Old Time Banjo - Part Two

[o2bnov0307]

I am finding myself hitting the head on the downstroke. Any suggestions on how to avoid this?

[gallicpride]

what tuning is he using?

[mxpx003]

These videos are a goldmine. I can hardly believe they are free. Thanks Costellos and YouTube. :)

[billmacaulay]

its as if Ive found a new friend. great stuff

Bill Macaulay - Glasgow

[fffuun1]

i can play the main riff in Classical gas but im having a hard time with this.... aghaghagahgaghaghah i want a banjo so bad

[seminar6]

hi Pat & Patrick...is a 5 string bluegrass banjo set up or made any different to a old time banjo?..wondering if the strings are any higher on the fret???....i am now just finishing lesson two...anothr week i am starting lesson three....i orignally started to learn plucking the sfrings but couldnt get on with it...frailing has given me a new start and i am loving it...i play everyday now and am getting on with my lessons...and i am British !!!...thanx

[SeumasColm]

@seminar6 British people can't play old time banjo. It's against the Old Time Music Bylaws, paragraph 8, section 3. You must turn over your banjo to me immediately. :)

[SeumasColm]

@seminar6 The differences is that BG banjos have a resonator (closed back) and OT banjos generally don't, and BG banjos have a tone ring, while OT banjos generally don't. OT banjos often use a different kind of head, and perhaps looser head tensions. These differences give BG banjos a more bright, ringing tone and more projection, and OT banjos a quieter, "plunky" tone. All of this is generally speaking. You can play OT on a BG banjo and vice versa, no problem.

[seminar6]

hi Pat & Patrick...is a 5 string bluegrass banjo set up or made any different to a old time banjo?...i am now just finishing lesson two...anothr week i am starting lesson three....i orignally started to learn plucking the sfrings but couldnt get on with it...frailing has given me a new start and i am loving it...i play everyday now and am getting on with my lessons...and i am British !!!...thanx

[esinomegatee]

What a great teacher, takes it slow and easy for us beginners... can anyone tell me the name of his book..?

thanks...Bob ... Cheshire....England.

[Fozzymaple]

@esinomegatee They are actually his son's books, and they are "The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo" and "A Book of Five Strings" and they, along with other books by the same author are available from Pik Ware Publishing

[damon1kim2]

I'm so much enjoying this Videos as I'm a begginer.

Thank you and I will also pick up your book. Keep up the teaching it is great!.

Thanks

[kevinboue1]

I've been trying to learn clawhammer for a few weeks now and I just found these videos.

These are the best lessons one can get, and believe me, i've checked them all out there!!

Thank you very very much for posting these!!

[MsThirtythree]

So grateful for your lessons and the effort you put into them.

Could I just mention a very common misnomer? - the title 'Rosin the Bow' (not Beau) refers to waxing the bow of a fiddle with rosin.

[techman65]

I can't thank you enough for the excellent job you have done in this video!

I am just beginning to learn the banjo and I am very interested in learning to play in the old fashioned, clawhammer style. Until I found your video, I couldn't really figure out exactly HOW to form my hand, strike the strings, etc. You did a wonderful job explaining the BASICS in a slow, deliberate style.

I will be looking forward to watching the rest of your lessons as well!

P.S. I am 58 years old!

[seminar6]

@techman65 ...hiya...im 64 and retired to Spain,and am learning from these vids...they are truly fantastic.

[AmericanFolkMusician]

damn I watched the first of this and was really annoyed with him, and then once he (Finally) got into teaching this guy is one hell of a teacher, Amazing depth of explanation and really telling you what to do instead of those "Instructional videos" that are actually the player showing off for 5 min. Great vids.

[finbar1938]

The best!

[Corlan0nolabel]

I belive that you wanted to use the form " I'm loving him" :))

[lillebroer75]

This is the best thing that happened to me ever since I got my first banjo ... coming across Pat Costello!!! I love him, such a great teacher!!

[Sundevilhp29]

Man.... this guy is such a good teacher. I just wish he wasn't teaching frailing. I wanna pick!

[bagwhanbill]

cheers 4 the post

[bagwhanbill]

cheers 4 the post

[iceberg1121]

I've been subscribing for a while but today I actually started to really follow and learn it... It's great! Thank you for the wonderful videos!

[Logan5312]

Those darn kids and their trashcan lids.