DVD-quality lessons (including tabs/sheet music) available for immediate viewing on any device.
Take your playing to the next level with the help of a local or online banjo teacher.
Weekly newsletter includes free lessons, favorite member content, banjo news and more.
Premier Sponsors
|
Please note this is an archived topic, so it is locked and unable to be replied to. You may, however, start a new topic and refer to this topic with a link: http://www.banjohangout.org/archive/402247
rkdjones - Posted - 03/08/2025: 08:41:38
After many years of messing with the 5-string I am still at level 1. I don't do will learning tunes using other people's tabs. So I started learning melodies on a 4 string tuned in fifths (GDAE) like a mandolin, then arranging for the 5-string. Playing with a plectrum, every note is available in any sequence on the first 5 frets on an instrument tuned in fifths (chords don't sound as good to my ear in that tuning). But drop thumb on a 5-string restricts the sequence of eighth notes. I wondered how to play the second note if it is above the first but not on the same string. I had just about given up, but then I watched the lesson on this website about melodic 3 finger, which was a revelation. The same lesson applies to clawhammer. I saw how to run up the scale with a series of eighth notes. The 5-string is a curious instrument.
Bob Buckingham - Posted - 03/08/2025: 10:37:50
I worked up a system of scales over two and three octaves in different tunings using clawhammer and I teach it at a local program. It is quite an interesting pass time and mental exercise. I used to play bluegrass banjo and did some melodic stuff like fiddle tunes. I applied those ideas to clawhammer without some of the stifling rules some bluegrass players used. It involves a lot of drop thump and thinking outside of the traditional box.
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Privacy Consent (EU/GDPR Only)
Copyright 2026 Banjo Hangout. All Rights Reserved.
