Love what you do Jim. Down to earth and just clean playing. After watching many of your videos has got me walking around with my head tilted sideways. Find it hard to brush my teeth & comb my hair!
Yes! A clawhammer video, and I love the freedom of choice you bring with this lesson too. Really encourages us viewers to play around and make the tune our own. Thanks for the quality content!
Hey Jim, many thanks for this lessson. I've just been given my banjo and after a week of learning the basics of clawhammer this tune was the first i have tried. I'm still very rough but appreciate how you guided me through the basics. Happy new year to you from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Thanks Jim: that double C tuning was what I needed. I've been trying to do clawhammer in G and it just doesn't sound right. Ordered your book yesterday! I also like your approach to picking out the melody and then adding embellishments.
As usual Jim. great, and easy to understand rendition. During my journey, I have experienced people not wanting to share their knowledge. Or saying, you need to learn Scruggs style. You are very generous with your knowledge. Myself, I try to share any knowledge I have gained. By the way, I have that same banjo you are playing! Great playable, affordable, sounding open back.
Please show us your version how you play ( red wing ) im playing banjo now, thanks to your aweosme channel!!! I cant find nothing compared to yours online, the clarity and precision how much your teachings works thank you!
Thanks Jim, very helpful lesson! I'm wondering if you could consider doing a clawhammer tutorial for Same Old Man/Old Man At the Mill ? I like the Karen Dalton version, but any version is good, i like the song and would like to learn it 😊
Do you mind if I ask what make and model of banjo you got there? I'm looking to get a better open back banjo for clawhammer playing and really like the sound of it.
@@JimPankey theres a couple people who teach it on RU-vid but I find them alot harder to follow than you, you make it easy! Would be amazing if you could work it out for us, anyway thanks for all you do.
Another great lesson man. I'm just wondering if I have a resonator banjo should I take the resonator off if I play clawhammer? And would it be the same as a regular open-back?
Awesome lesson, Jim! I was wondering if you've considered revamping your Ill fly away lesson from a while back, and make a lesson on Peaches and Cream. Love your videos!
Jim, as always, thank you for these lessons. A couple of questions for you. 1) If I don't have a scooped neck, do I still play over the neck, or is playing over the head okay? 2) What kind of strings are you using on the banjo? they look nylon, but I can't tell for sure. 3) When I do that 1, 2, 3, 5 pattern, how do I break the habit of wanting to use my fingers for the number 2 string? I struggle getting my thumb to drop to the two string and then use the finger for the 3rd string. I either use my finger for 1, 2, 3 or my finger just for 1 and the thumb wants to do 2, 3 & 5 which is wrong an clunky sounding.
Play where you’re most comfortable. Strings are just medium gauge steel Break the habit by getting the right hand technique down. Sounds like you’re still struggling with that. Go back to my beginner frailing lessons for review.
@@JimPankey Well, that could be part of the problem as I never did your beginner frailing lessons... just the Bluegrass ones. I'll go take a look at those. I just had a book on clawhammer, and mine looks more like flailing vs frailing. :)
Hey Jim! I know you were good buddies with banjo neal, do you know how to play his "pickin wild blackberries" my mom really wants me to learn it for her but I don't know where to start.
Hello Jim, at 8:42 you say "hit that 4" (th string) but I don't understand in the B section if you hit the 4th with your drop thumb at any point, or if it's always with the 4 other fingers. Thanks!
