Great Job, how about over the rainbow or welcome to new york . also some melodic hot licks , thanks Ben ten stars .thanks for all you videos , all are great Bob
@ReidN79 I'm thinking Hamilton Co., Ohio. The version of 'Poor Ellen Smith' I know came from an old field recording of a guy in Hamilton Co. Oh. who was old in the '30s. Best I ever heard. Quite a few families in the southern Ohio counties came across over the years (starting wayback) from Kentucky -- Bluegrass Country.
Excellent! Never had a lesson myself. But, I'm getting close to advanced and your videos are great for learning songs by ear with a little help on the slow downs, tips, and seeing the licks. Thank's!
Hey man, I really like your style...scruggs, melodic, and even a little single string in there. I too am a major fan of Munde, looking forward to learning from him at Camp Bluegrass this summer (Levelland, TX). Thanks for posting the lesson, I am going to learn a few of your licks...
It's a custom banjo I helped design and build with a guy named Mitch Key who lives in "middle of nowhere East Texas". He calls that particular style the "Phantom", because the 5th string runs through the neck and comes out at the headstock...like a phantom...I guess....I don't know. It's incredibly loud, so I've stuffed a t-shirt inside it to help it record better for these videos...hence the muffled sound.
Thanks for explaining the construction of the banjo you're playing. I've always been intrigued by the tunneled fifth-string concept in banjo design. Even with the t-shirt stuffed in the resonator, I can tell this banjo has some incredible tone. Thanks for posting!
Great instruction as usual. And cool tune. I had never heard it b4 either. Sure glad somebody requested it and you enjoyed it enough to make ur own. I've been learning and using those intricate melodic licks(i'm fairly new to picking actually 1 year into it)...I really needed someone to post a video playing with that style who teaches it so well...thank you! By the way Munde does rip it up...u got me hooked!
Keep working you'll get it
brianszuch 1 year ago
Sorry to say but that banjo sounds bad...And also...it is built ugly....Just saying no hard feelings....God Bless
bkbj95 1 year ago
Dude I love your playing but that nastry ass spitting sucks
MrLongtimegone 2 years ago
@MrLongtimegone I agree! The spitting has STOPPED!
BanjoBen1 1 year ago
Great Job, how about over the rainbow or welcome to new york . also some melodic hot licks , thanks Ben ten stars .thanks for all you videos , all are great Bob
banjopilot4u 2 years ago
Does it get its name from Hamilton County Ohio, Hamilton County Indiana? Somewhere else? I am curious. Anybody know?
ReidN79 2 years ago
I really don't know? I would like to, though :)
BanjoBen1 2 years ago
It's Hamilton County Tennessee lol It's a nice place (home of the moon pie) I live in east TN ...
Christianwoodsmusic 2 years ago
@ReidN79 I'm thinking Hamilton Co., Ohio. The version of 'Poor Ellen Smith' I know came from an old field recording of a guy in Hamilton Co. Oh. who was old in the '30s. Best I ever heard. Quite a few families in the southern Ohio counties came across over the years (starting wayback) from Kentucky -- Bluegrass Country.
catalina6 1 year ago
@catalina6 That's awesome. Just bought my first banjo here in Cincinnati, myself.
ruebuscm 5 months ago
Excellent! Never had a lesson myself. But, I'm getting close to advanced and your videos are great for learning songs by ear with a little help on the slow downs, tips, and seeing the licks. Thank's!
jeffreynelson121 3 years ago
Sweeeeeet Playin
opalweiss 3 years ago
Hey man, I really like your style...scruggs, melodic, and even a little single string in there. I too am a major fan of Munde, looking forward to learning from him at Camp Bluegrass this summer (Levelland, TX). Thanks for posting the lesson, I am going to learn a few of your licks...
aspenbanjo 3 years ago
it would be great if you could post a vid on chromatics.
thanks
banjoboyjohn 3 years ago 2
was that you playin the melodics on taylor swifts picture to burn
ultfishrman 3 years ago
If you heard us live, it was. On the cd and the radio cut it's my good buddy Jeff Hyde. I will be playing on Taylor's next record though.
BanjoBen1 3 years ago
oh. i thought it was you. next record? ill buy it lol
ultfishrman 3 years ago
May I ask what kind of banjo that is your playing? Cant make out the name on the headstock. Thanks.
Glockem 4 years ago
It's a custom banjo I helped design and build with a guy named Mitch Key who lives in "middle of nowhere East Texas". He calls that particular style the "Phantom", because the 5th string runs through the neck and comes out at the headstock...like a phantom...I guess....I don't know. It's incredibly loud, so I've stuffed a t-shirt inside it to help it record better for these videos...hence the muffled sound.
BanjoBen1 4 years ago
Thanks for explaining the construction of the banjo you're playing. I've always been intrigued by the tunneled fifth-string concept in banjo design. Even with the t-shirt stuffed in the resonator, I can tell this banjo has some incredible tone. Thanks for posting!
oldbanjoman 3 years ago
Great instruction. I've already been playing over 60 years. Wish I had met you sooner! I never ventured much beyond Scruggs or Crowe.
banjobilly32 4 years ago
If you play for a hundred years and never venture beyond Scruggs or Crowe, you're still doing alright by me. I love your videos by the way.
BanjoBen1 4 years ago
Great instruction as usual. And cool tune. I had never heard it b4 either. Sure glad somebody requested it and you enjoyed it enough to make ur own. I've been learning and using those intricate melodic licks(i'm fairly new to picking actually 1 year into it)...I really needed someone to post a video playing with that style who teaches it so well...thank you! By the way Munde does rip it up...u got me hooked!
jdpkbb 4 years ago