OT banjos & Tone rings
Should I be able to hear the effects of a tone ring in OT banjo? I can't listen to a banjo and tell if it has a tone ring or not, let alone tell what kind of tone ring it is. I can't even remember (...
View ArticleClawhammer instructors in Vegas
Anybody know of a clawhammer - old time instructor in the Vegas area?
View ArticleScoop da scoop
Hey there,I now own a gold tone whyte ladyie with scoop been playing up at the scoop. is it ok to play there most of time or is it just there to add different tone I like the sound there but having...
View ArticleTOTW 4.12.13: Granny Went to Meeting With Her Old Shoes On
Granny went to meeting with her old shoes on,She came back with a new pair on. My apologies--I'm posting this a few hours early due to harsh weather coming my way and a busy schedule tomorrow. This...
View Articletuning for twin sisters
I really like the way Adam Hurt plays Twin Sisters (or Boys Of The Blue Hill for the matter) in this session (Clifftop 2010): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZuJiTDN2zs . I'd like to try to play this,...
View ArticleJust getting re-started
This is my first post, although I’ve been following the site for a couple of months. My banjo history is probably not that unusual. It began in the late 60s during the folk music revival in...
View ArticleFinger Frustration...
So I now have a small library of clawhammer instructional material and as I'm reading through the first part of Clawhammer For The Complete Ignoramus I see he instructs one to use both your index and...
View ArticleDrop thumb--grrr!
I have been practicing single string frails with 5th string thumb, without a pick, and I think I'm doing ok. This is from Rocket Science Banjo. I can even do bum ditty pretty well.I can drop thumb to...
View ArticleFingering for RSB Cripple Creek
The tab for Cripple Creek in Chapter 2 of Rocket Science Banjo shows it in the key of A. Ok, so now come the dumb questions...1) I figured out to capo it on the second fret. And the numbers on the...
View ArticleSound on Lap vs. Thigh
I've recently starting playing clawhammer on an open back, after having played bluegrass for awhile (on a resonator). I naturally started with the banjo on my lap, but then tried it on my thigh.My...
View ArticleVolume with Nylon
When I first started playing my Geo Dobson with nylon strings I felt there was no volume at all....so I started "over-playing" to try and achieve the volume I was used to with steel. Then I recorded my...
View Article3/8" bridge too low for clawhammer?
I bought a cheap banjo off of craigslist a while back. An aluminum-pot Conqueror. I've been struggling with the basic clawhammer strum, and I'm starting to think it might be because the action is too...
View ArticleInstructor
Hello all, I started playing last fall in the BG Style. I took a group lesson at the local community college, which helped and I starting to get OK at Cripple Creek and play G, C and D chords. But I...
View ArticleFavorite tunes and tecniques on a fretless banjo?
I just got through assembling a Frankenstein fretless banjo. An old pot from a nameless tenor banjo with skin head, a failed experimental neck from a bluegrass banjo with the frets removed and planed a...
View ArticleHolding the neck question.
Hi all, a question thats been bugging me if you don't mind.I am starting with the Ken Perlman DVD and book, but as well as him saying it, i've heard many others say that when you start off playing, you...
View ArticleAlternate tunings for nylon fretless....
Without a capo I was wondering if tuning up to A etc.....will cause problems for the nylon strings....Thanks, Rick
View ArticleIs there such a thing as 2 finger style?
Here's the deal....I'm a guitar player (over 50 years) and decided to try the banjo. Since I have some degrees in music and play other stringed instruments I figured I could start up on my own. I got a...
View ArticleBest CH Instructional DVD?
I like learning through DVD's. I used Pete Wernick's DVD to learn scruggs style and enjoyed it but I'd like to learn clawhammer. Know of any good ones?
View ArticleVery straight fingers from the second knuckle: up picking/stumming
In a recent thread about clawhammer picks, Oldwoodchuck (thanks for all you do) mentioned he knew a couple of people who up pick, and I would assume, strum with very straight fingers from the second...
View ArticleClawdan Banjo Workshop in LA
Hi Folks,Getting ready to head out in a couple of weeks on tour with Bob Carlin. It is a busy schedule and most of the workshops I am doing are fiddle related BUT,Friday May 17 at 10 AM I'll be doing a...
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