A week into Clawhammer
Hey All, A week into Clawhammer, and boy, I'm loving it.With thoughts on already purchasing a good banjo, the wealth of video's on youtube is beyond belief. My main reason for getting the rusty banjo...
View ArticleSwitching over to Old Time styles from Bluegrass
Hello, everyone.Recently (read that as "yesterday") I discovered, for what seems like the eight thousandth time of my year-long experience attempting to learn Scruggs style three-finger, that I've been...
View ArticleTab Question
Hi all, it has been a LONG time since I have been here. Hopefully I will be able to stay a bit more involved. Here's my tab question:I am beginning to find more tabs lately that will tell to strike a...
View ArticleTwo finger thumb lead online tutorials
Hello everybody,I just went and got myself a banjo a few days ago after listening to Clifton Hicks on youtube and getting really inspired with the two finger thumb lead style. I found Chris Berry had a...
View ArticleLooking for tunes in non-standard keys but standard tunings
To expand my intuitive grasp of riffing around in different keys, especially soloing during contemporary folkish stuff, I find it most helpful to learn a little bit of a lot of tunes in a key...
View ArticlePracticing Mistakes
I've read about how one technique for correcting a persistent spelling error, for instance, is to intentionally repeat the error; somehow this reprograms the right brain and makes it easier to relearn...
View ArticleLeft hand questions
So, I picked up the banjo about six months ago on a whim. Turns out, I love the thing. I've been playing guitar for a while, so I already have a sense of how it works.Trouble is, I never listened much...
View ArticleAnyone else ever try this?
I guess there's nothing new under the sun, but I'll claim it as my own idea anyway :>) I found an interesting exercise. Try playing a piece all the way through, using single notes only, i.e., NO...
View ArticleKnaves Run - Still Holding On
Video taken middle of July of Yellow Rose of Texas Done by Dwight Diller, and Darin Gentry.It is one of my favorite tunes.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua34SE3LSXk
View ArticleWay over yonder in a minor key
Does anyone know the chord progression and tuning for Wilco's production of this song? I surfed the web for a while, and came up with nothing. My last option is to spend a few hours trying to figure it...
View ArticleOld Time Black Banjo
Hello allSince Black Banjo Songsters I'm in love with the banjo of Dink Roberts. I would to know which others black banjo player you suggests (other than the ones on the record). thanks. Pablo
View ArticleaDADE Chords
Does anyone have the following aDADE chords or reasonable alternatives : A, F#m, B7, Bb, Gm, Eb, Cm, Cm7, Ebmaj7, Dm7 ?
View ArticleQuestion to Dan Gellert about Cotton Eyed Joe tuning
Hello Dan, (I took some -2or3- lessons with you online, and hope to have more soon, even if it's a long time i didn't reach you...)I played this afternoon cotton eyed joe with the specific tuning :...
View ArticleA scale banjos---advantages and disadvantages
in what way might an A scale banjo limit one's playing? That is, can you still play in G and C? jim
View ArticleIs there a limit to clawhammer?
I'm still obviously new to all this and of late am working on my drop thumb on old time and fiddle tunes. Eventually when I'm a much better player I'll want to play a whole range of styles as well as...
View ArticleNew Banjo Player Question
Hello, I am just beginning to play the banjo. I am generally a new string instrument player so am starting from the beginning. The music I like is old time banjo music and I especially like the music...
View ArticleString Material Choices
OK Another newbie question.I have some experiences with the two, Nylon-gut and steel. BUT wanted to know what you-All thought about the subject......which I'm fairly sure has been discussed here.(if...
View Articleaffordable open back
What would you buy for an affordable openback that has good sound?? for clawgrass and scruggs stuff..
View ArticleTOTW/08/16/2013/Washington's March :)
Here’s a little youtube of Kay Van Treese and Mary Z Cox playing around with Washington’s March on a Thursday afternoon in my living room. Kay likes the old Hammons family tunes and when she played...
View ArticleWhat Tuning Is This ' I Truly Understand' Tab?
I found this tab on the web: http://sugarinthegourd.com/tab/i_truly_understand.htmBut it does not say what the tuning is...Can anyone tell me, please? I tried GDGBD but it does not sound right to me...
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