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pickNgrin - Posted - 07/13/2009: 07:13:36
Any banjo player worth his (or her) salt ought to be able to:
(fill in the blank)
-matt
1four5 - Posted - 07/13/2009: 07:17:07
Tastefully augment the music as a whole, in a band or jam.
Dean
Tweak - Posted - 07/13/2009: 07:29:41
...play in any key without a capo.
You said worth his salt!!!
KYSLOWFINGERS - Posted - 07/13/2009: 07:31:09
Spell Skruggs....er, Scruggs that is, you know Irl... I mean Earl
I''m always pickin'' on my banjo, but it always beats me up.
Bill Rogers - Posted - 07/13/2009: 07:48:11
Learn new material by ear.
Bill
mknockemus - Posted - 07/13/2009: 07:50:31
...do some pickin' even if he or she doesn't have any fingerpicks.
- Mark
pickinhick - Posted - 07/13/2009: 07:52:16
tune the dang thang
JAC
musekatcher - Posted - 07/13/2009: 08:22:16
Make folks love the music.
RatLer - Posted - 07/13/2009: 08:35:49
...quit
RatLer
klgera - Posted - 07/13/2009: 08:38:03
Let others be heard in a jam or band situation.
Ken Gerard
R Buck - Posted - 07/13/2009: 08:48:43
Be the rhythm....support the melody.
RobBob
Music; the best way to count time. It is a journey not a destination.
www.blueridgerounders.com
youdye - Posted - 07/13/2009: 08:51:00
MAJOR ditto to what R Buck said!
Mike Montgomery
4+1=Hootnanny!
O==''={::}
Clusterpluck - Posted - 07/13/2009: 09:35:11
.... disregard what others think in regards to what any banjo player worth his salt ought to be able to do.
spoonfed - Posted - 07/13/2009: 09:37:21
convince sceptical young rock guitarists that the banjo is COOL !
spoonfed
myork1 - Posted - 07/13/2009: 09:40:37
Hey, I'm really close on most of these. Feelin' kinda' SALTY!
Michael
Have a Great "Banjo Day!"
BanjoDay@gmail.com
Michael York
pcfive - Posted - 07/13/2009: 09:44:56
"convince sceptical young rock guitarists that the banjo is COOL !"
No, the banjo is a lot of things but it will NEVER be cool! I hope not, anyway.
pcfive
pandjlocke - Posted - 07/13/2009: 10:03:06
After reading these, I'm feeling more like PEPPER than SALT. However, a list of goals and challenges has clearly been provided here (except for maybe making my banjo cool ) Good responses.
Beware of the urgent crowding out the important - C.E. Hummel
Paddy
Ks_5-picker - Posted - 07/13/2009: 10:39:38
Back when Rome ruled the roost,they used to pay the Soldiers in salt,that's where the term "worth his salt" came from,so I heard.
I think being a good ambassador of the banjo and mentoring young players makes a picker worth his salt.
Rod
Here''s some music you might enjoy.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/roddurst
pickNgrin - Posted - 07/13/2009: 11:26:23
... know when he's not worth his salt. 
-matt
archtop717 - Posted - 07/13/2009: 15:01:44
Have fun, have fun, have fun. And don't care about what anyone thinks about your playing. Earl and others played it like they felt it, and so should you and I. KEEP PICKIN !!!
stanger - Posted - 07/14/2009: 05:40:46
...find a girlfriend who loves the banjo.
regards,
Stanger
The pen is mightier than the pigs.
formertd - Posted - 07/14/2009: 07:12:59
Wow, great post. I have a list (my wife says I'm too opinionate- but I THINK SHE'S WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!) (That was a joke by the way)
Any banjo player worth his salt should:
1.)make people smile
2.)turn his damn banjo off (as in CUT OUT) when quieter instruments are playing
3.)not play so much backup
4.)play fiddle tunes
5.)not boss the whole group around
6.)improvise, improvise, improvise
7.) play lonesome road blues 57 different ways
8.)break away from the scruggs version of scruggs tunes ( I am SICK of hearing dear old dixie played exactly like scruggs)
9.)be semi-competent in D (noone, even Earl and JD is completely competant in D!!)
10.)know when to completely TURN THE BANJO OFF and let other people play and shine (why do banjo players have such a hard time with this one??????)
bones - Posted - 07/14/2009: 08:19:24
i think so too. --also be able to play in more than one style-- and play more than one genre of tunes.
quote:
Originally posted by archtop717
Have fun, have fun, have fun. And don't care about what anyone thinks about your playing. Earl and others played it like they felt it, and so should you and I. KEEP PICKIN !!!
For Fun and Frolic the One and Only "Mr. Bones" and his trusty 5 string Banjo !
Klondike Waldo - Posted - 07/14/2009: 09:05:23
have a few pretzels now and then.
I''ll never play like Earl Scruggs or sing like Luciano Pavarotti, but I''ll pick better than Luciano and sing tenor better than Earl
deligo ergo renideo,
Bob Cameron
cottontop - Posted - 07/14/2009: 09:42:25
Make others think he (or she) is really doing something, even if they're not.
cottontop
cottontop - Posted - 07/14/2009: 09:44:04
quote:
Originally posted by stanger
...find a girlfriend who loves the banjo.
regards,
Stanger
The pen is mightier than the pigs.
I've got such a girl friend, so I must be worth my salt. cottontop
minstrelmike - Posted - 07/14/2009: 10:04:09
Any banjo player worth his salt probably plays more than he hangs out ;-)
MM
myork1 - Posted - 07/14/2009: 12:18:12
Or...if your son's getting married (this fall), she's got a banjo.
Plus, both her sister's have banjo's, and her Dad has a banjo. It's a whole dang banjo wedding party! Salty...
Michael
Have a Great "Banjo Day!"
BanjoDay@gmail.com
Michael York
GHohwald - Posted - 07/14/2009: 12:49:21
To control his or her volume so that other members of the band or jam can be heard. Be willing to play rhythm softly when the vocalist sings or someone is taking a break, particularly the guitar which has a lot less volume than the banjo. quote:
Originally posted by pickNgrin
Any banjo player worth his (or her) salt ought to be able to:
(fill in the blank)
-matt
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Chris Cooper - Posted - 07/14/2009: 13:11:44
[Quote]"convince sceptical young rock guitarists that the banjo is COOL !"[Quote]
I used to be a young rock guitarist, I converted to banjo. In fact I recently sold my much loved Gibson Les Paul and Marshall stack to buy my new Huber.
I often find that my old rock band friends and aquaintances are blown away when they see Scruggs style banjo.
[Quote]"break away from the scruggs version of scruggs tunes ( I am SICK of hearing dear old dixie played exactly like scruggs)"[Quote]
I find this to be quite perplexing? It's a common thing I have noticed with time served bluegrassers. To help explain what I mean, cast your mind back to when you first heard bluegrass, what was it that attracted you to the music? I dare say that it was what are now known as the "old standards" the Scruggs tunes and songs etc done in Scruggs style.
My observations are, that it is the Scruggs style that still draws young people to the music today; just as it did right through from it's first conception.
Time served bluegrassers are sick of hearing and playing the stuff that gives our music it's attractiveness to the uninitiated and as such it never gets played, immediately putting a cap on new and young bluegrass fans, I suppose adding weight to the argument that banjo is not cool?
I do not mean to cause any controversy or to cause offence just thought I'd share my thoughts.
I think any banjo player worth his salt should:
1. Place timing at the front of his/her list of priorities ALWAYS
2. Complement the other musicians as best as possible.
3. Endevour to entice others to the wonderfull music we play.
Happy Pickin''
Edited by - Chris Cooper on 07/14/2009 13:48:45
banjer5 - Posted - 07/14/2009: 17:11:46
I liked Goeff's reply, be able to play in an ensemble quitely enough to hear the softest instrument or vocal. It is all important.
Fast Freddy the engineer says: Throttle in RUN 8 and highball, then don''t look back, something might be gainin'' on ya. 73,s de K5BGZ
Furmans student - Posted - 07/14/2009: 17:27:49
DANG!!!! I think I have salt in my eye.................
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"I tried to cut a log with an ole hack saw cause I don''t know gee from haw"
Old Picker - Posted - 07/14/2009: 18:21:21
... ought to enjoy other's pickin' no matter the level of talent. Everyone starts at the beginning :-)
"Keep on the sunny side ... always on the sunny side!"
banjo-ho - Posted - 07/14/2009: 18:37:29
Sing and play at the same time! After which, people say "wow, I never realized the banjo sounded so nice!"!
Goodtime Special
"when the going get tuff the tuff get pickin!
stanleytone - Posted - 07/14/2009: 18:39:30
Not be a jam buster!!
"Yeah,I play the banjo.You gotta problem with that?"
blarneypilgrim - Posted - 07/15/2009: 05:04:06
show all those so called fast guitar players what fast playing really is.
Blarney Pilgrim
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men"
bhrb75 - Posted - 07/15/2009: 07:45:38
Dip snuff and have it run out both sides of their mouth.
B.
"He lives so far back in there, they had to roll ''em Martha White biscuits in in a wheelbar."
flange5st - Posted - 07/15/2009: 07:47:53
.....do his/her own set up work.....peace
......ad fontes..........
formertd - Posted - 07/15/2009: 09:17:39
Great post. I agree with everyone. I would disagree with saying you should play quietly while the guitar is playing. When the guitar is soloing you should TURN OFF YOUR BANJO.
Charley wild - Posted - 07/15/2009: 11:12:27
Fake his way through anything! Or..wait a minute maybe that's a lap steel player.
"Marriage is sometimes a temporary thing but a good divorce can last forever"
Oscar Wilde
bones - Posted - 07/15/2009: 17:06:53
it is isn't it. nicely put. when i was a young hot dog i thought the banjo was THE lead instrument. as i grew older (wiser-mmmm nah) i finally learned that the banjo is a backup instrument.
quote:
Originally posted by banjer5
I liked Goeff's reply, be able to play in an ensemble quitely enough to hear the softest instrument or vocal. It is all important.
Fast Freddy the engineer says: Throttle in RUN 8 and highball, then don''t look back, something might be gainin'' on ya. 73,s de K5BGZ
For Fun and Frolic the One and Only "Mr. Bones" and his trusty 5 string Banjo !
bearface - Posted - 07/15/2009: 19:21:59
that guitar player is awesome .he outa be playing with ricky scaggs and kentucky thunder
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