I don't know the the right way to ask about my CH style.
Hi folks,I'm still really new to playing the Banjo but I'm lost to the instrument. I'm teaching myself to play ClawHammer Style by YouTube and trial and error and it's coming along nicely :) My...
View ArticleLeft hand technique in drop thumb
I'm practicing integrating drop thumb with the traditional bum ditty pattern practicing patterns like bum-ditty-ditty-ditty-bum-ditty etc.... On the regular bum ditty I like an active left-hand and...
View ArticleGREAT open back banjo
Hi all. Just a heads up.....I've decided to sell my MINT CONDITION Whyte Lady banjo. Awesome sound and infamous as being the best affordable open back. Has a clawhammer/frailing scoop. Beautiful to...
View ArticleDeconstructing Dave Macon
When I stared to play the banjo over 50 years ago, Uncle Dave Macon was one of the first old-time musicians I listened to, and I could not figure out how he got those syncopated, slightly...
View ArticleBiggest Problem After a Year
I can't stop the neck wandering around in the air. I rest my thumb on the back of the neck to try an eliminate this. I'm not holding the neck up, but I am finding that my thumb is stopping the neck...
View ArticleNew TOTW schedule - volunteers needed
It is time to make out the next TOTW schedule, so just send me a message through the Hangout if you would like to volunteer.Participation in the TOTW seems to have dropped off a good bit over the past...
View ArticleIdentifying a Banjo
Hey Bho, was just wondering if any of y'all could id this banjo this guy has: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f417ZgwBJLA&ab_channel=JimArkus
View ArticleName That Tune. Please!!
Howdy.I learned this tune about 2 weeks ago from Steve Baughman (who is a GREAT teacher IMO). It's a cool tune, but he didn't remember the name of it. So far, my fiddle playing friends with...
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 1/29/16 - Bert Anderson's Tune
This week's Tune of the Week is Bert Anderson's Tune, which comes to us from Clyde Davenport.CLYDE DAVENPORT Clyde Davenport is a well-known old-time fiddler and banjo player from Monticello, Kentucky....
View ArticleWhen you tear your clawhammer nail
if you use synthetic salon nails or thimbles, this is of no interest to you. I just had a "oh duh" moment. In the past when I had a tear showing up on the nail I tried to repair it with "hard as nails"...
View ArticleDoes anyone do Cajun clawhammer?
I play clawhammer OT and have plenty of exposure to it. I also dance Cajun and Zydeco and enjoy the music. Does anyone use clawhammer for these types of music of southern Louisiana? Here in western...
View ArticleOT jam near Cambridge, MA?
A question for clawhammerers in the Cambridge/Somerville area: now that Sandy's and the Skellig are both closed, where can a guy find an OT jam circle? The Cantab is bluegrass, which isn't really my...
View Articlefinger nails and scotch tape
I play my clawhammer banjo most every day and because I have thin nails I have to deal with wear. I don't like picks, and I've tried super glue, nail treatments, ping pong balls, etc. While wrapping...
View Article1920s and 1930s North Carolina Folk Music To Be Released
There are sure to be plenty of string bands and clawhammer in this massive undertaking.
View ArticleTOTW (OT) 2/5/16 - Zinger
391 tunes since the inception of TOTW and the tunes runs the full gamut from "A" to .... "Y". Y? I dunno', but it seems high time for a "Z" tune. There are certainly a few such tunes, like "Zack...
View Articlewhat's doing the picking in up picking
I started playing banjo last year and have mostly been doing clawhammer frailing stuff, but i've been getting really interested in folks like Hedy West, Ola Belle Reed and some of the other folks that...
View Articlenew at the banjo *5 string" reccomend a really good book for learning?
been playing guitar and pedal steel and singing a long time, but banjo is a new one. im not really into bluegrass but i do like old time and say..for example tom waits. what is the *ONE* book you...
View ArticleOld Jack Gillie and Miles Klassen' book
Has anyone noted that the tab may be wrong on page 18 of Miles Klassen's Old JAke Gillie . On the b1 part there's a melody note that just doesnt seem right but Im not familiar enough with the tune to...
View ArticleName that tune!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lusDmD_v4Does anyone recognize then name of the tune that starts at about 50 seconds into this video from Clifftop?Thanks in advance!!
View ArticleBanjo advice?
Hey everyone! First post here, I just had some questions that I was wondering if people could help me with! Excuse me if this isn't the right forum for this but recently I bought a Gretsch Broadkaster...
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