years ago and within the last few months discovered old time gut...
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View ArticleTOTW 3/13/15-The Night Paddy Murphy Died (Clawhammer)
Because its so close to St. Paddy's day, I got the go ahead to do one of my favorite pub songs! Although a staple in Irish pubs this song was actually written in Newfoundland, Canada. It's seems to be...
View ArticleNew Guy Here
Hello to all from N.C. This is my first post. I have been a fan of folk music for years, and just recently bought a cheap starter, open back banjo (Rogue) I didn't want to invest a lot into one until I...
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