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(78 votes) Published: Nov 18, 2007 2:01 p.m. In 2 Favorites Lists Viewed 265 times
How to Play the Banjo
Supplies:
1x Banjo lots x common sense
First off The banjo is one of the easiest musical instruments to learn although it appears to be the most difficult. No one can learn it overnight.People get good at things that they like doing. Most people pick up one instrument and stay with it. They manage to learn more and more until they get really good.
Next The banjo is played with finger picks for clarity. At first don’t worry about using picks. It is easier to feel the string with your fingers. When you are ready for them you will need to use a plastic thumb pick and two metal finger picks for your pointer and middle finger. the main rule is never loan or borrow picks or they wont fit you any longer.
Time to play The banjo is tuned in an open "G". "G" on the banjo is no left hand on the strings. This makes it easy to get the extra stuff in.
Rolls The thumb will pick the top three strings while the pointer picks the second and the middle finger picks the bottom. Now, pick the strings in order with the right fingers on the correct strings. Remember 3251. This means third string with the thumb, second string with the pointer, fifth string with the thumb and the first string with the middle. Now do it again and again and again. It will look like this 3251 3251 3251 3251. After a while it will start blending together and the starts and stops will run together and you will not be able to distinguish between the beginning and ending. It will be one continuous roll like this; 3251325132513251. This is referred to as the Earl Scruggs roll.you will be able to do this without so much thought. Now get the roll going slowly and start alternating on the third and fifth with all other strings in order. In other words, every time that you hit the third string you will hit the fourth string ever other time. Like this 3251425132514251. It will be easier than you think. Give it a week and see what happens. By doing this exercise you will be able to hold a continuous roll while picking out notes to a song. When you have done this you will have learned about 25% of what it takes to play a banjo. You’ll start to hear it and understand it. Give it time.
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