two finger guitar
is there any books, web pages, tabs, instructional video's out there for learning thumb lead guitar. I've ben doing pretty good picking up by ear. I get the basic tuning i think at least(GGDBgd) more...
View ArticleBounce
Every now again I'll be playing through a song and all of a sudden I start playing with bounce, and it stays with me through other songs I play until I put the jo down. When I start playing the next...
View ArticleDrop thumbing advice
Hi all, long-time bluegrass picker, short-time clawhammerer with a question about learning to drop thumb- which may have been answered several times here before, but I'm new. So my apologies if this...
View ArticleClawhammer style for tenor banjo and 5-string
I've recently acquired my grampa's old Conqueror tenor banjo and a handmade little 5-string. I've never played banjo before, or any instrument really (unless you count recorder in the fourth grade) so...
View ArticleLooking for (sort of specific) string band CD recommendations!
I am looking for recommendations 'cuz I'd like to purchase some string band CDs. Can anyone recommend any CDs that include clawhammer and vocals? I am really into the sort of tunes Old Crow Medicine...
View Articlequestion on cluck old hen version
Here's a great YouTube video of Paul Brown and John Schwab doing Cluck Old Hen, a version I've never heard before. Any clue where this version might come from? Here's the link:...
View ArticleSongs in C and D?
I know quite a few songs to sing in A and G, not so many in C and D. What are your favorite songs to sing in C and D?
View ArticlePoll: Dispensible Techniques?
There's been a good bit of discussion lately about whether or not drop-thumbing is necessary or even advisable. Just out of curiosity, are there other techniques that folks tend not to use in their...
View ArticleDrone is too plinky
My thumb is too plinky. When I listen to ch, I hear a nice drone, and when I play, I hear an incongruous plink. Know what I mean?
View ArticleTrying to play fast
Lately, I've been trying to play faster. One thing I've noticed is that the CH players I've watched who play fast play with what seems to be a very relaxed right hand. That, in turn, causes their...
View ArticlePlaying with a guitar plectrum for the upstroke
I'm trying to play the second guitar part for 'The Girl' by City and Colour, and it really needs an upstroke, something I just can't do with my thumb pick. I grabbed a guitar plectrum to see if that...
View ArticleTOTW 5/18/12 - Hawks and Eagles
I picked this tune up from my friend Gus Darnell, who is learning fiddle from the renowned Beverly Smith, and it has fast become one of my favorite tunes. The Fiddler's Companion entry is brief: HAWKS...
View ArticleClawhammer limitations?
I’ve just bought a banjo, and while I’m waiting for it, I’m listening to different styles to see which direction to go in. I've listened to some of the clawhammer tunes on the Jukebox, and really...
View ArticleInter-Tune Interference
Do you ever have tunes bump into each other in your brain in destructive ways? I recently learned the very fun D tune Twin Sisters off of the Chance McCoy album Debut. After playing it a few times...
View Articlegut strings
you can beat me & call me edna, cause I know this has been covered , but Ive searched and not got the answers. I kinda like to try some gut strings . Using nylguts now. I see ther Labellas...
View ArticleID this tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtPNQ-bLjoI Hi all. I don't usually post in this part of the hangout but I sure could use your help. I have come across the above Youtube clip ( don't know how to embed...
View ArticleMic Placement For Recording Banjo?
Anyone have any experience with recording? Where do people usually place the mike?
View ArticleDo you edit your videos?
If so, what do you edit them with? Do you just clean out the background noise(hum, hiss, etc. ) from the audio part? Seems like editing the video part would be very tricky.
View ArticleFretless nylon banjo and the tone ring...
Folks- I started futzing with a nylon fretless banjo today, and really liked it and now looking forward to buy one... but I'm trying to decide on what features I want on it.. I specifically would...
View Article(Taxes on) The Farmer Feeds Them All
My apologies if this isn't the right forum for this question, but: I'm trying to learn the Freight Hoppers' version of this great old tune and picking out the melody (in G) ain't too hard, but I'm...
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