Frailing Banjo Lesson Two

Your first chord, your first song, using a harmonica for ear training and more.

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[KarloR27]

Hi Patrick I'm wondering I started doing a little bit of frailing. When I do hammer ons on the d string I use my first finger to do the frailing. Do you always use the second finger for doing all the strings on the frailing style or can you use the first and second finger to? I find that I'm used to doing that style.

[Dobro33H]

It's really got to be the middle finger only. Using the index will throw off your hand angle, and using two finger never really works.

[samuidesune]

excellent stuff - entertaining and informative. you are a fine teacher sir!

[Onemeatball1]

It's really nice to see you playing without finger picks. Years ago..i lost my picks and couldn't play, so i learned to play without...and never looked back. Thanks for generously giving us your time and your knowledge...Prime example of passing the 'craft' along....that's what music should all be about. Thanks again Dobro.

[Squash173]

Wow! Thank you very much.



[amutemusic]

The ONLY person I can imagine doing a better job of teaching would be Chuck Norris. But he never teaches..... he only does! X)

So that makes you THE MAN!

[MrCommonlawyer]

Great teacher, great musician; a joy to watch..... thank you.

[countorlock100]

@frogstomp91 @awsomeshot reverse what you know, lead with your finger (downward) and not your thumb. I had the same problem, as an ex gitar play, i was trapped in the habit of playing walking bass lines and melody on the bottom strings with my thumb.

[countorlock100]

this makes so much sense, ive switched from gitar to banjer and im definatly a product of the reversed frailing technique that developed when banjer players took up gitar. Im trying to retrain my hand so im leading with my finger and not my thumb. thanks man, ive seen the light

[geistbutt]

I watched your first video about 2 years ago and had patience and took it slow just like you said. Having played a number of instruments, once I started to get better I couldn't stop playing. Banjo is by far my favorite instrument and the better you get the more you want to play. For all watching, this is a great video to get started, have patience and soon you'll never want to put it down. Thanks again for the great lessons.

[flylooper]

Hi, Patrick...I am a trained musician (on the piano) but have always wanted to learn the banjo. I once tried the guitar but came to the conclusion that I need a left-handed guitar/banjo. (Weird, I know!) I'm having a hard time finding one. Any ideas where I can obtain one? BTW, your lessons are very informative...leading me to actually give it a go.

[MrGrayTube]

Used to have a harmonica, but it gave me headace every time I plyed it, not because of the noise, but all that sucking & blowing

[constantgamer247]

you are the alton brown of music!!!

[HandsomeSasquatch]

does any one know when i try frailing i usually hit the bottom string up instead of down, is that a problem?