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Mac Traynham at Chestnut Creek School of the Arts, Galax, November 16/17
Mac Traynham will be teaching a 2 day intermediate banjo workshop at Chestnut Creek School of the Arts in Galax November 16 and 17. This is part of the Crooked Road Masters Music series, and also...
View ArticlePlaces or ways to practice the basic stroke of CH besides on your banjo
Hi, I know it takes a long time to get the basic stroke of CH smooth and sounding right, but besides sitting with your banjo and practicing it , what other methods can one use to practice this thing....
View ArticleEarliest known recorded Old Joe Clark Mixolydian?????
I've played Old Joe Clark bluegrass style for 30 years Mixolydian A to G on the B part. I've been playing clawhammer banjo and fiddle with old time circles over the past 6-7 years and have found that...
View ArticleAlabama Old-time Music Week, Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2013
We're excited to offer these great instructors for 2013! Suzy Thompson, Fiddle IJimmy Triplett, Fiddle IIBill Mansfield, Banjo IAdam Hurt, Banjo IITim Avalon, Mandolin IEric Thompson, Mandolin IISusie...
View ArticleHow To Play These Phrases in Briggs Old Johnny Boker
Having recently learned to drop thumb and requiring more practice I decided to learn an old favourite of mine: Old Johnny BokerI have the Briggs tabs for this song but I am slightly confused as to how...
View ArticleBull at the wagon
A tune that I heard quite a lot in Clifftop was Bull at the Wagon, a tune that I didn't know and I like to learn it , Am I wrong? or there are 2 version of the tunes, Looking for videos ... I found...
View ArticleHard Nails
I haven't noticed anyone complaining about soft/broken fingernails lately but I had them for quite a while. For the past year I have been taking a suppliment called Biotin and it has made my nails...
View ArticleReuben's Train
Is it possible that Reuben's Train has not been a TOTW yet? I'm just starting to work on this one - I love the Tommy Jarrell recording where he plays it with a zillion verses about the misfortunes of...
View ArticleCharlie Poole Three Finger Technique
I'm trying to do the basic thumb, pinch, thumb, index, middle, index pattern and I'm finding that my index finger nail seems to get in the way.All my other nails are short.Suggestions? What part of the...
View ArticleIf it ain't square?
So, a propos of my Old Reuben comment, how to get in the groove of a tune that isn't square? Is there a different way of approaching it? Sarah
View ArticleWhat is progressive clawhammer
Hi, I don't know what progressive clawhammer is, But I assume it is blues, Jazz. rock, celtic, country ...etc played in clawhammer style?. Thanks.
View ArticleF Sharp Minor
Hello, I am a new banjo player and I am having such a hard time fingering an F sharp minor! I can't my index finger down on the appropriate strings while keeping my other fingers spread on the 1st and...
View ArticleTOTW 09/06/2013: “WALKING UP GEORGIA ROW”
Good Morning BHOer’s/TOTW’ers. The tune this week: “Georgia Row” aka “Walking Up Georgia Row” I confess that my TOTW effort is a fool’s errand, based as it is on the playing of the incomparable duet...
View ArticleClawdan Dan Levenson workshops coming up in Northwest
Hi Folks,I'll be doing concerts and workshops (clawhammer and fiddle also) this month and next up in Eugene, OR; Vancouver, WA; Seattle, WA and Redding CA. Complete details at my homepage here and...
View ArticleFrailing strum Vs. basic stroke
Hi, can anyone explain to me please , what the main difference ( if there is any) between the frailing strum and the basic stroke is/are. It seems to me frailing strum brushes more than one string...
View ArticlePete Seeger songs actually played in "mountain minor"
I am still training my ears to recognize the different tunings, and looking for Seeger tunes that he played in sawmill tuning.
View ArticleOld Jimmy Sutton
Anyone know some good lyrics for Old Jimmy Sutton? I know the verse " Here's a tune called Old Jimmy Sutton. If you can't that then you can't play nuttin. Great tune.
View ArticleChristmas in September: New Dwight Diller videos on Youtube
I count 19 new videos posted today (7 September) on Youtube featuring Dwight Diller.See:http://www.youtube.com/user/dwightdiller/videos
View ArticleAdam Hurt "The Blackest Crow"
Does anyone know what tuning Adam Hurt is using in "The Blackest Crow?"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lLnHq0fTBkI wonder if there is a tab anywhere?
View ArticleTuning 25.5" scale Open Back to Minstrel Tunings
I tried to tune my 11" open back banjo down to a 'minstrel' eAEG#B and then lower still to (Briggs) dGDF#A.I loved the sound but...I found it harder to get the right note on each string as it got...
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