Do your "Big Breakthrough" days tend to be followed by
Your "I sound like Krap" days? I feel like I work and work, take a break, come back, it clicks. So I'm psyched. Then I pick up the banjo the next day and it's as if I've never held the thing before. Do...
View ArticleHammer on to non complementary chord
Hi, First post, here goes. I have found that for myself it often seems to work better if when I hammer on to a note that I fret a chord that contains the note and is complementary to the key. For...
View ArticleTunes in C
Do you play C tunes in double C or an open C tuning like maybe gCGCE? I want to learn the tune "Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" which sounds a lot like another tune I want to learn "Streak of Fat, Streak...
View ArticleTunes Anyone Going to Clifftop Should Know
I realize that Clifftop is kind of still a long way away, but this will be my first year going (if all goes well) and I want to make sure I'm prepared. So I thought I'd ask my fellow Hangout members:...
View ArticleBig hands, big...fingerboard?
I have big hands. On the plus side, notes up the neck are no problem to reach. On the downside, the intricate movements of drop-thumbing aren't coming at all easily (I've only been playing 5 months)...
View ArticleNew player
Greetings allI've been lurking for months and having a blast soaking up the knowledge here. Glad I found the site. I'm about a week away from receiving my first banjo a gold tone mm150. I really like...
View ArticleHaving trouble with simultaneous slide & 5th string thumb
Hi Folks, I recently got Brad Leftwich's great book on the round peak style. I'm enjoying it, but there's one thing that's really throwing me off. As the title suggests, in most of his tab's Brad has...
View ArticleA and B part variation
Just been working out a clawhammer version of 'Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms' in double C capoed up to double D and I wondered what advice there is when playing tunes where the A and B parts are the...
View ArticleKey of D (or A) - Use a Capo or Tune Up a Tone??
As a newbie, I'm wanting to know the following. When changing from Double C tuning to the key of D (or from open G to key of A), do you tune to C (or G), and then use a capo at 2nd fret and for the...
View ArticleFaking it?
The topic on tunes to know for Clifftop, got me thinking: I'm going to a folk festival on my side of the Atlantic ocean, (I know it's a long shot, but Holmfirth Folk Festival anyone?) and of course,...
View Articlenew to clawhammer
Lord I love the sound of clawhammer-so just ordered bob carlin's package of #1 & #2-did I do the right thing--since there's lots of free stuff on rocket science banjo???
View ArticleHelp with the metronome
I don't think I'm necessarily bad at keeping the time right, still I understand that an important part of learning to play is being able to practice using the metronome or, at least, tapping with my...
View ArticlePain in left thumb
My left thumb is aching from practicing. I'm sure it's because my hand position is not right. How could I correct this? Does anyone have any tips to help me correct this? Many thanks!
View ArticleSliding around
Please help this fretless virgin! Are there any instruction books around that focus on the sounds you can get from the fretless banjo, especially the slides - both up and down the fingerboard? The...
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TOTW 4/27/12 - Barlow Knife
Up for discussion for this weeks TOTW is Barlow Knife, which in my opinion has one of the most beautiful melodies. I never get tired of playing the "A" part especially. Chances are most of you know...
View ArticleMe and Bobby McGee Chord Question
Hi All. I found a nice version of Me and Bobby McGee in the key of C. I'm tuned for standard G (gDGBD) and in the second verse there is a change from C to C7, but in that tuning doesn't seem to be...
View Article? for folks who play out live
I have been invited to play out live at an oldtime real steam engine show . I'am playing inside their craft building where other venders will be selling their goods . I went out and bought a Kustom...
View ArticleMiles Krassens Jack Gillie TAB
hello to all,, I have recently started working through this Clawhammer book. For the old jack gillie tab there are parts; A,,B,,B1,,and A1,,In the text before the tab he explains that part A1 is a...
View Articleweek 2 Banjo player
So it's been 1 week of practicing the clawhammer BUM DITY. It feels more natural now. Should I concentrate on targeting the different strings ? 1 st 2nd 3rd and 4th . You know , the BUM before the...
View ArticleWhat music to acquire?
There have been good threads in the past on this, and I just can't find them. I am looking to expand my music collection; I have very little CH banjo music. Tell me your favorites, some old, some new....
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