<mcbassgui...@yahoo.com> wrote: > anybody reckomend a good banjo book and/or dvd for beginner? i am not a > beginner musician, but for sure banjo newbie.
What style of banjo playing do you want to learn? Bluegrass? Clawhammer, Four-string? Something else?
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:14:39 -0500, "mcnewsxp" > <mcbassgui...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> anybody reckomend a good banjo book and/or dvd for beginner? i am not a >> beginner musician, but for sure banjo newbie.
> What style of banjo playing do you want to learn? Bluegrass? > Clawhammer, Four-string? Something else?
> --
erm ... yes
heh
i can finger pick a guitar ok. travis style and others. just sayin my fingers have been trained to obey a bit. clawhammer is pretty strait forward isn't it? so i guess some sort of bluegrass style would be the way for me to go.
> >> anybody reckomend a good banjo book and/or dvd for beginner? i am not a > >> beginner musician, but for sure banjo newbie.
> > What style of banjo playing do you want to learn? Bluegrass? > > Clawhammer, Four-string? Something else?
> > -- > erm ... yes
> heh
> i can finger pick a guitar ok. travis style and others. just sayin my > fingers have been trained to obey a bit. clawhammer is pretty strait > forward isn't it? > so i guess some sort of bluegrass style would be the way for me to go.
It sounds like you think clawhammer playing is a lesser, easier method than bluegrass. I don't agree at all. They are just different.
Personally I play some of each, but I've been working on clawhammer more lately, and I'm better at it than bluegrass. And I like it better than bluegrass.
If you're interested in learning to play clawhammer, I recommend Ken Perlman's "Clawhammer Style Banjo." If you'd rather learn bluegrass, I don't have a good recommendation for you, so wait for someone else to respond.
>> >> anybody reckomend a good banjo book and/or dvd for beginner? i am not >> >> a >> >> beginner musician, but for sure banjo newbie.
>> > What style of banjo playing do you want to learn? Bluegrass? >> > Clawhammer, Four-string? Something else?
>> > -- >> erm ... yes
>> heh
>> i can finger pick a guitar ok. travis style and others. just sayin my >> fingers have been trained to obey a bit. clawhammer is pretty strait >> forward isn't it? >> so i guess some sort of bluegrass style would be the way for me to go.
> It sounds like you think clawhammer playing is a lesser, easier method > than bluegrass. I don't agree at all. They are just different.
> Personally I play some of each, but I've been working on clawhammer > more lately, and I'm better at it than bluegrass. And I like it better > than bluegrass.
> If you're interested in learning to play clawhammer, I recommend Ken > Perlman's "Clawhammer Style Banjo." If you'd rather learn bluegrass, I > don't have a good recommendation for you, so wait for someone else to > respond.
> --
i was afraid i might have come off that way. so there is more to learn than just thumb finger finger thumb finger finger? i will check out your recomendation. from the looks of things it may be the only one i get. ;^) thanks much!
>>> >> anybody reckomend a good banjo book and/or dvd for beginner? i am >>> >> not a >>> >> beginner musician, but for sure banjo newbie.
>>> > What style of banjo playing do you want to learn? Bluegrass? >>> > Clawhammer, Four-string? Something else?
>>> > -- >>> erm ... yes
>>> heh
>>> i can finger pick a guitar ok. travis style and others. just sayin my >>> fingers have been trained to obey a bit. clawhammer is pretty strait >>> forward isn't it? >>> so i guess some sort of bluegrass style would be the way for me to go.
>> It sounds like you think clawhammer playing is a lesser, easier method >> than bluegrass. I don't agree at all. They are just different.
>> Personally I play some of each, but I've been working on clawhammer >> more lately, and I'm better at it than bluegrass. And I like it better >> than bluegrass.
>> If you're interested in learning to play clawhammer, I recommend Ken >> Perlman's "Clawhammer Style Banjo." If you'd rather learn bluegrass, I >> don't have a good recommendation for you, so wait for someone else to >> respond.
>> -- > i was afraid i might have come off that way. so there is more to learn > than just thumb finger finger thumb finger finger? i will check out your > recomendation. from the looks of things it may be the only one i get. > ;^) > thanks much!
Well - Heres a recommendation from Denmark.
I have read, and used, several books about learning to play the bluegrass banjo.
The ones I think the most useful, are written by Janet Davis and Tony Trischka respectively.
Tony Trischka are good, but I find Janet Davis even better. She has books for both the beginner, and for the more advanced player.
It should be easy to find the titles on the net. f.ex.: Mel Bay.com
By the way: You can find plenty of instruction videos on the net to.
mcnewsxp wrote: > i was afraid i might have come off that way. so there is more to learn than > just thumb finger finger thumb finger finger? i will check out your > recomendation. from the looks of things it may be the only one i get. ;^) > thanks much!
It's an old stand-by, but maybe Pete Seeger's tutor would be the thing? There's a bit of everything in it. Then when you'd decided what style you liked best, you could go on from there.
There are many excellent book and CDs DVD combo's out there, I may have them all. or at least most of them. I would recommend you check on Wayne Erbsen's site http://www.nativeground.com/ He has without a doubt in my opinion excellent material for bluegrass and old time music. When I used his Old Time Fiddle book it helped me greatly with my banjo playing...
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