Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:17 am
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Banjo lessons ?
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Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:28 am
Love this. I just sent it to the band. We have a banjo player who we tease unmercifully. The problem is that he's the best at his instrument in the foursome.
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:37 am
What's the thing against banjo.. other that the fact that you ave to be (really) good at it to make it sound good?
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 12:00 am
I believe a banjo is a lot like Scottish bagpipes in that you either love the sound of it or its sound affects you like a the sound of a fingernail scraping on a chalkboard.PoodlesAgain wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:37 am What's the thing against banjo.. other that the fact that you ave to be (really) good at it to make it sound good?
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 10:04 am
What? Everyone doesn't want to be like Bela Fleck??? 
Ohhh, I get it, everybody's too lazy to put in the the effort.
Ohhh, I get it, everybody's too lazy to put in the the effort.
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 10:14 am
In all honesty, a well-played banjo is really impressive. The problem is that banjo players seem to come down about 10 to 1 the wrong way on "I am a serious student of traditional Americana" vs. "I am an insufferable hipster."
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 6:42 pm
Yeah..but at least you don't need to wear a skirt when playing the banjomickey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 12:00 amI believe a banjo is a lot like Scottish bagpipes in that you either love the sound of it or its sound affects you like a the sound of a fingernail scraping on a chalkboard.PoodlesAgain wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:37 am What's the thing against banjo.. other that the fact that you ave to be (really) good at it to make it sound good?
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 6:45 pm
There are banjos with six strings and are tuned just like a guitar.
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 8:19 pm
You know since I play 99% of the time in Open G and I understand that standard banjo tuning is basically Open G, I should probably give one a whirl somedaytonebender wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 6:45 pm There are banjos with six strings and are tuned just like a guitar.
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:24 am
My parents live next to a large park/natural area. In the Summer, the local bagpipe troupe ( or whatever it's called? ) has a group practice in the nature center parking lot on Saturday mornings. It's just far enough away from their house that you can't see it, but it sounds like they are sitting right in the back yard when they fire ( blow? ) up those things. It sounds kind of cool for about 5 minutes, but after that my dad usually puts on his hearing protectors and fires up the lawn tractor for the duration.mickey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 12:00 amI believe a banjo is a lot like Scottish bagpipes in that you either love the sound of it or its sound affects you like a the sound of a fingernail scraping on a chalkboard.PoodlesAgain wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:37 am What's the thing against banjo.. other that the fact that you ave to be (really) good at it to make it sound good?
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:32 am
Scottish Deliverance: "Lad you shur got a purty set o' pipes'uwmcscott wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:24 amMy parents live next to a large park/natural area. In the Summer, the local bagpipe troupe ( or whatever it's called? ) has a group practice in the nature center parking lot on Saturday mornings. It's just far enough away from their house that you can't see it, but it sounds like they are sitting right in the back yard when they fire ( blow? ) up those things. It sounds kind of cool for about 5 minutes, but after that my dad usually puts on his hearing protectors and fires up the lawn tractor for the duration.mickey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 12:00 amI believe a banjo is a lot like Scottish bagpipes in that you either love the sound of it or its sound affects you like a the sound of a fingernail scraping on a chalkboard.PoodlesAgain wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:37 am What's the thing against banjo.. other that the fact that you ave to be (really) good at it to make it sound good?
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:42 am
When I was in university, one summer I worked security in the residence buildings. The Governore General's Foot Guard were staying there, including the band, which had pipers. They used to practice in one of the parking lots, and the sound would be carried by the wind into the residence area, where it would bounce gently off the buildings. It was quite stirring (in a good way -- they could play) to my Scottish components.
And I firmly believe it isn't an "occasion" without someone wearing a kilt!
And I firmly believe it isn't an "occasion" without someone wearing a kilt!
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:08 am
i have one and have spent several hours trying to learn to play it, then put it down for six months at a time. i like the sound and i do wish i could play competently because there have been plenty of times when i've been in a group of people where there were a half dozen (or a dozen) guitar players, one bassist, one drummer and nobody else. guys, we're a dime a dozen.
Re: Banjo lessons ?
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:15 pm
I feel that it's never the wrong time for this clip.uwmcscott wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:24 am My parents live next to a large park/natural area. In the Summer, the local bagpipe troupe ( or whatever it's called? ) has a group practice in the nature center parking lot on Saturday mornings. It's just far enough away from their house that you can't see it, but it sounds like they are sitting right in the back yard when they fire ( blow? ) up those things. It sounds kind of cool for about 5 minutes, but after that my dad usually puts on his hearing protectors and fires up the lawn tractor for the duration.
