Loads of ?'s (Some fretless specific)
So in a few weeks I will be turning 39 again. I am calling it 39 2.0.My wife is getting me a new instrument to celebrate the event and to make sure I don't go off the deep end. Originally I was going...
View ArticleBought a clawhammer finger pick: I like it!
Hi Gang,I play with my right index finger and notice that if I am able to practice the way I like to on a weekend, for example, the right side of the nail wears down, or, my nail has a tendency to...
View ArticleDock Boggs modal accompaniment
I've seen this addressed in passing in other topics, but needed some specific schooling. I'm taking to play Country Blues by Dock Boggs in double C (at the inspiration of Banjohangout user olpete), but...
View ArticleCan't seem to get the hang! Help please!
Hi Guys, It’s with a slight sense of despair that I write in the hope of some assistance, if you’d be so good. This may be a common problem for beginners, I don’t know, but although I have cracked...
View ArticleThe cluck
I have tried to play the cluck for a long time. (My wife thinks I am one by default, but that is another story). I have watched several people do it and I have watched the Rocket Science video but...
View ArticleI just can't use these dadgummed nylgut minstrels
I've tried for months, and can't make them work for my left hand. They're too thick, the fretboard's narrow enough already, without taking up what extra space is available with great big fat strings. I...
View ArticleRob Stenson..youre take on his style!!
For all of you Rob Stenson freaks out there....here he is in all of his fretless glory. Apparently he's about to hit the big-time with his new recording but this video shows alot about the way he...
View ArticleWhen it's in your head wrong?
What tricks do you use when you've got the tune wrong in your head? I've been working on Arkansas Traveler, and there's a sort of "switch-up" in the rhythm in the low part that I keep missing. i think...
View ArticleGetting good tone out of a 3-2 po
What's your favorite fingering and technique for getting good tone out of those 3-2 pull-offs? Mine just mumbles into its shirt pocket.
View ArticleDead second string
Have always used favourìite strings for different banjos but read some good comments on Bill Keith strings so I thought I'd give them a try. Hammer ons ring like a bell on strings 1 3 and 4, but are...
View Articletuning vs key signatures
I decided to start this new thread in case posting at end of another earlier where the posting might get lost.I had mentioned transposing keys but that may not be whay I was after.I come across (as a...
View ArticleBest Clawhammer songbook?
I'm wanting to buy some good clawhammer songbooks. I enjoy getting tabs from the internet, but I like having a book I can carry around easily and not have to plug in somewhere to read it. Any...
View Articlecan anyone name the tuning this song is in?
really love this song but cant seem to get the tuning figured out. Read through all the comments thinking he would say it somewhere but not luck. Anyone have any suggestions?
View ArticleBanjo Bridge Suggestions
Howdy Everyone!As the subject title suggests, I am looking to buy a new bridge for my banjo. I am looking for something that will give my banjo a really crisp, full, and tight sound. I am using the...
View ArticleTOTW 3/29/13 Sugar Hill
I chose this tune because it is one of my favorites and it hadn’t yet been Tuna’d! Y’all are all likely familiar with it, as Sugar Hill has got to be one of the most ubiquitous tunes in the old time...
View Articleaction on nylon vs steel strings
Is the action on a nylon strung banjo usually different from that of a steel strung banjo? I'd swear that when I put nylgut minstrels on my old Lyon & Healy banjo that the action's higher. I know...
View ArticleTone Woods and Tone Rings
Hi Everyone,I am looking at buying a new banjo and am interested in tone. I know how much the tone wood on a guitar affects the sound, but I also know there is so much more that seems to affect the...
View ArticleI See the Light clawhammer style?
Hello everyone, I hope you are all having a great weekend :)Continuing with my learning of banjo, and clawhammer style, I'm now picking the song I See the Light, from the movie Tangled. I know it's not...
View ArticleStrings for low-tuned banjos
Any string recommendations for a low-tuned banjo? I'm not interested in gut strings, and I'd like to try something other than Nylgut Minstrels.I'd prefer to go 5 half-steps lower than normal, on a...
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