Clawhammer newbie wanting new open back banjo.
Banjo Friends, Have been playing a few months and now want a new banjo. I like the Gold Tone White Layde 250 Plus and the Recording King RB-036 Ne Plus Ultra. Have heard only sound clips of each...
View ArticleGuitar accompaniment for Reubens Train in D tuning
I usually play only with a fiddle player, so I dont worry about chords ever. But i want to start playing with my musician friends more. I just never know what chords to tell them to play... There's a...
View ArticleName that tune!
I'm sure you people know what this tune is but I haven't been able to find out so far. This fella goes by "cj12sings" on utube. If your on here guy, I wanna play it just like that. He's got like 150...
View Articleclawhammer banjo in worship music?
I have a better chance of playing bluegrass banjo, (which is very slim) than to play clawhammer banjo with the worship band. Yet I feel that the clawhammer type of playing banjo it lends well to many...
View ArticleAnother "Name That Tune"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eqvFJzkEcs The tune starts at 0:10 and goes through the clip. Anyone know what the name of it is?
View ArticleNoKnot NyGut?
Greetings, I wish to install "NyGut" strings on an Enoch Tradesman banjo that is equipped with a "NoKnot" type tail thing. Advice as to the feasibility of said endeavor is hereby solicited. Many...
View ArticleDavid Holts version of Prety Polly
Hey just wondering if anyone has tabs of this song thats close to what o'l David is playing here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIA2D0jfF6Q
View ArticleBruce Molskys Rove Riley Rove tab?
Does anyone have tab for Bruce's great version of this old ballad? I want to work on my vocals and this song is within my range :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yaezKigx3g
View ArticlePlay us a tune!
When someone sees your banjo in the corner and they say "You play the banjo?" and you answer "Well I try!", their next question is bound to be "Will you play us a tune?". What do you play? I guess it...
View ArticleClawhammer Jam CD/DVD
Can anyone here recommend a clawhammer jam cd/dvd for a beginner which includes tabs of the songs so that I can begin learning to play along with others. I bought one online and then found that it...
View ArticleTOTW 2/16/13: Ask That Pretty Girl To Be My Wife
This week's selection is "Ask That Pretty Girl To Be My Wife. " It's a catchy (and crooked) fiddle tune that's seems to be fairly obscure -- but it doesn't deserve to be. Source recordings The...
View Article3 finger problem
H I'm having a problem practicing 3-finger picking. My planted right-hand ring finger often leans into the first string and deadens it. Anyone else ever have that problem? If so, what did you do to...
View ArticleI'm starting to wonder if
I'm having doubts about whether it's wise to play melody in a song(except for instrumental breaks). I've tried to cultivate that habit, and now I can't figure out how to break the habit. I think...
View ArticleScruggs vs three-finger oldtime, can anyone explain and help?
Hello everyone, I'm sure this is old territory for many of you but I could use some guidance and inspiration. My basic banjo tastes are definitely oldtimey: I imagine thoughtful (ie. slow) playing...
View ArticleRed Rocking Chair Tuning eEABD
A number of years ago, I was shown an old banjo tuning for the tune Red Rocking Chair by Scott Ainsle, the blues musician. Scott plays old time music too and evidently learned the tuning from the...
View ArticleExamples of old-time playing styles
Hello all,I'm completely uneducated when it comes to banjo music, but believe through listening on YouTube that I've decided I like what, in my ignorance, seem to come under the old-time heading.Would...
View ArticleDrop Thumb Help
Hi everyone, I'm currently working through Dan Levenson's 'Clawhammer Banjo from scratch' I seem to have got the grasp of double thumbing and have progressed onto drop thumb. I seem to mute the...
View ArticleCapo in Sawmill Tuning?
I understand if I capo at the second fret in standard G tuning, I am playing in A. Is this so in sawmill tuning as well?
View ArticleMobile jamming?
I'm taking an online class in intro to design of sound. Today, one of the lectures covered something called mobile orchestras, whereby performers in an orchestra can perform via a distributed network...
View ArticleListening to one's own banjo music
I like to listen to my own banjo that i have recorded. Do you think that it is egocentric?? How many do the same thing??
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