Can't figger out how
I see the notation in the attachment here on a lot of tabs and can't figure out how to play it.
View ArticleConverting Melodic Claw Arrangements to a More Southern Style
In the discussion on Melodic Clawhammer I realized that many people are unaware of the relatively easy method to convert them.Most clawhammer arrangements are written in 4/4 with the eighth note as the...
View ArticleBugle Calls.
To all banjo newbies (like me) and those who have ever played the bugle: One can play all the ol' bugle calls on the banjo's open strings with his/her right hand! I was having trouble findin' the...
View ArticleNorth Carolina up picking
There has been discussion of two finger or up picking by various banjo players - Doc Watson, Wade Mainer, and others. This is the style I began with and have been playing since about 1962. [I learned...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 12/18/2015 - When I Go
Hi All,I’m going to offer up something a little different this week for the TOTW. I had yet another great old time fiddle tune on deck, but I was doing some web surfing late last night and ran across...
View ArticleRoscoe Holcomb Article in New Yorker
Reading this article is really uplifting. Click on the link and learn more about Roscoe Holcomb and the "High Lonesome...
View ArticlePerlman/Krassen MP3s for instruction books?
So I've dragged my banjo out after several years of retirement/neglect and these books too. A long time ago I had ripped all the CDs (yes, all 9) to my PC's hard drive and went to the trouble of...
View ArticleWhat type of Banjo is playing this
Boone Reid is playing Sourwood Mountain on the attached Mp3. I really like the sound of the banjo. I don't think it's a gourd banjo, but the sound seems somewhat close to it. Can any identify what...
View ArticleShoulder pain
I play with the pot rested between my legs and recently on normal scale banjos my shoulder gives me major fits. It started after long playing sessions but now happens within minutes. i have tried the...
View ArticleString height for over neck playing!!!
OK - this is how you get the proper string height for over the neck playing without one of those unsightly scoops! Check out this banjo on...
View ArticleNordic Essentials Capo Question
Has anyone use one of these, they seem nice and cheap.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N4ZHPZ6?m=A1HO4G0LGTWRHV&ref_=v_sp_widget_detail_page
View ArticleAbsolute beginner question about frailing 2,3 and 4th strings
I'm embarrassed to ask this question. I've played one instrument or another for 60 years and made a good living a lot of years in the honky tonks, biker bars and other dives around NorCal. I've got a...
View Article"Mighty Dark to Travel" Clawhammer Tab?
Hello to all, I was hoping someone out there would know where to find a simple clawhammer tab to "It's Mighty Dark for me to Travel" like the one in this here Stringbean video- many thanks ": '...
View ArticleNail strike area
I'm new to clawhammer, really only been playing it for about a month or so. I use my middle finger to hammer. I wondered whether it really matters where on the nail you strike the string with. It...
View Articletwo finger thumb lead in 3/4 time to back up singing?
anyone have a good pattern for 3/4 time in the two finger thumb lead style to back up singing? i was thinking thumb-pinch-pinch but that might get a little repetitive.
View ArticleHonest Critique
Hi all,I've been playing the banjo for (all of) one week...self-taught, no prior stringed-instrument experience. Needless to say, this has been TOUGH and frustrating (although a ton of fun). The...
View ArticleIs BAS as prevalent as GAS?
I've owned 100s of guitars, amps, mandolins, accordions, saxes and, yes, even banjos since 1963. I sold my A+ collection when I moved back from Tokyo in 2000 so I could buy a house. But I still I...
View ArticleA history of old time banjo?
hello all! I'm looking for written word on claw hammer and old time banjo. Histories and such. Anyone know of such a book or resource?
View ArticleSong Versions
HiI'm wanting to practice singing along to the banjo. I have TABs of songs and I have words to songs but what would be nice would be music and words together. All I'm after for now is chord...
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