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formertd - Posted - 07/16/2009: 07:28:12
Can I comment on other's posts? "The ability to fake something. TO make people think you are doing something when you aren't. "To me that is the sign of a poor banjo player- or maybe it's better to say an INTERMEDIATE player. It is probably our greatest trick. It is used by a lot. But if I'm playing with you , I can tell.
The other night I was playing with a "great player" and watching him play a hundred miles an hour I noticed he was pretty much doing forward rolls over the barred 5th and 7th for C and D. Once in a while throwing in the 7th.
You might fool some people but experienced musicians see exactly what you are doing. THat is the sign of an INTERMEDIATE banjo player in my book. You won;t catch Earl or Jd doing that.
cottontop - Posted - 07/16/2009: 08:46:59
quote:
Originally posted by formertd
Can I comment on other's posts? "The ability to fake something. TO make people think you are doing something when you aren't. "To me that is the sign of a poor banjo player- or maybe it's better to say an INTERMEDIATE player. It is probably our greatest trick. It is used by a lot. But if I'm playing with you , I can tell.
The other night I was playing with a "great player" and watching him play a hundred miles an hour I noticed he was pretty much doing forward rolls over the barred 5th and 7th for C and D. Once in a while throwing in the 7th.
You might fool some people but experienced musicians see exactly what you are doing. THat is the sign of an INTERMEDIATE banjo player in my book. You won;t catch Earl or Jd doing that.
Ah! Lighten up. cottontop 
Charley wild - Posted - 07/16/2009: 11:38:32
quote:
Originally posted by cottontop
quote:
Originally posted by formertd
Can I comment on other's posts? "The ability to fake something. TO make people think you are doing something when you aren't. "To me that is the sign of a poor banjo player- or maybe it's better to say an INTERMEDIATE player. It is probably our greatest trick. It is used by a lot. But if I'm playing with you , I can tell.
The other night I was playing with a "great player" and watching him play a hundred miles an hour I noticed he was pretty much doing forward rolls over the barred 5th and 7th for C and D. Once in a while throwing in the 7th.
You might fool some people but experienced musicians see exactly what you are doing. THat is the sign of an INTERMEDIATE banjo player in my book. You won;t catch Earl or Jd doing that.
Ah! Lighten up.
cottontop
Cottontop, I knew that was going to happen! lol I was just wondering who it was going to be. I never worried about the opinion of other musicians when I was faking it at a jam. I don't think they were too worried either. They were too busy trying to catch what licks I was using! You know, I don't recall Earl or JD ever being at one of my jams! LOL "Marriage is sometimes a temporary thing but a good divorce can last forever" Oscar Wilde
Edited by - Charley wild on 07/16/2009 11:46:33
formertd - Posted - 07/16/2009: 17:24:16
I'm not saying it's not fun. And I'm not saying I havent done it! (also let's try to keep that stuff secret okay)
jasper4564 - Posted - 07/16/2009: 19:07:48
any banjo player worth his/her salt should (at some point) rise to a level of playing that he/she stops copying everything from others and begins to develop his/her own licks, and variations on tunes, and generally develop his/her own style of playing unique to their self
"IF YOU DON''T PLAY THE MELODY , YOU AIN''T PLAYING NOTHIN"
BanjoCritter - Posted - 07/16/2009: 19:42:59
Any banjo player worth his salt ought to be able to...
... play the tune as he hears it in his head (so others can hear it too)
... tune the banjo by ear
... play slowly when the situation calls for it
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It''ss hardf too typpe witth finngerpcisk onn
OSCAR82AA - Posted - 07/18/2009: 07:16:34
Talk his wife into letting him practice in the house while she is home.
TTreppa - Posted - 07/20/2009: 13:08:07
Always be a gentleman/lady no matter the situation.
Terence F. Treppa
hsjim - Posted - 07/20/2009: 13:14:13
Shoe a horse!
gjt1028 - Posted - 07/20/2009: 19:03:29
quote:
Originally posted by Bama Banjo
Throw a football 60 yards.
www.dixienet.org
Yuk yuk yuk. He's funny 
banjorandy - Posted - 07/21/2009: 08:06:25
all the above
Crabgrass - Posted - 07/21/2009: 08:20:21
Take a Joke!
renofan52 - Posted - 07/21/2009: 19:55:55
improvise in reno style :)
"If I were to tell you I am good, you would think I''m boasting. If I were to tell you I''m bad, you would think I''m lying." - Bruce Lee.
Muddlefingers - Posted - 07/21/2009: 20:25:35
Not ever give up trying to play the best you can, no matter what people tell you that you should be doing on the banjo now.
justryin2play - Posted - 07/22/2009: 03:12:40
quote:
Originally posted by pickNgrin
Any banjo player worth his (or her) salt ought to be able to:
(fill in the blank)
-matt
Help out a struggling new banjo picker (like me) once in a while at a jam.
stanleytone - Posted - 07/22/2009: 14:26:09
play a little rythm guitar!
"Yeah,I play the banjo.You gotta problem with that?"
tombrien - Posted - 07/22/2009: 16:10:22
pick AND grin
Thank GOD my wife loves bluegrass,
Tom Brien
rvrose - Posted - 07/22/2009: 20:11:44
Any banjo player worth his salt ought to be able to...
dodge flying vegetables while playing on stage.
Hoss - Posted - 07/23/2009: 19:43:23
....play through a mistake without grimacing (I'm still working on that one!)
steve davis - Posted - 07/24/2009: 05:41:37
...should think about cutting back on his salt.
Pool
JedMarum - Posted - 07/24/2009: 06:04:03
convince 2 nephews, 3 nieces and 6 neighborhood kids that they really need to play the banjo too!
Jed Marum
http://www.jedmarum.com/
BanjoPicker96 - Posted - 07/26/2009: 10:36:46
Tune to G# with out breaking a string???
"There Once Was a Picker Named Bruno
who said "If there''s one thing I do know,
Guitars are fine,
and Mandolins devine,
but banjos are numuro uno"
JoeZ - Posted - 07/27/2009: 03:54:48
Hey! Did you notice on the YouTube video of Sweet Georgia Brown the mandolin player NEVER used his 4th/pinky finger on any of his breaks? Hmmmmmm.
"Someday I will play as well as my banjos sound." Joe Z
gtaunton - Posted - 07/27/2009: 09:22:35
Know when not to play at all! Even though we all love banjo, its not appropriate on every song.
The LORD will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the LORD (Isaiah 38:20).
BanjoPicker96 - Posted - 07/27/2009: 19:17:10
.....To let other pickers have the spotlight
"There once was a picker named Bruno
who said "If there''s one thing I do know,
guitars are fine,
and mandolins devine,
but banjos are numuro uno" Page: 1 2
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