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 | banjopa says:
5/26/2011 6:55:45 AM
There are many different stokes on the banjo. Learning to do both up and down strokes is essential.
I will be putting several up on YouTube in the next couple of weeks where I will demonstrate each stroke and how to do it. I have one there now called "Boom Chick" a basic stroke that all need to know.
thanks
Steve
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 | beetlegeist says:
5/26/2011 10:05:47 AM
I watched the one on the boom chick and loved it. You explained it so well and I had so much fun learning and practicing it. I was smiling all night.
I look forward to your video on the up and down strokes. The more I learn about the tenor banjo the more and I am convinced that there is a technique for almost everything.
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 | Geekmason says:
6/6/2011 3:03:03 PM
I feel like i have struck gold finding your youtube channel Steve :) As someone who wants to start playing soon (just have to get a Banjo ;) i'm collecting a lot of good material to kick off my learning when a good Tenor Banjo lands in my lap.
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| beetlegeist says:
7/16/2011 4:46:48 AM
banjopa, is there a defference between ragtime and jazz? I ask because I wonder if Harry Reser was a jazz player or a ragtime player. I like to be detailed about these things. Kester
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| banjopa says:
7/18/2011 11:19:53 AM
Kester, I don't know if we can catagorize him in either one of these exclusively. The songs he wrote and played/recorded do have ragtime elements in them. But on the other hand, he could improvise and do fill ins' etc with ease. I was at the Banjo Hall of Fame and Museum just this past weekend. He is an inductee there and the displays were just wonderful! I would say to just enjoy what he did without putting him into a niche of one particular style. He was an inovater and a great performer on banjo
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| beetlegeist says:
7/18/2011 1:06:20 PM
Good answer, you explained that very well. I could not categorise him and maybe I should not have tried. I really enjoy his music. I would love to go and see the Banjo Hall of Fame. I think I would spend a whole day there looking at all the banjos, reading the history ect. Was there a gift shop there by any chance?
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| banjopa says:
7/18/2011 1:30:26 PM
I spent at least 6 hours in there. Tons of great banjos. 2 floors of displays etc. Yes, plan on a full day there if you like to look at details on banjos. Also, there is a gift shop. You can get case stickers and hats, t-shirts, and even banjos. A membership is only $35. US
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| beetlegeist says:
7/18/2011 2:52:46 PM
Ok, I have to go there one day soon. I think I would love it. You are lucky to have taken the opportunity to visit the museum. I am sure you saw some banjos once owned by famous names. Did you want to play any?
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| banjopa says:
7/18/2011 2:57:57 PM
I wanted to play all of the tenors I saw there. All of them are top of the line and in great playable condition.
They had one of Eddie Peabodys plectrums there in its own revolving display case. Next to it is a video screen that is playing many of his appearances on the Lawrence Welk show back in the 60's. It is a Vega #4 Deluxe Vegavox. Beautiful banjo.
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| beetlegeist says:
7/18/2011 3:03:28 PM
Eddie Peabody had an interesting life. Unless I am mistaken he was a sailor in a submarine during WWI. As for the plectrum, was it by any chance made out of tortoise shell?
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| banjopa says:
7/18/2011 3:07:26 PM
This is not a pick, it is his banjo! Made from metal, wood and plastic. Highly decorated.
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| beetlegeist says:
7/18/2011 3:12:34 PM
Lucky you! I bet you imagined him playing it and the sounds it would make. It makes me wonder if the strings on it were there when he played it or if they had been changed. I always love museums and I think the banjo museum would set alight my imagination.
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| banjopa says:
7/18/2011 3:20:50 PM
All the banjos appear to have new strings and are all very clean and probably refurbished. They just gleam under the lights there.
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 | UnkaTony says:
3/26/2012 9:22:04 AM
I'm just using the same Down, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up strumming with a .73mm Jim Dunlop nylon flat pick that I've been using on my ukuleles for the past 12 years or so and I think it sounds Great! :)
Started learning actual bluegrass 3 finger picking, but this is just easier (and I guess is my style, now) to strum the heck out of it, instead. It just gives my music that "old hobo hoppin' a train" traditional sound that works so well with back porch music.
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| UnkaTony says:
3/26/2012 9:31:06 AM
I uploaded a crappy test .mp3 of what I'm talking about. I'd upload here, but my equipment's an embarrassment to the community. But hey, $3.00 microphone that's lasted over 20 years... that was a great buy! :)
hotfile.com/links/150255708/e9....mp3.html
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| beetlegeist says:
3/26/2012 9:44:28 AM
Don't worry about technology. The old gear has soul.
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| beetlegeist says:
3/26/2012 12:56:13 PM
And I loved listening to it. I can really get the feel.
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