This is closer to the Xlam but the right hand action is great fine drop thumb banjo playing as good as I wish I could have 13 years struggling with the banjo thanks.
@AromaticDogwood The original Irish were Capoids and Pygmies from Morocco (9000 BC), did you not know? Those Leprechauns were Black, begod! And all those Irish folk bands still have their weird African-looking drums to prove it. All those wailing, staccato fiddle solos came from the heart of Africa, from the Little People!
@AromaticDogwood The Capoids and Pygmies used to own all of Europe east of the Oder and Isonzo. who do you think rousted those poor Neanderthals? Then the lean, nasty Cro-Magnons came and spoiled all their fun. The Cro-Magnons were from Ethiopia originally, but had become bick red from absorbing all Neanderthal half-breeds in their path. When they combined with the yellow Capoids, they became White people, the first ones. The Pygmies hung around in the Black Forest and fiddled for a bit. Elves!
@54markl you say all this like it's a fact. the truth is that no one knows where anyone came from and you can' pick and choose "facts" to fit your afro-centric hypotheses. this is the same shit white people do when they talk about aryans coming from space or japs coming from the sun god, etc. the only thing any of this proves is that we're all human and we all love to pat ourselves on the back over bullshit myths that congratulate our ethnicities... the one thing we CANNOT determine, ourselves.
@AromaticDogwood What "white people do"? Uh, I am white, Irish as a matter of fact. Looks like you're not as smart as you think you are. "No one knows where anyoune comes from?" Dumbshits who never read books don't know. If the shoe fits, wear it.
@54markl i never said you were white, black, asian, etc. and yes, no one really does know. i can find books that back up all the hypotheses i mentioned and then some. don't believe everything that you read. i only believe what i can see with my own eyes and sometimes not even then. "know" and "believe" are strong words that are thrown around too often. and yeah, i've yet to see a black dude or any other ethnicity tell me that aryans are descendents of alien gods; plenty of whites have however
@AromaticDogwood Whites, and everybody on earth, comes from Ethiopia. This is not disputed at all. Neanderthals came from Africa. Cromagnon Man came from Africa. There wasn't even such a thing as separate races until 10,000 BC. Before that time, everyone alive was black. What part of what I said do you find hard to believe? Don't tell me you believe in Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden! If you do, you're still mired in the Dark Ages, and you'll never know much about anything.
American musician Bela Fleck actually has a very good documentary on this. He visited west and east Africa very humble and respectful..."Throw Down Your Heart"
this instrument is where the american Banjo came from...(your wedding? are you serious?). I appreciate the video, but please do more studying before you label things from Africa (no offense meant) I'm an African musician and so many have taken from us and not properly translated the art and culture.
absolutely - myself who posted it, I was there, in Nigeria, and asked to see him play when all the people around me told me it was "nothing!" For me it is the direct source of the banjo music i play - giving credit where it is due!
This man and his ingenious instrument are wonderful. I've seen instruments all over Africa made from the most surprising things, but this is just so clever and so musical. Thanks for uploading this inspirational video.
Not quite. That is probably what the local people in Eastern Nigeria told you but believe me the Jukun are very sedentary . They traditionally live in small villages in patrilinealfamily groups.
He said the region of Northern Nigeria has nomads which is true. A lot of the Fulani there are Nomadic from Sokoto region to Adamawa. There are some Mbororo Fulani/Woodabe in that region.
snark9 - Not true - There are many 'Banjo' type instruments that emanate from Africa but none called the Banjo.
There are anything from 1 string to 22 strings varieties including home made like this one, and they come in all shapes and sizes and from almost every African country.
@snark9 As a writer, I can tell you that in practical terms, you're wrong. Which came first, Arabic belly dance, or Turkish? Doesn't matter. Once two stylistically and structurally distinct entities have evolved, we have to use language to draw the distinction, especially in situations where we're trying to make it clear that we're talking about one and not the other. That's what language exists to do: efficiently telegraph meaning and intent. Don't bog it down with politics.
Akontings have a shorter string. In addition, there are written accounts of Africans having a banjar with short drone string. Maybe not five strings, but some of them did have a shorter drone string before America.
@snark9 thats a dumb statement. the banjo is an american instrument. it took a several aspects of the traditional african banza or banjar and added more modern parts like the drum head for a resonator among others. it went through many changes b4 you had what we call a banjo today. saying they are all african is pretty ignorant. nobody can even prove who was the first to add the 5th string. the banjo is both african and appalachian. and im pretty sure that africans dont even use the word banjo.
@snark9 oOOoOooh the name of the video is stuuuupiiipitthtththth.....look at ME, I know the origin of the banjo and you're STUPID for naming the video thiithththt. Chill out, Robocop.
its true that the modern banjo originated from Africa but it was in America that it developed into the recognizable instrument that it is today in American folk styles
@BrunoEspo There's beautiful music because life is so special and amazing, creation and mysteries of how it had come to be. The complete magic and all the great understandings of humanity. Different cultures, races, skins, creatures and all on one gigantic rock in space, a tiny spec compared to the nebula and space rifts out there the size of galaxies and even bigger and so on. And then there is some guy who just plucks a few strings.
Nigeria needs more of this and to stop being Westernized, this is more traditional I'm happy for this.
VraiDiouf 3 months ago
Awesome!
bulgogi1212 3 months ago
we put too much things in the trash; clever people know what to do
johnjtheoriginal 6 months ago
That's awesome. Now someone needs to make a harp out a bunch dildos and a bed frame.
yarmouk334 8 months ago
reminds me of roscoe holcomb's uppicking clawhammer style, on his very african sound 'little birdie' video on youtube.
mathewsc 10 months ago
This is closer to the Xlam but the right hand action is great fine drop thumb banjo playing as good as I wish I could have 13 years struggling with the banjo thanks.
writerrad 11 months ago
Wholy shit!
Talk about REAL passion!!!
This man's pursuit of music has inspired me!
FrozenSpaceTuna 1 year ago
I made a mini African sounding banjo (3 string) FIRST ONE EVER! I uploaded a video of it. Check it out!
Strangemusic27 1 year ago
Sounds great! You can certainly see where Irish music comes from. Not to nitpick, but I think the banjo originally comes from Mali (the akonting).
54markl 1 year ago
@54markl huh? irish? you realize these locations are not on the same continent, right?
AromaticDogwood 7 months ago
@AromaticDogwood The original Irish were Capoids and Pygmies from Morocco (9000 BC), did you not know? Those Leprechauns were Black, begod! And all those Irish folk bands still have their weird African-looking drums to prove it. All those wailing, staccato fiddle solos came from the heart of Africa, from the Little People!
54markl 7 months ago
@AromaticDogwood The Capoids and Pygmies used to own all of Europe east of the Oder and Isonzo. who do you think rousted those poor Neanderthals? Then the lean, nasty Cro-Magnons came and spoiled all their fun. The Cro-Magnons were from Ethiopia originally, but had become bick red from absorbing all Neanderthal half-breeds in their path. When they combined with the yellow Capoids, they became White people, the first ones. The Pygmies hung around in the Black Forest and fiddled for a bit. Elves!
54markl 7 months ago
@54markl you say all this like it's a fact. the truth is that no one knows where anyone came from and you can' pick and choose "facts" to fit your afro-centric hypotheses. this is the same shit white people do when they talk about aryans coming from space or japs coming from the sun god, etc. the only thing any of this proves is that we're all human and we all love to pat ourselves on the back over bullshit myths that congratulate our ethnicities... the one thing we CANNOT determine, ourselves.
AromaticDogwood 6 months ago
@AromaticDogwood What "white people do"? Uh, I am white, Irish as a matter of fact. Looks like you're not as smart as you think you are. "No one knows where anyoune comes from?" Dumbshits who never read books don't know. If the shoe fits, wear it.
54markl 6 months ago
@54markl i never said you were white, black, asian, etc. and yes, no one really does know. i can find books that back up all the hypotheses i mentioned and then some. don't believe everything that you read. i only believe what i can see with my own eyes and sometimes not even then. "know" and "believe" are strong words that are thrown around too often. and yeah, i've yet to see a black dude or any other ethnicity tell me that aryans are descendents of alien gods; plenty of whites have however
AromaticDogwood 6 months ago
@AromaticDogwood Whites, and everybody on earth, comes from Ethiopia. This is not disputed at all. Neanderthals came from Africa. Cromagnon Man came from Africa. There wasn't even such a thing as separate races until 10,000 BC. Before that time, everyone alive was black. What part of what I said do you find hard to believe? Don't tell me you believe in Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden! If you do, you're still mired in the Dark Ages, and you'll never know much about anything.
54markl 6 months ago
great sound!!
outernational 1 year ago
Is there any way to get this man a banjo??
Aubergineberger 1 year ago 2
American musician Bela Fleck actually has a very good documentary on this. He visited west and east Africa very humble and respectful..."Throw Down Your Heart"
tevsmithfanpage 2 years ago
this instrument is where the american Banjo came from...(your wedding? are you serious?). I appreciate the video, but please do more studying before you label things from Africa (no offense meant) I'm an African musician and so many have taken from us and not properly translated the art and culture.
much love
tevsmithfanpage 2 years ago
absolutely - myself who posted it, I was there, in Nigeria, and asked to see him play when all the people around me told me it was "nothing!" For me it is the direct source of the banjo music i play - giving credit where it is due!
BodyMusicFestival 2 years ago
the neck is a stick! this is amazing.
JohnIsDaBomb44 2 years ago
i want him to play at my wedding where in eastern Nigeria did you meet him?
gegtex 2 years ago
He was working in Enugu State - but this was in 1992!
BodyMusicFestival 2 years ago
@BodyMusicFestival lol well i know but if i can still find him and hes still playing when i get married, he'll be there.
gegtex 2 years ago
shred
ShinobiBoiX 2 years ago
@ShinobiBoiX you know it probo
gegtex 2 years ago
excelent ! 5*
FARRANGOLA 2 years ago
this man is a genius
loladeolaoye 2 years ago
This man and his ingenious instrument are wonderful. I've seen instruments all over Africa made from the most surprising things, but this is just so clever and so musical. Thanks for uploading this inspirational video.
throbule 2 years ago
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throbuleSuxCox 2 years ago
pure love for music!
TheRodrigoaquino 2 years ago
Talk about ingenious! I'd love to meet this man <3
nancyismyname 2 years ago
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FFerrari69 2 years ago
lol@ very nomadic.
Not quite. That is probably what the local people in Eastern Nigeria told you but believe me the Jukun are very sedentary . They traditionally live in small villages in patrilinealfamily groups.
bruin03 3 years ago
He said the region of Northern Nigeria has nomads which is true. A lot of the Fulani there are Nomadic from Sokoto region to Adamawa. There are some Mbororo Fulani/Woodabe in that region.
VraiDiouf 2 years ago
the name of this video is stupid. nigeria is the birthplace of the banjo. all banjos are african banjos.
snark9 3 years ago 7
snark9 - Not true - There are many 'Banjo' type instruments that emanate from Africa but none called the Banjo.
There are anything from 1 string to 22 strings varieties including home made like this one, and they come in all shapes and sizes and from almost every African country.
But no Banjo......sorry.
throbule 2 years ago
@snark9 As a writer, I can tell you that in practical terms, you're wrong. Which came first, Arabic belly dance, or Turkish? Doesn't matter. Once two stylistically and structurally distinct entities have evolved, we have to use language to draw the distinction, especially in situations where we're trying to make it clear that we're talking about one and not the other. That's what language exists to do: efficiently telegraph meaning and intent. Don't bog it down with politics.
smanticus 1 year ago 2
@snark9
Technically you're wrong. Americans added a shorter fifth string, thus making a five string banjo an American banjos. I also agree with Smanticus.
jackbeefus 1 year ago
Akontings have a shorter string. In addition, there are written accounts of Africans having a banjar with short drone string. Maybe not five strings, but some of them did have a shorter drone string before America.
banjalien 1 year ago
@snark9 thats a dumb statement. the banjo is an american instrument. it took a several aspects of the traditional african banza or banjar and added more modern parts like the drum head for a resonator among others. it went through many changes b4 you had what we call a banjo today. saying they are all african is pretty ignorant. nobody can even prove who was the first to add the 5th string. the banjo is both african and appalachian. and im pretty sure that africans dont even use the word banjo.
georgiaswamper 1 year ago
@snark9
black people live in mud huts, that doesn't mean all houses are small huts made out of mud and straw.
Those people sure made a lot of basic simple stuff...
Liongetinthecar3 8 months ago
@snark9 oOOoOooh the name of the video is stuuuupiiipitthtththth.....look at ME, I know the origin of the banjo and you're STUPID for naming the video thiithththt. Chill out, Robocop.
CooperLee 2 months ago
@snark9 no need to be rude,
its true that the modern banjo originated from Africa but it was in America that it developed into the recognizable instrument that it is today in American folk styles
themastiff 2 months ago
Waste not want not. Its a Gloria Estefan number but I can't put my finger on it....
leloby 3 years ago
Wow this is just awesome, the authentic roots and what wonderful beautiful music, is it his own composition or a traditional piece?
incongra 3 years ago
awesome
twofromthevault 3 years ago
goes to show you don´t need much to make some beautiful music. thanx for posting these ...truly authentic stuff :o)
BrunoEspo 3 years ago 6
@BrunoEspo There's beautiful music because life is so special and amazing, creation and mysteries of how it had come to be. The complete magic and all the great understandings of humanity. Different cultures, races, skins, creatures and all on one gigantic rock in space, a tiny spec compared to the nebula and space rifts out there the size of galaxies and even bigger and so on. And then there is some guy who just plucks a few strings.
gioj3 3 months ago