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TOTW 11/18/11 - Peach Bottom Creek
Today's Tune of the Week is Peach Bottom Creek, a short tune in D that comes to us from Wade Ward. I first ran across it in a tablature collection (I can't recall which one) while searching for...
View ArticleUp-picking?
I'm not sure if that's the term for what I want to do when playing a tune like this: http://www.bluesageband.com/Tab%20pdf%20files/swallowtail_jig.pdf When I'm plucking eighth notes on a single...
View ArticleKeeping Banjo in it's case
So, I have a question. How many people that play their banjo regularly, daily, keep it in a case when they are not playing? I realize that it is recommended for constant humidity control and preventing...
View ArticleSo, 2nd question - Humidity and Banjo
I am now living in a hotel working in the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota in a motel. It seemed dry in my room. I bought a humidistadt. It reads 20% humidity. I have never paid attention on a or for...
View ArticleVolume
Perhaps this should be in a different section. Just a simple question regarding volume. I play/frail a Good Time. I can wail on the thing loud enough but I struggle to hear myself while playing in...
View ArticleA part B part repetitions question
At the risk of sounding ignorant, I have a question regarding the correct number of repetitions and sequence for the A and B parts of old time tunes. Specifically, how many times do the parts...
View ArticleSkin Head or Synthetic -- what's your preference?
I know that a skin head is going to cost more than a synthetic head. Is it worth the upcharge? What are the tonal and volume differences between the two? Is it a little or a lot more work to keep...
View ArticlePerformance Anxiety & Concentration
Hello,As Ive mentioned a couple of times in previous topics I've only been playing for around 9 months so I'm not sure if this is something I'll improve at over time or something I'll always battle...
View ArticleDo I need a clawhammer banjo?
I have been playing Scruggs style for just over a year now (my first ever attempt at learning an instrument). I love the sound of a banjo and needed somewhere to start. I am happy with my progress...
View ArticleBanjo Uke Advice
I just bought my wife a Slingerland Maybelle banjo uke and need some advice. Here are my questions. It came with old steel strings. Are steel or nylgut strings recommeded? What is the preferred...
View ArticleSandy River Belle Tuning for G Tunes
So, I had a particularly interesting and rewarding lesson this morning. I take lessons from a variety of excellent banjo players. It seems there has been an influx of great old time pickers into the...
View ArticleContemporary Old Time/Clawhammer CDs
I've been playing banjo for about 6 months now - focusing on clawhammer but also learning a bit of two finger and even Scruggs style - all of which are great fun. I don't have many CDs of old time...
View ArticleHow Heavy can i go and still tune up
i have a Ramsey 11" standard and it seems to be a very solid and steel reinforced neck. Lately it seems like 90% or more of the tunes i play are in A, A modal or D and it seems to me kind of weird...
View ArticleThe Cuckoo ~ Old-Time Three Finger Style ~ Sawmill
Hello folks, For myself, "The Cuckoo" is a very important song for me. I saw an old film of Clarence Ashley playing it clawhammer style, and I heard that, and that was the very first tune I had ever...
View Articlesore thumb from practicing clawhammer banjo
Does this happen to any of you guys? Any remedies? Its kinda more like tender...more of an annoyance.. When I say sore thumb I dont mean like cramping or fatigue but just like some raw kinda...
View ArticleStroke style v. Minstrel Banjo
Are stroke style and minstrel banjo the same or different. Please discuss.
View ArticleColoured Aristocracy tab in Old G
I promised a group of people last night that i would do a tab of Coloured Aristocracy in Old G tuning and have it ready today. I then fell asleep at about midnight and got nothing done. So it will go...
View Articlea dilemma, can you help?
I can't seem to settle on a single way of playing. I'll try clawhammer for a while, thinking "this is it", then after a while I'll be playing 2 finger index lead, then thumb lead, then clawhammer...
View Articlei know this has ben said before
I've read this on the hang out and never tried it, but I'm really glad i just did. well the other day in a moment of absent mindedness, i cut my nail on the right hand. I did not realize what i had...
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