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#214940 - 29/04/2004 11:05 Anyone play banjo?
loren
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Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
My girlfriend got me a banjo for my birthday the other day! I'm incredibly excited as it's one of those "life goal" type of things i've always wanted to do. She's a great girl to be willing to deal with a beginning banjo player hacking away at the strings a half hour or so a day... heheh.

So are there any other pickers on this board just out of curiosity? Any tips? I've got a Johnson JB-100 5-string banjo with resonator and a Jack Hatfield lesson book. Enough to keep me busy for a few months i hope.
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#214941 - 29/04/2004 12:01 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: loren]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
I don't play, but please immediately go out and buy this album. Bela Fleck is an amazing banjo player. They open with a jazz cover of Aaron Copeland's "Hoe Down" that's done with drums, bass, banjo, and saxohpones. It's so utterly cool beyond words.
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#214942 - 29/04/2004 12:24 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: tfabris]
loren
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Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
Already got it! =]
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#214943 - 29/04/2004 12:35 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: loren]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Cool.
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#214944 - 29/04/2004 14:55 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: tfabris]
TigerJimmy
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Registered: 15/02/2002
Posts: 1049
I'd also recommend Alison Brown.

Jim

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#214945 - 29/04/2004 15:47 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: loren]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK

Nice picture Loren! Although I don't think it's really hick just yet. More like a banjo playing extra member of the beastie boys!

EDIT: happy birthday for yesterday!!!!


Edited by marria01 (29/04/2004 15:50)
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#214946 - 29/04/2004 16:00 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: andym]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Heh. So when is "Deliverance" for the Gamecube coming out?
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#214947 - 29/04/2004 17:02 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: andym]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
Ya got da 'grinnin part down fo sho!

-Zeke
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#214948 - 29/04/2004 17:11 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: Ezekiel]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Someone needs a new avatar!!!



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#214949 - 29/04/2004 19:09 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: pgrzelak]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
Boy Howdy!

edit - Loren - kidding aside, I think it's pretty sweet you're trying to learn the Banjo.


Edited by Ezekiel (29/04/2004 21:40)
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#214950 - 29/04/2004 21:04 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: andym]
Mach
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Registered: 15/07/2002
Posts: 828
Loc: Texas, USA


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#214951 - 29/04/2004 22:11 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: loren]
lectric
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Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
First of all, Bela Fleck rocks. Sinister Minister is too cool. Second, my neighbor plays the banjo. He says it's similar to the guitar with the exception that since the notes die so quickly you play them individually, rather than as a chord. I love the sound of a banjo though.

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#214952 - 29/04/2004 23:56 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: lectric]
loren
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Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
LMAO. Hahahah... thanks guys. Good stuff. Thanks for the new avatar! heheheh.

PS: i don't normally wear my hat that way, i freaking hate that. It was just to add a little flavor. now the real question is why i felt the need to explain that...
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#214953 - 30/04/2004 04:38 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: Mach]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Nice graphics work!!!

But seriously, it is very cool. You might want to try and get some instructional videos if that kind of teaching / learning style fits the way you learn / practice. Also, here is a good source for supplies, strings, tapes, etc. for more exotic (i.e., not common rock) instruments. It is also an interesting source for really scary expensive instruments.
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#214954 - 30/04/2004 09:42 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: pgrzelak]
loren
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
Thanks Paul! heheh. I think learning by videos would drive me nuts... all the rewinding and stuff detracts from actually practicing. I'm enjoying the book method so far, though it would be nice to have more visual feedback on stuff like hand positions.

That website is insane! A $14000 Gibson resonator?! Sheesh. Really interesting historical descriptions of each insturment though. It's like reading Antiques Roadshow.
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#214955 - 30/04/2004 12:50 Re: Anyone play banjo? [Re: loren]
Mach
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Registered: 15/07/2002
Posts: 828
Loc: Texas, USA
Very cool that you are learning Loren. My great grandfather played the banjo and mandolin. Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of him playing.

Apologies to yourself and the Dillards on the graphic but you looked a little too much like you were channeling Earnest T Bass

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