I want to learn clawhammer
I started playing scruggs style and then am learning melodic style. Now I'd like to learn to clawhamnmer. Any suggestions for a teach yourself clawhammer banjo lessons. Thank you all in advance.
View Article2-3 finger OT wanna start together?
Started messing around with 3 finger last night. After watching Hunter Robertson play Pretty Polly,,, seems intuitive after playing guitar. anybody want to start up with this with me,, we can video...
View ArticleAbout to buy some strings
I like the sound of nylon strings, and would order them, but first a question: Can I put nylon strings on juat any banjo? I'm not talking about the mechanics, or what they might or might not do to the...
View ArticleI suck when I play out of the Perlman book!
He does all that stuff where you keep the chord positins and hammer around in them, and add notes. I suck at that! I'm trying to get my hand to curl gracefully over the fretboard, but I end up buzzing...
View Articledouble string bum
When the 5th and the 1st strings are to be played at the same time should I practice the same downstroke with the middle finger or is this an exception? This is the most difficult for me so far.
View ArticleQuestion about Sandy Boys tab in Lunceford's Drop Thumb book
I posted this in the Drop Thumb group but haven't gotten any responses. Also tried to PM Mr. Lunceford, but ran into a spam filter issue and hit a dead end when I tried to work through that. So I'm...
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TOTW 11/9/12: Maggots on the Sheep Hide
About forty-five miles east of Pittsburgh, in southwest Pennsylvania, lies the borough of Derry. Nestled in the foothills of the Laurel Highlands, part of the Appalachian Mountain chain, at the base...
View ArticlePerlman CH Style Banjo book/DVDs vs. Perlman Homespun Book/CDs
I am looking at getting some of Ken Perlman's instructional material, either his Clawhammer Style Banjo book and DVDs, or his Homespun book and 6-CD course. Mostly to add repertoire. I have lots of...
View ArticleEnigmatic and mysterious topic: DRIVE????
How do you describe drive? how do you know if you've got it? if you know you don't got it, how do you work on it? Thanks, Joe
View ArticleNeed a strap and a capo..
I've been playing my Epiphone MB-100 for about 5 days now and am finding it unstable in my lap. I'm thinking that a strap will help stabilize it, but there's a confusing variety out there! Any...
View ArticleWhat make is this banjo?
Clifton Hicks plays several different banjos. On You Tube he plays Darling Cora on a mountain banjo in thumb lead 2-finger style. His picking is beatiful and he says the banjo is from WV. But, I can't...
View ArticleBanjo Bridge?
I do realize there are a few threads on this and I read a bunch of them but have a few questions still. So I recently made a switch from metal to Nylgut strings and I like the change in tone! I...
View ArticleClawhammer newbie
Have played Scruggs style since 2009, am starting to fool around with clawhammer. I've got Cripple Creek Down pretty well. Would appreciate some recommendations on songs to tackle next. Thanks y'all.
View ArticleAdvice on entry level clawhammer banjo for UK Newbie
Hi - I guess the title says it all... Any suggestions for a good quality entry level instrument?, Im in the UK so wont have the range of choice of my US friends. Thanks
View ArticleAmyone play Stefanelli banjos?
I was just browsing internal resonator banjos for fun, and I saw this gorgeous thing: http://ericstefanelli-banjos.com/models/6 Anyone ever played one?
View ArticleOK to leave out notes?
I'm learning clawhammer chiefly to play at contra dances. I've found that the speed-- ~108-120 bpm-- makes it's very difficult in many standard tunes to get some of those melody notes in. And drop...
View ArticleAfter looking all over H__L
I finally found someone who sells Chris Sands' nylon strings. That, in itself, wasn't easy for me to do. Before I order some, I'd like to know some opinions on what I should consider. I play...
View ArticleQuestions from Tim Jumper's Book
Hi there, I just started learned some songs from Tim Jumper's "Banjo Player's Sonbook" (which I highly recommend), but I have a couple of technique questions from two of the songs. Any advice is...
View ArticleSore right hand
I just started claw hammer banjo about a month ago. I think my right hand technique must be off, because it feels like damaged tendons on the top of my right hand. I've been getting the sound that I...
View ArticleClassroom full of teenagers with banjos!
Scary, I know. So I have fallen into a great problem. A high school orchestra has started a fiddle club and I get to jam with them and teach them guitar, banjo, and mandolin. I realize this isn't...
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