I've been trying to learn the banjo for a couple months now and you have been EXTREMELY helpful. You're one of the best teachers out there and I thank you for taking your time to help us beginners🤘🏻
Awesome, so good to have you back! You were my first teacher, starting with Cripple Creek way back in January, moved all the way through your intro series and now beyond. I’m always hungry for new techniques and licks. I love your folksy style. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us!
I've been playing guitar for 18 years never played banjo until about 6 months ago after I 1st sore your vids i had to buy one, I can't leave it alone and i love it so much!! banjos are not common here in New Zealand, thank you so much for your work and content you do! you make it very easy to learn and pick up
Hi JIM your videos have cost money! I’m 63 never played anything but after watching a few of your videos I have found a use Deering Goodtime 2 that a gentleman is bringing me in the morning. As a over the road trucker I will have lots of time to set and Practice. Thank you for getting me interested. Always like the sound of the banjo but it has always looked hard to play till your videos.
I'm just getting the hang of cripple Creek now I got to add this lick. Only playing for a month and a half I'm starting to feel like a real picker. Thanks Jim!
Hi Mr. Pankey. Thanks for getting back to me. I apologize I should have been clearer as to what I ment. I have some minor hearing loss, and it helps if I can read your lips, especially if you run through the string numbers too fast. I really appreciate what you are doing. Keep up the good work. Take care, Ralph Zimmerman in Indiana.
POs is the hardest to pull off uncle Jim. Yet without it the Banjo won’t have a complete banjo sound. Not giving up though. Your methods puts some fun in the learning. Pls get yourself another camera so you don’t have to crank your neck, uncle. Would help in the long run.👋🏽from Malaysia.
I genuinely think that JSB would have liked the sound of the banjo and might have composed for it. Do you know John Bullard's record Bach on the Banjo? You might like it...
Here is some very cool Bach on the banjo. Enjoy! BTW, thank you Jim for all you do. You are my online teacher! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rLyM4gCrn1k.html
Good to see you, Jim! Got anything you'd recommend for building roll speed? Seems like the gist is a metronome and lots of practice but if you have any sage advice I always enjoy it 😀
I dunno... For me, the key to speed is familiarity with what I'm doing. Having rolls and licks internalized is of utmost importance. Being relaxed enough to play fast is also helpful. Most of those things come from practice.
Ive used that lick from time to time, i think i fist heard it in roll in my sweet babys arms. I actually bend the 3rd string slightly up to a B flat i believe it is, adds a little rub to your ear i think
@@JimPankey oh yeah, it also can be used as an ending if you tack something else with it as well, may not be the best but hey its not very hard and everyone knows the tune is done.
It's a good tune, and can be played with the techniques I teach in my 10 lesson beginner series. If you really want to get closer to the melody then you'll have to add some other ideas, but all in the videos I have. :)
You could teach us how to solo on the banjo. The rules are a bit different than for the guitar and I haven't found a good lesson online in months of search.
I sometimes teach a couple of week long classes at the John C Campbell Folk School that cover the concepts of making your own arrangements to tunes, but it's more than something that I could post in a 15 minute video. Truthfully, I'm not even sure how to begin to answer the question "How do I solo on banjo?" My answer would be something like: I'm not sure, but mostly I take elements from things I've learned and arrange them into recognizable melodies based on what I hear in my head. So, like for all of my students, I'll tell you this: stop memorizing note for note arrangements. Look for the fundamentals that make up those songs. Once you can identify bits and pieces then you're on your way to creating breaks on the fly. For example, the 3rd string slide that's used in Cripple Creek - that's used in a ton of stuff, and you have to be able to hear it and figure out where it works. That comes from just experimenting and not worrying about playing it like a tab, or a video (even mine). For me, the rules (I really don't see a set of rules) are the same for guitar, banjo, kazoo, spoons... it doesn't matter. I take the things (fundamentals) I'm familiar with and well practiced at and cobble them into an arrangement - good or bad. Obviously this isn't the video or answer you were hoping for, but really, start trying to think in components and not in memorized songs. (really not sure how to put it in words).
@@JimPankey Thank you a lot for the very thorough answer. I guess the answer I need, in short, is: practice. I just gotta keep playing and trying new arrangements and I'll "naturally" get there. Looking for a set of instructions is not the way to go, then. I guess I'm just too used to having tutorials. Still, I wish I could attend your classes. You're an amazing teacher.
I guess it comes down to this. When you ask "how do I solo?" It's like asking, "how do I create?" It's a lot like this conversation. You just put the words on the page that you want. You can't do that from memorizing stories.... At some point you just have to use the vocabulary you have to communicate. Same goes for playing music.
Mr. Pankey I love your style of teaching banjo. You do a fantastic job, but what would help me and others would be if we could see your mouth move when you call off each number of the string. Just listening without seeing lip movement gets hard to follow the tabs. Thank you for your consideration.
Yeah.. hmmm... Honestly I'm not quite sure how that's going to matter much. Really, you should be watching my hands, but mostly listening to the notes I'm playing. Music is something you ultimately learn by listening. Watching someone do it reinforces that. Seeing my lips move should be way down on the list of things to be worried about.
@@JimPankey any easier rifts then this I've been playing for 3 years now but can't seem to want to play all the original rather come up with my own you know
