Part 1 of a 5 part series about chord knowledge for the 5 string bluegrass banjo. Good pickers can be said to “know their neck well”, and this series can go a long way to helping you learn YOUR neck well. Click the headline above to read all about it.
Tag Archive: rhythm
Audio blog: how to pick banjo fast? Put your fingers by the strings and wiggle
Most beginners are quite frustrated at trying to gain speed in their banjo picking. Playing fast is definitely a learned skill, one which comes about through learning to relax the right hand as much as anything else. Click the headline above to listen to the audio lesson on playing fast in this blog post.
Shut up you stupid banjo player!
Those damn, loud, obnoxious, overbearing banjo players. What can be done about them? Click the headline above and check out these helpful pointers. Know a good clinic to have your banjo player spayed or neutered at?
The best method for learning to play back up banjo: k.i.s.s.
The k.i.s.s. method: keep it simple stupid. This applies to your attempts at learning to play back up banjo. Remember: less is more. Click the headline above to read a few thoughts on making sense of back up banjo.