Thanks for sharing the excellent lesson. I got the initial note sequence down. But I get fairly lost after about the 7:50 mark. Could you provide some insight on what you're doing there? Sorry I'm kinda slow. I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your time.
Yeah, that's a complex part there. First there is the hammer-on followed by the fifth string on the off beat; then there is those two notes with the index finger and middle finger on the second and first strings respectively. The first note (index finger, second string) is kind of a grace note behind the second note. It (the first note) is not part of the melody, but the second note is. I don't know if that helps at all.
I had not seen this video for quite a while. I was just re-watching it when I noticed the screaming at 5:33ish. There HAS to be a story to it. Please tell us! The look on your face is priceless. 😄
Ha! I had forgotten about that. That was my daughter. She was playing some game online with friends and something exciting must’ve happened at that moment. 😂
Thanks! Anything you do on a standard-sized banjo you can do on a longneck. You can use the same same tunings, chord shapes, etc., just as you would choose on a standard. The only difference is that that there are 3 extra frets. That means that without a capo, you tune it down 3 half steps. If you're used to playing in the open G tuning on a standard (gDGBD), then you would tune an uncapoed longneck to an open E chord: eBEG#B. So if you wanted to play in G on a longneck, you just put the capo on the third fret and you'll be in G. That's it. The 3 extra frets just gives you the versatility of easily lowering your key, usually to fit your singing voice. Maybe I'll post a video about this. I get similar questions now and then, and it would be fun to talk about it. But for now, I hope this helps! Do you have a longneck, or are you thinking of getting one?
Colin I do have a long neck. I am currently playing it with a capo in G tuning. I do understand that its 3 steps down and have played a couple songs full frets but it seems to sound odd to me still so I end up going back to G with the capo. I probably just being thrown off because Im trying to compare the two. Or didn’t tune the 5 string to the proper note like a new B. I have been playing for a couple years and to be honest it takes me a little longer to learn then most. Im curious if theres certain picking patterns that sound better playing the long neck that you would recommend or if a slight adjustment of tuning would go well with it. If you have and personal preference things like that. Thanks in advance
@@_SendIt_Steve You can play a long neck in exactly the same way you play standard-sized open-back banjo. But I tend to use my longneck to sing folk songs, and when I do that I usually tune it to gCGBD, move the capo to some appropriate key, and play Seeger style: up-picking the down beat and brushing down with my middle finger.
Colin, that's lovely hearing it like this. I'm really only used to playing it in sawmill. The authentic way you play is great though, it's so very much like the original recording. Have you written some tablature for this? It feels like I'm learning a whole new style again with this 3 finger playing.
Sorry, I don't have any tabs for this.... Sawmill tuning is a great way to play this song, too. I think that's how B.F. Shelton did it, using a 2-finger thumb-lead technique. Pete Seeger made a recording using the same arrangement.
