Old Time/Contra Dance tunes
I’ve started going to a slow jam that mainly plays contra dance tunes. Most of the folks at the jam read music and have little trouble adding new tunes to the group repertoire. The tunes are mainly...
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View ArticleClawhammer Backup
After several years of learning and playing Scruggs style, I decided to get into old time picking . Using clawhammer style, I like to play gospel songs, some bluegrass songs and some old, traditional...
View ArticleWhat to do Flatworld?
A very haunting waltz was introduced to the jam group I attend called "Flatworld". Chording on the banjo didn't seem appropriate so I just listened. 'm wondering what approach a clawhammer player would...
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TOTW 08/21/2015 Step Up Susie
For this weeks TOTW I'm submitting another relatively obscure Midwestern tune in D. I learned Step Up Susie in 2008 (or '07) from my fiddler friend Steve Staley and mandolin friend Mark Mathewson. It's...
View ArticleSeeger - Summertime - what key?
Hi,I'm working on Summertime, and I'm learning it in A minor. Which I believe is the original key that it was written in.I was listening to Pete Seeger on the Bowdoin college recording and trying to...
View ArticleBill Vanaver
i've been a fan of Bill Vanaver for a long time, since I saw him at the Fox Hollow Folk Festivals in the early 70's. He has recorded very little in clawhammer style but is extremely talented. What I...
View ArticleDouble E Flat Tuning?
I have been asked to play at a funeral with piano accompaniment. The song is Just a Rose will do by J A McClung. I can play the song easy enough but I wanted your opinion on tuning up a half step...
View ArticleClawgrass Lesson
Had a lesson over Skype from Mark Johnson this week.For anyone looking for something different from a really inspirational and engaging teacher I could certainly recommend. Interesting implementation...
View ArticleI Can Play The Banjo
It actually dawned on me the other day; I can play the banjo, for real. I'm now at the stage where I can actually learn and play tunes. It just kinda snuck up on me. Now all I have to do is improve...
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Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - A Moment In Time
i've been trying to dig into the work of dan gellert lately, but trying to find his albums have been a little frustrating. as most of you know, almost all of it is out of print and pretty scarce, both...
View ArticlePoor White Man out of RD Luncefords Drop Thumb book
I purchased RD Lunceford's Drop Thumb book and cd awhile back but when they arrived i found the book to be alittle out of my skill level. I recently went back to it but now i cant find the cd, searched...
View ArticleTaking a bluegrass break whilst playing clawhammer
I've been playing clawhammer, mostly solo, but occasionally with other old time players for a couple years now. Recently, I fell into a bluegrass jam.I can hang with them just fine in terms of backup,...
View ArticleMotivation to keep at it?
Josh over at Brainjo.com had a great article on how to motivate yourself to stick at the banjo. The basic jist of the article was that one needs to crawl before one runs. In other words, one needs to...
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TOTW (OT) 8/28/15 - Red Steer
Today's Tune of the Week is Red Steer, which comes to us from fiddler John Dykes and his Magic City Trio. I don't remember where I first encountered the tune, but my primary source is a version by...
View ArticleChanging to Nylon strings
I've got a Goldtone Bob Carlin open back and want to change from the steel strings (with loop ends) it came with to nylon strings, but the new strings I've bought are just straight with no ends for...
View ArticleBreaking 5th string
I've found some great tunes in GCGCE, but on my Deering Goodtime I keep breaking the 5th string as I tune up, no matter how careful I am. Any tips to avoid this would be appreciated. I'm using a...
View ArticleDrop Thumb .. Is it just me?
The single most difficult thing I've tried to learn yet on banjo has been "drop thumb". I've reached a point over the last two years of getting started with the open back banjo where i can actually...
View ArticleRoscoe Holcomb Tabs
Hello everyone,I've been listening to Roscoe Holcomb a lot the past few months. A while ago, I was interested in finding tabs and was happy to find that a member on here was selling transcriptions of...
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TOTW 9/4/15 Brushy Run
Brushy Run is this week’s TOTW. I was inspired to learn by listening to Bruce Molsky – the awesome engineer-turned-fiddler-who-never-looked-back. He, as well as Art Stamper, listened to Ed Haley’s...
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