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Public Group active 1 week, 2 days ago agoPlay a banjo, come on in! The bottom of the page is where it starts and each new addition is on top.
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 week, 2 days agoBanjo in the Hollow
practicing my three finger pickin’.
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 2 weeks, 1 day agowhite house blues – the ballad bluegrass variation.
i’ve been fooling around the past week with some three finger picking. i love to listen to bluegrass scruggs style banjo but always thought it would be impossible. it’s not as hard as you might think. it just takes practice. it took me at least three months or more to get the frailing…[Read more]
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Nice work Joel!!!
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thanks, mandy!
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 2 weeks, 2 days agohere’s two excellent sources for figuring out melodies:
toneway’s book and site: http://toneway.com/products/get-started-core-songs there’s a section in the book about picking patterns which you’ll need for figuring out melodies. they also have an extra download page where you can download about 50 or so songs that have the melody…[Read more]
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woops…i meant to post that as a reply to patrick goff.
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Thanks Joel, just looked at the toneway site and it looks impressive.The book looks really good and being able to purchase the cd’s with most of my favorites are a plus for learning/entertainment.
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sure, man. the toneway stuff is amazing. if you take the time to learn the picking patterns and study the part about finding the correct key to sing in – it is worth every cent. i also bought the discs with every MP3 on them. excellent stuff and like you said, all my favorite tunes!
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Patrick Goff posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 2 weeks, 6 days agoWanted to know what the board’s opinion was on using a pick on the frailing hand.Nail is not breaking, just wanted to get a sharper sound.Also, anyone have a good source for frailing tabs,having a hard time trying to figure out the melodies like most beginners i assume.Thanks in advance
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One of things I disliked most about Scruggs-style was having to wear finger picks. It is SOOOO nice not to have to carry around another piece of gear – just pick up the instument and go! Be sure and experiment with different nail lengths. I’ve found that if my nail comes JUST to the end of my finger it works best for me (with nail held…[Read more]
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I keep my nails pretty short, on up front the tip of the finger, perhaps that is why i can’t get a sharp sound. The index finger is louder, but i am much slower with the index and limited with my reach, so i prefer the middle. I got a savannah (170 i believe) with light gauge strings.Strings are about 9 months old, may have them change in the…[Read more]
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Hey Patrick – I’ve tried the Fred Kelly Freedom Pick for when my nail breaks or I need to play loud. It works great. Just google it and I bet you’ll find it for sale. The best resource I can think of is Mike Iverson’s site for beginner tabs – http://www.bluesageband.com/Tabs.html
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Thanks Mandy, I’ll look into both!
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here’s two excellent sources for figuring out melodies:
toneway’s book and site: http://toneway.com/products/get-started-core-songs there’s a section in the book about picking patterns which you’ll need for figuring out melodies. they also have an extra download page where you can download about 50 or so songs that have the melody patterns.
and…[Read more]
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Mandy posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 3 weeks, 5 days agoI’ll Fly Away Dulcimer Banjo Vocal
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That is so cool Mandy! I love it! I wish I could learn to do the split videos like that and add audio. My windows crashed last year now I’m using Ubuntu, and I’ve only recently learned to do basic video editing with one of the video editors.
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Very well done Mandy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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loved it. fantastic!
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and how did you do that title screen? very nice.
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The title screen came from my iMovie program.
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Thanks everyone!
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Really nice
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Mandy posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 3 weeks, 6 days agoI want to encourage all our new members to look around and make themselves at home. We are all just music lovers sharing our music. Take a minute and read the home page too if you’re bored. We have a Song Of The Month group here where we pick a song each month in the hopes that you’ll post your versions of the song in whatever instruments you…[Read more]
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month agoCripple Creek in A. i’m not sure if iv’e uploaded this one before but i did another one this morning with a slowed up break at the end.
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Nice and clean. Well done.
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month agoand bonus points if you can tell how many chins i have.
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HAHA, no more than me my friend!
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month agoHere’s Palms of Victory in the key of B with a bit of a tutorial at the end.
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Mandy posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month agoNeeds a TON of work.
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i thought it was great! i really like that slide and the couple of notes after. very cool.
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Miguel MC Dowell posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month agoI just found this site after looking around a bit, So will be checking lots of videos in hopes of learning a thing or two. I have never made a video but maybe I will do so here however please remember I am a new player so am not where I want to be, but hope to make progress as time moves on!
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Miguel,
WELCOME! Glad to have you here!!!!
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welcome to the site, miguel! definitely post some videos and don’t worry about what level you are at. we are just here to have fun and learn.
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Glad you found us! Yes post some music asap. We are simply a friendly group, so there will be no judgments only fun!
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Bill Holden posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month agoHere’s another ’Worried Man Blues’ … were on a roll now!!! Many thanks to Joel and Mandy for the inspiration!
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WOOOO WHOOOO go Bill! We should have made WMB the SOTM. Great stuff. That’s why I love this, now we have 3 different versions of this song!
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great job, bill! perfect key for your voice.
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Thanks Mandy and Joel, I like this one as it’s just three chord… nice and easy!
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month, 1 week agoGive Me The Roses.
Here’s another one in C with a bit of a tutorial at the end. I hate pointing out my flaws but I know I’m a bit off key in the beginning. I think by the end I’m able to get it together
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Mandy posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month, 1 week agoOH HEY – I’m having trouble keeping up with adding the vids here to our FB page. If anyone would like to help I’d appreciated. Just be sure to like us on FB and then I can make you a mod and you can add vids as Banjo Bandits. Just msg me or reply here if you can help out. Thanks!
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i can’t help with FB but i can help recruit some new members to the bandits site if you want.
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New members is always good. Thanks Joel.
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Hi Mandy, I’ll have a go with the updating if I can help. (Let me know what to do)
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Great Bill, thanks! I’ve just made you an admin on our FB page. Now you have full control. I haven’t added any of our recent additions from BB. If you could add some that would be awesome.
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Mandy posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month, 1 week agoYO Joel – this is for you!
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hey, that’s great. I love the slide and that little run. fantastic!
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Wow Mandy you got that one so quick and played and sang it great! .. I’m still learning the lyricks, .. probably post the tune next weekend if I can
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I’m still learning the lyrics too.
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Hi Mandy,
Just checking things on on here and saw your video and that was great. Maybe I will put something on one of these days if I get brave enough!!-
Thanks MC. I hope you do post some music, you’ll find it exhilarating I’m sure.
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month, 1 week agoCornbread and Butterbeans. This is the second break I’ve been able to figure out on my own. I watched a few youtube videos of the tune in G and tried it but C is better for my voice. So I ventured out on my own and was surprised how quickly I could find the notes out of C. It’s a bit sloppy and I need to work more on my accuracy but I…[Read more]
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Good job! I liked the instruction at the end; good idea. Remember, as long as you keep the rhythm going, you can play just about any note, and it won’t sound like an obvious mistake – just your unique way of playing! Any fluctuation in the rhythm is going to be noticed…
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true. unless i point out the mistakes in my comments to the video!
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Hey Joel you are definitely getting the hang of by ear stuff. It’s so fun!!
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thanks for watching! playing by ear- i feel free!!!
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I know the feeling! I wish I would have started out this way, but eh. Hey I did a really rough take at WMB, see what ya think. I went with the Carter Family style and chords for it.
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Brilliant job Joel!
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thanks, bill!
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Bill Holden posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month, 1 week agoHere’s a long neck banjo from the uk, .. need a bit more practise on the tune, this is the best I can get it at the moment.
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real sweet sounding, bill. i like the low tones on that thing. great job!
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Ditto to this! I wouldn’t begin to know what to do with a long neck, but you made it sound great Bill. Is it hard to reach the end???? LOL
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Thankyou Joel and Mandy!, You just play a long neck the same as an ordinary banjo, but the strings are tuned to E instead of G, which is good for singing some songs that I can’t do in G. (the fretless banjos are tuned to E as well). The long neck can make your arm ache after a while though!
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Joel posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month, 1 week agoWorried Man Blues. this is the first break i’ve worked out on my own. the iv chord part of the break was missing some notes which i worked out after i shot this. too busy to re-shoot…
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great job! It sounded like you were channeling Johnny Cash! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQpdoriVG6I) Great job on finding the melody notes and accenting them in your break. You’ve really progressed. Congrats.
I noticed that you were playing C capo 2. As a good exercise, take the capo off and play in D. You’ll sing the same, but…[Read more]
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thanks bentley! ya, i worked it out in C and then decided to sing it in D so i just capoed. i should try to pick it out of D for sure. plus, i need work on that full D chord!
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Hay Joel – you’ve inspired me to learn this song! Great job.
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thanks, mandy!
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Yes .. I got to learn it too!!! Joel sounds great singing this one!!
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thanks, bill! looking forward to your version.
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Bentley Smith posted an update in the group
Banjo Bandits 1 month, 3 weeks agoAn original (mostly) song from our Bahamas visit.
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Cool Bentley!
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Great singing and playing Bently and friend! Well done!
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