classes at the John C. Campbell Folk School
Hi BHO gang, I was recently interviewed for the John C. Campbell Folk School blog...maybe some day you would like to visit this extraordinary place in western NC and take a class. I'll be teaching...
View ArticleThe Old Time Jam is now an app!
To the many of you who've contacted me over the past couple of years pleading for an iphone/ipad app to replicate the jam machine on the old-time jam website, I can happily say that day has finally...
View ArticleAny advice how to play this
Greetings!Please any advice how to play this.. I can't get ithttp://youtu.be/VwlOO8RG-og?t=3m14s
View ArticleLooking for a tune
Hi there just playing about on the old banjo and doing sum double thumbing exercise . I really like the sound of double thumbing from the 10th to 7th to 5th to 2nd and then open frets.playing one...
View ArticleLazy John
I was listening to Chance McCoy's Lazy John, and he has the banjo tuning as gAEC#E. I listened to Tom Berghan's version and I found a tab here in open G. Chance's fiddle tuning is cGDGB. So is Adam...
View ArticleJohn Burke book
What's the latest on the John Burke book? Cheapest I've found it currently is nearly $50. I'm hesitating. Any news on when a new edition might be coming?
View Articledifferent tunings with nylgut strings
Posted this topic in the wrong place first time around, so trying again (thanks for the advice I did get) What are people's experience of using different tunings with nylgut; for instance going from...
View ArticleTrouble in mind Roscoe Holcomb lyrics
Hi all,Gonna play "trouble in mind" the roscoe holcomb way (the only one).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a54Nz6aYYYok tuning is D : f#DF#ADlooking for the lyrics of the second verse. The one with...
View ArticleTOTW 8/2/13 - Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
Today I introduce to you a song you probably already know, but it's at the top of the list on my favorite old time songs. It's also one of the first songs that I really learned. There are a handful of...
View ArticleGoing Fretless
I've asked this in the past but I think I'm really, honestly ready to go fretless. Anything I should consider before I buy? John Peterson's banjo's are still on my mind. I was think geared tuners...(I...
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Not your mom's tune of the week :)
Hello TOTW fans,Next week, I'm signed up to do TOTW and was looking for a unused tune that the OldTime crowd would relish. As you know--there are hundreds of tunes up on that list.What you don't know...
View ArticleYet More Tunings Stuff
I'm finding it next to impossible, or at least very uncomfortable, to play some tunes in G, sawmill, and double C. For example, "Chilly Winds". I'm not a "up and down the neck" kind of guy, so I'm...
View ArticleLiberty
a short while ago I posted a request for advice about drop thumb, and was advised to try learning the tune Liberty which involves a touch of drop thumb. The thing is, I'm finding the tune quite...
View ArticleClawhammer newbie
Hi All, Clawhammer I've just been given a old banjo. A Sheltone something. Anyway, I've loved banjo for a long time. Had my first one when I was 14 and dabbled with bluegrass. Didn't bother much with...
View Article5th String Capo for Clawhammer.
I am aware of all the 5th string capos out there which generally works by fretting the 5th string up the neck, including rr spikes. The problem ios that I like the extra tall pip on my Reiter and I...
View ArticleAnyone know the chords for Dirk Powell's waterbound?
Sorry, wrong forum, when I used the "Start new topic" button from the old posts, it didn't give me a choice of where to post it and I only realised afterwards....... HI guys,had a look at a previous...
View ArticleWhat style of playing is this?
Hi there, long time lurker, new member. Can anyone tell me what style he's playing here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CZ4drvemE
View ArticleProblem Striking Interior Strings?
I'm having a hard time trying to strike the interior strings without hitting the strings surrounding it. I'm sure every clawhammer newbie has this problem at first! I've read this this thread already...
View ArticleChords for geade tuning
I have been sticking with geade tuning lately but would like to move beyond GCD and Em. Specifically I could use F and Am, to accompany a guitar player on (full disclosure!!) "Pancho and Lefty."Is...
View ArticleNot always 5th string sound
I am relatively new to clawahmmer and progressing very well so far (in my opinion) : ) I am at about page 50 or so in Dan Levenson's manual.I have read several threads trying to address this, but I...
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