Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Yes, I’ll most likely do some clawhammer lessons at some point.
I’m still working on improving my own technique though before I feel comfortable offering lessons.
But I’ll try and do some soon. Thanks for the request.
Mike
Sorry it was giving you trouble.
It looks like you have full access to the lesson.
Are you possibly getting logged out switching between the pages?
Can you login on that lesson page right below the purchase option?
– Mike
Sorry for the delay in response.
It’s fine to jump around a bit when you’re learning the basics. I wouldn’t get stuck on one lesson for more than a week.
You’ll always be circling back and working on foundational techniques.
Are you still working through the Basic section?
– Mike
Sorry for the delay in response.
Are you still having an issue?
The video plays when I test it.
Let me know and I’ll investigate.
– Mike
You’ll want to get a 5th string capo if you don’t have spikes.
You’re correct you wouldn’t want to turn the 5th string up too much as it might break.
Otherwise you can play the songs without a capo and just play in G.
– Mike
Sorry for the delay in response.
These licks work out of the barre chord shape and the 1st and 2nd string exercises are more of a harmonized scale playing two notes at once.
The positions do look similar but in this case we’re playing different ideas so they’re not really related.
What song have you tried to play the licks in?
I’d recommend a slow song like Banks of the Ohio to start.
But yes, I can do a future lesson on that thanks.
– Mike
You’ll have to experiment with the angle of your left hand.
It’s hard to say without seeing/hearing you play but my guess is your wrist is too close to the neck so your left hand fingering don’t have the correct angle so they’re muting the strings.
If you want to record a short video clip and send it to me I can give you more precise suggestions.
– Mike
You can play the 2nd fret as a quarter note on beat 4 if you prefer that. That would make the melody more in line with how you’re describing it.
If you need me to tab that measure out let me know.
– Mike
Those are my recommended left hand fingerings to use to make the song easier to play.
You’ll see a legend on the 2nd page of the tab.
– Mike
A lot of their songs are copyrighted unfortunately but let me see what other public domain tunes they did and I’ll add them to my list.
– Mike
Yes, Key of E but playing out of D chord shapes.
No, the 5th string is tuned to A in this arrangement. I mentioned that you could tune the 5th string up to B if you wanted but that’s not how I wrote it. Sorry if that was confusing.
Keep picking.
– Mike
The tab that I played at the beginning of the video is measures 1-16 of the tab on the lesson page.
I just double checked and it looks correct to me.
Which part sounds different to you?
– Mike
Are you playing the quarter note at the beginning of the measure, followed by two forward rolls (TIM)?
That’s how I played it at the beginning of the video.
Is your banjo tuned correctly? If so, playing strings 5, 2, 1 (TIM) for the forward roll will be the same notes I played.
Otherwise, can you send me a video of you playing it and I can hear what’s going on?
– Mike
