Immersion Play Lists
I asked Eric over in tech talk if there was a way to build a playlist that saves automatically based on one's search criteria. (Say, Lost Indian played clawhammer-style) Apparently there is not. As...
View ArticleFred Kelly Freedom pick has changed my life
Well, musically I mean. I got the clear hard plastic kind (there's also a softer, white one) and it has hugely increased my enthusiasm for clawhammer, for three reasons. First is the tone: my middle...
View ArticleGetting Volume...
So I started playing with a fiddler here in Portland. And she's loud! Like LOUD! The banjo I'm playing has a rolled brass tone ring...I want ask about set up and such that would raise my volume. I...
View ArticleFarewell to Ireland tab?
Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone has tab for this great reel?! I heard a great version on iTunes under the 100 top clawhammer tunes but it didn't say who performed it!
View ArticlePete Seeger on fretless and with John Cash on long neck
here is an 8 minute clip with Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium. Pete starts out with a fretless and goes to a long neck. Guess I post this as a bit of a tribute to Seeger's banjo...
View ArticleTOTW - Arkansas Traveler 5/26/13
Up for discussion this week is another tune that everyone knows - Arkansas Traveler. It seems crazy that it hasn't been done yet. This is one of the first tunes that most people learn, including...
View ArticleDan Gellert & Shoofly
Does anyone know how to get a copy of Dan Gellert & Shoofly "Forked Deer"? There is an audio cassette for sale on Amazon, but that's the only copy I can find, and I don't have a tape deck. Have any...
View ArticleFret scale figuring
I understand there are fret calculators to figure fret positions. I have used them to draw and cut different lengths of banjo fretboards. The old banjo scales have become an interest to me. In my...
View ArticleBanjo Hang out strap
Hello, I am looking for a new strap and I like the Dogwood design site but I also like the Banjo Hangout padded strap. It looks like they haven't been on the this site since back in 2011, the last...
View ArticleBridges, Strings, and Tensions! Oh My!
I'm not sure when a person is no longer a newbie banjo player. I'm 65, but have playing for about 6-7 months. Old Newbie, I guess. I have learned by now that there is no question too trivial for you...
View ArticleDrop thumb ?
Well I've been learning banjo for a couple of months now, and have been following the usual beginners routes by watching Youtube, Pat Costello, RSB , Cathy Fink etc.., concentrating my efforts on the...
View Articleplaying on the inside strings
Ho-kay then.i'm trying to iron out some scrappy technique/bad habits when playing on the inside strings. i.e picking 2nd, drop thumb to third or fourth. mainly in relation to playing miles krassen's...
View ArticleWalt Koken's playing style
http://www.mudthumper.com/sittininthecatbirdsseatbook.htmlNot one that likes tablature but loves Walt's playing, this is the closest I have ever come to sounding like him and get a feel for his...
View ArticleBrilliant documentary
This is well worth watching in its entirety: http://www.folkstreams.net/film,135
View ArticleOld Time Banjo Class @ Steve Kaufman's Camp
Folks-I'll be teaching clawhammer & Old Time Banjo at Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Camp June 9-14. Small class size. The camp will also have old time fiddle, guitar, mandolin & more, great jam...
View ArticleWhat took me so long to get a quality banjo?
I have been playing a few years. I am not a real good player and the fretted banjos that I have been playing are cheap student models (Kay and Harmony). But I figured they were good enough for my...
View ArticleClawhammer Banjo before work?
Hi All,Recently I've been playing one or two tunes during 5 minutes in the morning just before leaving my house and going to work. I've realized it really puts me in a good mood to start the day. Do...
View ArticleCherokee Shuffle - Lost Indian
I've got a Cherokee Shuffle-Lost Indian problem. Lots of folks play a combination of the two, but when I find one or the other, they are in different tunings. I want to be able to play both out of D....
View ArticleFinger positioning
I'll try to keep this question simple and to the point in hopes the replies can be concise. I've attempted to play Scruggs style for over a year, but found clawhammer more interesting and a bit easier...
View ArticleThumb and Follow Through
Hi All,I come from the Scruggs world but have recently fallen for clawhammer. Until the passed few weeks I have been focusing on double thumbing but now I have fallen for the sound that Dwight Diller...
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