Join me as I review a product that will help countless banjo pickers to avoid the shoulder, neck and back pain that some pickers suffer with due to trying to use a traditional shoulder strap on their heavy banjo. Click into the article to read all about it!… Continue Reading
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What would you like to discuss at a banjo workshop?
I’m conducting a banjo workshop in the West Michigan area on March 10 of 2012. I’d sure appreciate it if you’d comment on the types of things you have learned at banjo workshops, or the types of things you’d like covered at a banjo workshop if you had a choice. Please click into the blog article to read more and leave your comments…. Continue Reading
The banjo blog opens up one sleepy eye…
Was he abducted by aliens? Kidnapped by a Yeti? Stuck going in circles on his new circle driveway and couldn’t find his way out? The truth is much less sexy than those guesses. Click into the blog post to read about the triumphant return of Banjo Paul!… Continue Reading
Banjo poll: how do you learn to pick the banjo?
I’m hoping that you’ll take a few minutes to read this blog post and then join the discussion by leaving your thoughts and opinions to this informal banjo poll. I’m quite curious how my blog readers have gone about learning their instrument. What works for you and what doesn’t? Click into the article to read and then join the conversation!… Continue Reading
The Foggy Mountain Banjo Series Part 6: Sally Ann
It’s here! Part 6 of the Foggy Mountain Banjo series! The world rejoices! Well…alright, that’s a bit melodramatic, but I hope that you at least got a little excited, oh faithful blog reader!
Ready for the great song Sally Ann? For tablature and some picking pointesr, click on into the article. Ready? Go!!… Continue Reading
When you pick banjo, you make others smile. Be a Banjo Ambassador!
Join Banjo Paul as he waxes poetic about the joys of playing banjo and how it might not always feel right to get your banjo out and play, but never let that stop you. The world is counting on you to spread a little joy and happiness through this most unique of all stringed instruments. Take your job as the Banjo Ambassador seriously and click in to the article to read more…. Continue Reading
Banjos Rule Audio Blog Post: George Preiss Plays Deck The Halls
Please click into this article and give a listen to a little recording by my blog reader, friend, and fan George Preiss. My readers always have an open invitation to submit recording of themselves so that we can all hear how you are doing, and George took that offer to heart by recording himself picking the song that I taught in my Banjos Rule 12 Days of Christmas blog series. Give a listen and then leave some comments for George at the bottom of the article!… Continue Reading
Banjos Rule University: banjo tablature sucks! I quit!
Banjo tablature is a wonderful tool that can really aid your learning, but tablature too often can be frustrating. Sometimes, it’s hard to make the song sound like the song as you play what’s in the tablature. It might be because the tablature wasn’t written well, or it might be that you aren’t interpreting something right.
No matter what, I have some thoughts on learning with tablature in general, and one song specifically. It’s a song I taught during my Banjos Rule 12 Days of Christmas, and my good friend and blog reader George Preiss struggled with it a bit in one little section. Click into the article to learn more…. Continue Reading
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