New Banjo arrives today... where to get started?
Hi all, Waiting for the Fedex man to show up with my new Goodtime Americana. Where are some good clawhammer tab places and other resources to get started?
View ArticleClawhammer banjo sales in Daytona / Jacksonville FL area
I'm going to be spending a few days in the Jacksonville then Daytona FL area and was wondering if anyone knew if there was a music store around there that carried a selection of clawhammer banjos. I'm...
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Newbie question about practicing on different banjos
A little background:I played a little campfire guitar in my 20s but wasn't ever great. In my 30s with young children I all but gave it up.About a year (and some change) ago I had a vague idea while I...
View ArticleBanjo VS. Porn
Just a funny comment - you know you're hooked when you turn off girl on girl porn to log into this site!~
View ArticleMountain banjo builder Clifford Glenn has passed away
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View Articleclawhammer kickoffs to songs
Just got Dan Levenson's book Old Time Festival Tunes and working on the first song Banjo Tramp. Question for you all: While listening to the first song on the cd, Dan kicks it off before diving into...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 7/24/15 - Yew Piney Mountain
Yew Piney Mountain This week’s Tune Of The Week selection is “Yew Piney Mountain”, a tune I’d not heard until I recently happened upon it. Judging from the sparse number of banjo renditions I’m aware...
View ArticleHow to chord advice
Just starting out, and I have to admit that getting my left hand to chord is going to be a chore. I realize there is no easy way out, but if you have advice that might help, it is appreciated.Working...
View ArticleLittle Sadie - not the ballad
I have a recording I made at a jam in Durham back in May of 2012 that I'd labeled Little Sadie. It is a D tune with lots of phrases that sound like they want to resolve to D or where the next phrase...
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"Doc Robert's Shortnin' Bread" - Clawhammer Tunetorial for 7/26/15
Key of G – gDGBDIn this, Tunetorial number 52, Dan "Clawdan" Levenson teaches Doc Robert’s Shortinin’ Bread. NO, Not Your Mamma’s Little Shortnin Bread! This one’s whole different loaf – well, pan....
View ArticleSame song?
I have been listening a bunch to recordings of songs that I have been toying with, and i came across this recording by Sara Grey of 'Ducks on the Mill Pond':http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001C7EUECIt was...
View ArticleCROMA fallout part the second - House Carpenter?
For the encore of their stage set, Walt and Claire did a gloriously beautiful tune that, to my ear, sounded like an instrumental version of "House Carpenter". Am I right about that? (I was wrong...
View ArticlePatrick Costello
I don't know what all went on in the BHO world before I became a member back in 2011, in reference to Patrick Costello, and I don't play clawhammer, but I have watched many of Patrick's videos and...
View ArticleRecommended Intermediate Lessons? (and an Introduction)
Hey all,First off, an introduction. Over the last eight years I've been playing banjo, folks have recommended I take advantage of the wealth of information at BHO. I'll admit that it was a little scary...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 7/31/2015 - Ora Lee
Hi All,I’ve been learning Ora Lee on fiddle lately. When I noticed that it hadn’t been a BHO tune of the week yet, I thought it would make a good choice.I first learned Ora Lee on banjo several years...
View Article.Buy Registered IELTS certificates without attending the Exam We sell regis
.Buy Registered IELTS certificates without attending the Exam We sell registered IELTS & TOEFL, ESOL, and CELTA/DELTA and other English Language certificates.Our company has been in the...
View ArticlePlaying left, when you're right
I've been digging around for a couple weeks and haven't found much on this. Does anyone have any tricks for playing left handed when you're a right hand person? Or a direction to point so I can keep...
View ArticleA different view of practicing?
I've changed my approach to practice, and I think it's paying off. When I was taking classical guitar lessons, flamenco guitar lessons, bluegrass banjo lessons, and folk guitar lessons, I really "got...
View ArticleClawhammer/Old-Time Banjo Workshop in Colorado
Hello! Rocky Ridge Music Center is venturing into American Folk Music and exploring its roots, and we have a banjo workshop coming up Labor Day weekend. We still have a few spots to fill. It will be a...
View ArticleClawhammer in FL?
I'm leaving for Fla this October. Heading down to Juno Beach. Little south Of Stuart, North of West Palm... me thinks. Think I'll run into any BHO members?
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