Welcome to the official RU-vid channel of Enda Scahill - Steve Martin Banjo Award 2022 co-winner 🪕
Technically gifted and a passionate teachers this is the best Irish banjo channel on the internet Enda is one of the most critically acclaimed banjoists in all of Ireland today. Known both at home and abroad for his technical prowess and innovation, he’s here on RU-vid to further the cause of this beautiful instrument and offer free lessons and tutorials to enhance your playing technique
➡️ Enda Scahill has played and taught Irish Banjo for almost 40 years, founded “We Banjo 3” in 2012 and they've gone on to achieve TWO Billboard Number 1 Albums. He also self-published the two best-selling books on the Irish Tenor Banjo technique.
Thanks for another great lesson! At the very least I’ll try using that triplet to make reaching the high B easier 😅 I’ve always struggled a bit with that phrase in this one. Appreciate it!
The Elite is my favourite.My Uncle has a custom built Elite made by Tom in 2000 it the most beautiful banjo I have ever seen.The banjo I play is a 1960 Framus and the sound of it is still so powerful
Tune names...very frustrating indeed. Slides on the banjo (in my opinion) tend to be where I'm thinking "supporting instrument" not "lead instrument". Our fiddler likes to play slides and I just lay back, accentuate the rhythm, and try to make him sound better. We play "O'Keeffe's" (but one of the other ones). I was taught that 12/8 was just 4/4 with triplets. Accent on beat 1 and 7 (7 being slightly less accented than 1). I also note that fiddlers tend to ornament slides with snaps (grace notes) rather than rolls, mordents or triplets. Thank you for another interesting video!
Hi Enda, this one reminds me of the time when the first stretch straps for guitars came out in the late seventies. I bought one for my bass guitar, but only used it for a single gig. When I jumped from the drum riser during the show, the bass whipped back to my chin - such a painful experience! Fortunately there was no Instagram back then, otherwise this probably would have become an enduringly embarassing meme…
I need to try something like this. Triplets have been a steep learning curve. I can hit them with 50-75% reliability which goes down to 25% on open strings or 5% on the bottom string (C capo'd to D on my banjo).
On Patreon for all of June I’m running a series of picking exercise challenges, the third of which will be all about triplets. Each set of exercises builds up the techniques needed for effective and confident triplet execution
Really nicely played and demonstrated Enda. I'm a fiddler. I chose to play "The Torn Jacket" before "The Peeler's Jacket". There are lots of alternatives of course.
Thank you both so much! My Dad was also a true educator! He fought the system and he won! He was inspirational, as are you, both. Go raibh míle maith agaibh. ❤
What a fascinating story of a life! Really enjoyed listening in to this engaging conversation. I think I may return to this one for clues on teaching when I get stumped- which is not an infrequent occurrence😂 Some real gems from both of you in there for sure. Thank you for sharing!!
