Wade Ward's Hollyding: technique question
For reference, I am asking specifically about this recording:(Link for future purposes) I can't get this tune out of my head. I started working on it two days ago in Double C, and pretty much have the...
View ArticleClawhammer Pick
I added a Dunlop medium guitar pick to these Guitar finger picks with super glue. It takes out the metallic sound out of playing clawhammer style.
View ArticleLong tuning peg
Using super nylgut Strings i get a great sound but the strings are wound right up to the very top of the tuning peg and the gears are getting bauky. Does any one make extra tall ones? Thanks. Richard
View ArticleHi everybody... d# A# D# G D tuning?
hope this isn't a duplicate post, I tried to make one already and it seemed to disappear immediately so I'm gonna try againFirst of all, Id like to say hello any thank you to all of you who contribute...
View ArticleHide Head Question
Earlier this year I bought my first banjo with a hide head. I'm really enjoying it but have noticed that when I first pick up my banjo all of the strings have gone flat. So I tune it, but then after...
View ArticleRags?
Hi allRecently I blundered into a jam with 4 accomplished fiddlers, a bass and rhythm guitarist. They proceeded with an hour of "rags" in C. I play a melodic clawhammer with few chords or...
View ArticleThumbs up for Ryan and Play Better Banjo
I wanted to let everyone know I have nothing but good things to say about Play Better Banjo and Ryan. I have e emailed him several times and he responded quickly every time with great info. His...
View ArticleSongwriting & Old Time Banjo
Thinking about contemporary songwriters who are using old time banjo. A few names come to mind:Sam GleavesChris CooleKaia KaterJoe NewberryAbigail Washburnkeep the list going............
View ArticleTab for Skating on the Harbourfront?
Does anyone have tab for this great tune? The archives show it as TOTW for 12/7/12, but the link for the tab (the author's, I think) no longer works.Thank you!
View ArticleWrist Position HELP!!??!?!??!
I've been playing clawhammer for a while now (hmm, 2 years?) and bluegrass for longer (9 years, maybe?) and I've developed carpal tunnel. I'm sure it's partially related to other things I do, and I've...
View ArticleClifftop, and the floods
Howdy, folksLike usual, I am planning to go to Clifftop in a few weeks (my 5th year at this point) to hang out and pick, learn new tunes and get together with old friends. Really looking forward to...
View ArticleToday's Tune of the Week
Today's TOTW volunteer has let me know that the tune should be posted tomorrow. Just didn't want anyone to think it had been forgotten.
View ArticleOld Time backing tracks
Hi,Just a note to say I have added an "Old Timey" tab to my free backing tracks site. I've noticed the strange looks I've had from Old Time playing friends when they hear the driving bluegrass backup...
View ArticleAlternate String Hammer-on technique
Continuing this discussion from March of 2009 on the Hangout …………My question specifically concerns the technique of ASHO, i.e. “alternate string hammer-on,” that being: Is it a fairly recent technique...
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TOTW (OT) 7/1/16 - Waldo Helton's July 4th Breakdown
It seems this week's volunteer is unable to post at all, so I will go ahead and post a back-up tune. I apologize in advance for this write-up's incomplete nature - it is a tune that I was playing...
View ArticleMr Lundsford....happy fourth and a question
Hi RD....hope the leg is on the mend.....I know I will never achieve your wonderful syncopation, rhythm, bounce, etc. etc., but I will keep trying. I listen to your cd's and follow your tab books every...
View Articlealternate string pull offs
When a tab shows an alternate string pull off with a fret number on the string being pulled off, how is that to be played? My understanding is ASPO always sound the string open and I'm not sure how to...
View Article3.5 string banjo tuning
Hello, please could anyone advise regarding tuning for a 3.5 string banjo (3 long strings and 1 drone). I spotted one on eBay last week and just had to give it a go, but can't find much online about...
View ArticleMinstrel/Prust banjo beginner questions
I just received my Prust tackhead banjo a few days ago. It is fretless with a 13' calfskin pot and Nylgut strings. The action at the 12th "fret" is a little bit under 3/8's of an inch. I'm using...
View ArticleBanjo highway capo
How do we feel about this product?http://www.banjohighway.comI'm using Earl's Suspender Capo right now, but I don't like having the bottom bit in the way when I'm fretting that bottom string.
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