The Bachands (banjo)
Very nice banjo playing by one of the Bachands. Red Rocking Chair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0ZD7RtQ-U
View ArticleTune of the Week, 12/21/12 -- Jim Shank
Well, I understand that the world may come to an end today but, if it does, you could do worse than to go out playing the tune Jim Shank. The tune is sometimes called Jimmy Shank, Jim Shanks or Jim...
View ArticleTunes in G Tuning
Hello, I can play about 5 times pretty well now after about a year on the banjo but I'm finding it difficult to learn new tunes as most instructional DVDs etc are for bluegrass.Does anyone have any...
View ArticleTunes in G Tuning
Hello, I can play about 5 times pretty well now after about a year on the banjo but I'm finding it difficult to learn new tunes as most instructional DVDs etc are for bluegrass.Does anyone have any...
View ArticleComplete Newbie here
Hi guys and gals.Happy holidays!!! I just received my restored Orpheum banjo back from having the neck built and set up by Gary Schattl (thanks Gary!! it sounds great!). I am having a ball playing...
View ArticleAluminum banjos for old time?
I saw two banjo players on TV yesterday playing aluminum banjos, and their banjos sounded like banjos. What is it about aluminum banjos that gives them a bad reputation?
View ArticleOpen C Unpleasantness
Hi all. I'm learning Snowdrop in open C (gCGCE). When I play the top F# of the opening phrase, it resonates very unpleasantly. It sounds quite harsh and metallic as opposed to the bell-like tone the...
View ArticleOld Banjos and Changing Tunings
I have a 1901 WL that is a great sounding banjo. But, I don't seem to use it often because I feel like I am going to break it if I try to change the tuning constantly. The tuners are original and are...
View ArticleNew player with a question
Hi. I just recently got a banjo (deering goodtime classic open back), and have started to play clawhammer style. This is my first time playing banjo, but I have been a mandolni/guitar player for years...
View ArticleChristmas banjo book
For my Christmas I got a new banjo book, Mel Bay's, Complete Clawhammer banjo book by Lisa Schmitz and Alec Slater. I think it is quite an old book (perhaps 1994) in which the tabs are written a bit...
View ArticleCross A tuning
I'm learning a song that is apparently in "cross A" tuning. I am wondering if this is just sawmill capoed to the second fret (aEADE) or something similar? If anyone could let me know what Cross A is...
View ArticleFrom 3-finger to clawhammer on a Jim Reed tune
Studying both 3-finger and clawhammer techniques has definitely had benefits for me. Maple Blossom is an original piece by Jim Reed of Sydney, Kentucky who has a lifetime of banjo picking and whose...
View ArticleFingerstyle/clawhammer blues banjo help!
I would like to play tunes that I've heard fingerstyle blues guitar players do for years and adapt them to open G tuning with a kind of clawhammer/fingerstyle technic . Songs like "Brother Can You...
View ArticleBeginner advice learning songs
Hi everyone, I'm not sure iif t's advice I need as much as reasonable expectations. I have been learning for about six months and practicing about seven songs, some for almost the entire time. I had...
View ArticleNail scratching noise
Does anyone else get the scratchy noise on their down stroke? Any tips on reducing/eliminating I? Thanks,
View ArticleWalkin' In the Parlor vs Ducks in the Millpond?
I was trying to learn Ducks in the Millpond and realized Walkin' In the Parlor sounds very similar if not the same. Can anyone with a better ear tell me what the difference is?
View ArticleTOTW 12/28/12 - Give Me a Chaw of Tobacco
Give Me A Chaw of Tobacco. My wife and I learned this from the recording of the Carter Brothers and Son, a raucous string band from northeast Mississippi. The band consisted of two brothers, Andrew...
View ArticleFoot tappn
Throw you off or keep you good. Seems like somtimes I can go my may through a tune tappn away, and somtimes not. Maybe a more dificult passage will take my brain away from the tap, then I second guess...
View ArticleThank you for the fantastic podcast
Banjo hanger-outers, I'm a guitar player and folk, country, old-time music lover and I'm loving your podcasts. I don't play banjo (yet?) but I listen to the podcasts of your community uploads and...
View ArticleMabel Cawthorn Tom Watson Tune
Does anyone have a copy of the liner notes to The Art of Field Recordings sets, I've lost my copies and am having trouble figuring out the tuning she uses...even though she plays the open strings at...
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