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Should You Learn Multiple Styles (or instruments)?

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Brainjo Bite: Should You Learn Multiple Styles (or instruments)?

Is it a bad idea for 3 finger players to learn clawhammer, or vice versa? Does learning one detract from the other, or could doing so actually make you better at both? And does learning other instruments help or hurt? 

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About the Author

Dr. Josh Turknett is the creator of the Brainjo Method, the first system for learning  banjo that incorporates the science of learning and neuroplasticity and specifically targets the adult learner.

Check out the Brainjo course for CLAWHAMMER banjo

Check out the Brainjo course for FINGERSTYLE banjo 

Check out the Brainjo course for OLD TIME FIDDLE

Check out the Brainjo course for Clawhammer and 3 finger UKULELE

Check out the Brainjo course for PIANO

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Newest Videos


Clawhammer Banjo Song: "High On A Mountain"


"Desperado" - 3 Finger Banjo Cover


Easy Banjo: "Take Me Home Country Roads" (Lesson and Tab)


Clawhammer Banjo Song & Tab: "Dead Skunk!" (Loudon Wainwright, III)


Clawhammer Banjo: "Been All Around This World."


Clawhammer Banjo Song & Tab: "Our Town"


3 Finger Banjo and Piano: "Ashokan Farewell"


Clawhammer Banjo Song: "Jolene" (demo and banjo jam track)

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Newest Music

Unknown Tune (fingerpicked)

Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Uncle Joe

Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Shoes and Stockings

Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Other

Dance All Night

Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

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Occupation: neuroplastician

Gender: Male
Age: 51

My Instruments:
Cedar Mountain L4, Cedar Mountain J200. Dan Pennington tubaphone, Mike Ramsey white laydie, homebuilt special, bob thornburg gourd, Terry Bell Boucher minstrel banjo, deering goodtime special

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Mike Seeger, Mac Benford, Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Fred Cockerham, Hobart Smith, Mississippi John Hurt, Paul Brown, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Earl Scruggs, Tom Adams, Will Keys, Camp Creek Boys..

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Created 11/18/2003
Last Visit 8/21/2026

Lover of all things banjo. One half of the Georgia Jays (thegeorgiajays.com). Founder of Brainjo, the first music instruction method targeted at the adult learner and based on the science of learning and neuroplasticity (more at aboutbrainjo.com).

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