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- Jamming
- Basic Banjo
- Intermediate Banjo
- Advanced Banjo
- Banjo — General
- For Teachers
- Band Questions
- Other
- Jamming
- #5: Jamming questions
- #38: Jam etiquette re percussion/loud players
- #41: Crowd control at the jam
- #63: Banjo jammer critique
- #64: Words of wisdom from past Jamcampers
- #68: NO bluegrass near me
- #69: Dealing with too-advanced jams
- #73: the banjo was too #$&#* loud
- #74: I can’t sing
- #76: Remembering new chord progressions while jamming
- #84: Is fingerpicking guitar OK to use in bluegrass?
- #97: Rules of jamming
- #113: Playing along with a jamming video
- #150: How to Let Go
- #152: Which Version of Stoney Creek?
- #161: Bluegrass vocal harmony
- #163: Faking solos on guitar
- #165: Learning to improvise breaks
- #169: Jam etiquette re breaks
- #170: Best jamming keys
- #178: Not clutching at jams
- Basic Banjo
- #8: Easy solos and tabs
- #10: Getting started, and playing non-bluegrass music on banjo
- #11: Reading tabs
- #16: Beginning videos
- #17: Teaching beginners
- #21: Chord theory for beginners
- #22: Novice questions
- #30: Beginner’s video, or Bluegrass Banjo book?
- #45: What next after “Get Rolling”?
- #50: Basic D chord
- #56: Beginning advice
- #61: Not learning from memorization
- #78: Motivating beginning banjo students
- #91: Vamping
- #94: Starting banjo with a big head start on guitar
- #104: Frailing and Bluegrass
- #115: Asking for tablature
- #116: How important is it to know songs?
- #122: Rolling with the Slow Jamming video
- #127: Tab for Breaks on Videos
- #136: Is the Banjo Hard To Learn?
- #138: Amount Of Practice Time
- #141: Learning Banjo Without Lessons
- #157: Finding and Working In Melody Notes
- #158: Start with banjo camp or jam camp?
- #172: Songs for first gigs
- #173: Best Basic D Chord
- #176: How to start banjo
- Intermediate Banjo
- #2: Playing in different keys
- #4: Tonal Evenness
- #7: Electric banjo
- #13: Picking smoothly at fast speed
- #14: Ruthie
- #29: Finding and using a phase shifter
- #31: Banjo contests
- #35: Better soloing and playing up the neck
- #36: More about contests
- #53: Haywagon gig
- #57: How to get in a good band
- #58: Pick noise
- #77: Banjo angst
- #86: Mics for banjos
- #88: Playing in D using G tuning
- #90: Band arrangements: predictable vs. unplanned
- #124: Tuning on Colleen Malone and Nellie Kane
- #125: Harmonica in Bluegrass
- #133: Controlling Flying Finger
- #134: Hearing Chord Changes
- #135: Tailpieces
- #140: Direction for a 9 year old mando player
- #156: Breaking out of the Intermediate rut, and Learning to play in D
- #160: Portable banjo amp
- #164: Choices in recording banjo
- Advanced Banjo
- #99: Improvising movable licks
- #100: Clip-on mic and amp for stage
- #101: Career as a banjo player
- #108: Banjo Pickups?
- #112: Recording to a click track
- #120: Advanced camp assignment
- #126: Best Mic for a Banjo
- #129: Tricky Roll Choice
- #131: Wedding Gigs
- #132: Acquiring Syncopation
- #151: More on the Elban, and Playing Electric Banjo
- #174: Ambitious players preparation strategy
- Banjo — General
- #128: Which Jamming Video Should I get?
- #1: Practice Habits
- #6: Phase shifted banjo
- #9: Thumb pick hits head
- #15: Hot Rize
- #18: Playing with picks, and playing with your spouse
- #19: On banjo sound
- #20: Playing while singing
- #23: Learning licks
- #24: Playing not-typically bluegrass music
- #25: What makes it bluegrass?
- #26: Flying with your banjo
- #27: Physical limitations and playing speed
- #28: 5th st capo vs. spike
- #33: Hand cramping
- #34: When to change strings
- #37: Radiused fingerboards
- #39: Finding chords and melodies
- #40: Practice & “Noodling”
- #42: Middle finger control
- #43: Should lefties pick righty?
- #44: Playing when sick
- #47: Getting crisper tone
- #49: Playing in F
- #51: Crisper tone
- #52: Playing while singing
- #54: Bending picks
- #55: Bounce or machine-gun spacing of notes
- #59: Thumbpick material
- #62: Picking harder
- #65: When to avoid the 5th string
- #66: Mutes
- #70: Pick noise
- #79: Restringing
- #82: Hearing your banjo in a crowd
- #83: Hand Position question
- #85: Electronic tuner product review: the new Korg AW-1
- #89: Banjo in non-bluegrass contexts
- #95: Thumb pick catches
- #96: Banjo picker taking up Dixieland banjo
- #103: A 6 string banjo
- #106: Compensated Bridges
- #110: Multi-Instrumentalism vs. Mastery
- #111: Choices in banjo backup
- #117: Why the emphasis on the key of G?
- #118: Thumb pick hits wrong string
- #119: Tightening the banjo head
- #102: Memorization tips
- #121: Music reading in bluegrass
- #130: String Buzz
- #139: Best tone ring and the prewar sound
- #142: Finger Disability Problems
- #143: Is Masters of the 5-String Banjo Worth $60?
- #147: Masters of the Five String #2
- #148: Right Hand Control
- #153: Developing the Groove
- #154: Learning from records without tablature
- #155: Clearer bar chords
- #162: Banjo choice
- #167: The Year of Good Tone
- #168: String gauge choice
- #171: Guitar-banjo and left-handed issues
- #175: Singing while playing banjo
- #177: Metronome for Beginners?
- #179: Tuning problem with D tuning
- #181: Flight cases and packing a banjo for air travel
- For Teachers
- #12: Planting one or two fingers on head
- #32: Anchoring 1 or 2 fingers
- #48: Hearing chord changes
- #60: Teaching basic timing
- #71: The 2-3 slide
- #72: The key to learning backup
- #75: Memorized songs vs. “real playing”
- #80: Practice direction and focus for intermediate and advanced players
- #87: Listening ear skills
- #105: Changing Chords More Quickly
- #107: Best Use of Practice Time
- #123: Blending melody notes into rolls
- #128: Which Jamming Video Should I get?
- #137: Guitar Player Learning Banjo
- #144: Reorienting a Teacher
- Band Questions
- Other