pull off from 0
In clawhammer, how do you pull off from an unfretted string? I'm working from rd lunceford tab (drop-thumb book) and a few of the tunes have a 0 on a particular string, then a p underneath, I don't...
View ArticleTOTW 1/11/13- Lost Indian aka Cherokee Shuffle
Following the recent “Crooked Tunes” thread in the other old time forum I wanted to choose something in that vein for my Tune of the Week. I also wanted to choose something fairly standard that would...
View ArticleNew book for Stroke/Early Banjo
I finally put together a book for Stroke / Early banjo. I'm not saying I reinvented the wheel or anything, but it is a tight little book....25 pages, and it includes a CD with demonstrations and...
View ArticleWhat About Online Teaching
Hey folks, I am starting to try to learn some clawhammer. I am greatly attracted to the tradition, and the organic quality of the music. I have read much on here the last few days about books, and...
View ArticleTabledit Version of syncopation ready to email
Fellows of the clawhammer banjo forum I have a complete - if a little rough around the edges - demo of the Swinging the Eights concept I got to into earlier. The entire discussion can be found in a...
View ArticleWalkin' In The Parlor Like THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrVPx-zDtz4 This video has been posted before. I've listened to and watched it a LOT. I've also hunted around for other versions of WITP. This is by far, my favorite...
View ArticleOpen F
Tuning ones banjo to open F (fCFAC) opens up the wonderful possibility of being able to play in F, G when capo-ed at the 2nd fret & A when capo-ed at the 4th fret. The strings, however, are a bit...
View ArticleTruss Rod Buzzing???
Something is buzzing when ever I play a C note. It's coming from the neck around the 5th fret, most definitely. It's not string buzz. It's not a loose nut anywhere. I have adjusted the truss rod a...
View ArticleSpanish River
I love the tune Spanish River as played by Jesse McReynolds with The Masters on the album That's Bluegrass. I think it would sound good on clawhammer banjo. I am having real trouble working it out....
View ArticleDrive -- I'd forgotten
A while back, there was a thread about the definition of "drive". I can't define it in words, but if you want a definition defined in the language of music, try listening to the Rolling Stones. That's...
View ArticleGreater Toronto Players - Oldtime Playing Workshop
Banjo Workshop at Music In The Wood - Arnie Naiman and Chris Coole are back to teach and entertain . . . Here are the details (they are same as last year except for the dates - hey, if it ain't broke,...
View ArticleChoosing a tuning and transposing guitar chords question
Hey guys Trying to work out an arrangement for a song. Guitar player is Em, Am positions capoed up 3 frets. It sounds about right to me in G Model tuning. (so i'm assuming Em capoed up 3 frets is Gm,...
View ArticleClawhammer teacher in Warsaw?
I mean the original Warsaw in Poland, not one of the ones in the U.S. I have a friend who lives over there, has recently bought a banjo, and wants to learn clawhammer. I don't know if any Polish...
View ArticleJam dvd
Question: There is a DVD called slow jam for bluegrass players I think by Pete Wernick. This allows beginning bluegrass players to get the feel for playing with other people. Is there something...
View ArticleRob Stenson Play Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnY9auT7ly0 Ignore the pretentious hipster stuff in the beginning and the retro camera filter. I've never heard of this guy before. I really like his sound. Are there...
View ArticleWhere Do I Go Now?
I am glad I found this site. I decided around October 2012 I wanted to learn the Banjo. So I did some investigating and found the Washburn DB9 to be a decent started banjo and have been very happy...
View ArticleOslo/Norway Members
This is my first forum post so hello and thanks to the founders and contributors for creating and maintaining such a useful resource. I am a complete novice and hope that one of the Norwegian members...
View ArticleWANTED: A real live OT instructor in Nashville
Hey there gang, can I trouble you for a recommendation? I'm looking for an OT instructor in the flesh. I thought Skype might be the way to go but I'm on the fence. Nothing against the folks that...
View ArticleMiddle eastern banjo tune Dodi Li!
I just saw Paul Roberts play this tune on a cello banjo on YouTube and the melody blew me away! It's the first time I've heard a middle eastern song on the banjo! the melody sounds simple but I'm not...
View ArticlePeter and the Wooluf
I am not sure if I am playing it in the same key that Prokofiev used, but if you start on the 4th string in and work your way down to the 1st string you have a good start to the song. I am...
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