Quick & dirty banjo lesson number 3

Okay, somebody asked for it.. Here it is.. haha

Category:

Education

Tags:

• clawhammer
• banjo
• 5 string
• drop thumb
• home made instruments

[ltgrasshoppah]

Wow! that is freakin awesome!!!

[rpeek]

@ltgrasshoppah Thank You!

[fruityinker]

Hi, thank you for these great videos, they are a big help to a beginner like myself. A question if thats ok....i'm in my first week with a banjo, and i've been learning to hit the first string (or any string), then strum before using the thumb on the 5th string, but you don't appear to do a strum? Any reason for this or have i missed it? Thanks again for these videos, i'm going through your entire library. Regards, Calv :)

[rpeek]

@fruityinker Well, if'n I want to put a strum in I can, and if'n I don't , then I don't. Just depends on what you want and where you want it. Once you can hit every string with your finger and hit every string with your thumb, if and when you want to, then you own the darned thing and you can do anything you want, including strumming if'n it suits ya. Good luck with yourn.

[fruityinker]

@rpeek Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated. I like that, "owning the banjo" instead of having so many rules that it ends up owning you. One thing i'm missing though, a lovely roaring woodburner like yours behind you, would love to sit round that and pick. :)

[rpeek]

@fruityinker The wood stove is nice, but it's colder than a well diggers wallet here, so maybe you're just as well off without one.. hahaha

[rpeek]

@sberrett Looks to me like 1 finger, 5 thumb, 4 finger, then do it again, but what do I know,

[sberrett]

Are you only just hitting the 1st string, the 4th, and immediately thumbing the 5th right after?

Or are you hitting the 1st, then then bringing your finger across the 4th all the way back to the 1st, playing the 5th?

I think its just because im still playing this slower then id like and its not sounding right.

[wHiRlYcUrLs]

Wicked! I will go check that out :D

[rpeek]

@wHiRlYcUrLs If you go to my videos, hit "see all" then type in "Dueling Banjos" you'll see a version or two on there.