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Banjo
Where is teh banoj bolt???????//////
Just kiddin'. Anyone here play the banjo? I just bought a five string banjo, a starter one for $150 and was just curious if anyone here knew how to play or could give me advice. It seems to be of decent quality, although i am missing two out of four screws that keep the head attached. So that kinda annoys me. It's my first musical instrument and i can tell it's gonna be a lifelong challenge... anyone with music experience feel free to chime in here too.
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Learned on an old Weymann 5 string that I picked up at thrift shop for $10.00 when I was 18,still have it.
I use my fingers with what I found out is called "drop thumb" although I didn't know it at the time. Skinhead hooks and bolts,in fact all banjo supplies can be obtained from http://www.elderly.com/accessories/cats/BPT.html
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i ordered his dvd, will see how it is once it arrives, what type music are you trying to learn? look at the site, there are some samples of the dvd. do you know about the finger picks? i ended up getting three, one for the thumb and two for the next two fingers. |
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Yeah I bought some finger picks, i think you put them on your middle and ring finger? ANd i got a plastic thumb pick. Im tryin to do bluegrass *I think*. Im not sure what types of music you can play really, I know there's oldtime style, but if thats the same as bluegrass ive no idea.
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this is how the picks are supposed to be, if you want i will be happy to share the dvd with you when i get it.
Last edited by carson356; 02-05-2006 at 02:32 PM. |
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Oh, yeah tahts how I had them on. I'm gonna buy this book, its supposed prolly the most well known banjo book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0634060422/qid=1131873959/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-1490673-3180862?v=glance&s=books
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i will get it also, is there more than one?
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Yeah, theres more than one. THeres also a version without the CD thats cheaper, but I figure the CD will help some. WHat kinda banjo did you end up getting?
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i ended up buying a gold tone
here is a link to the one i bought on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7361268004 |
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When you say two of the four screws that hold the "head"- in banjo terminology, the head is the skin- is that what you mean? The rest of the "body" assembly is normally called the "pot" if I remember right. Then there's the resonator, which is bolted to the back of the pot, normally with four screws. A banjo actually sounds very nice when you take the res off completely- gives it a sweeter, quieter tone. Dave M |
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