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    Hello banjo cafe players

    Some of you may know who I am , but if not let me introduce myself. I have been playing banjo for about 40 years- have done recordings with Chris Coole, Erynn Marshall, Ragged But Right, The...
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    some slow clawhammer with soul

    from two of my favorite players

    Old Dog, by Chris Coole

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=218tAJxg-jA

    and a nice version of Old Dog from the gentle soul of Cathy Cress(check out her videos,...
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    The Banjo Cafe presents, through the unabashed theft of source code from, ahem, some mandolin web site, the following instructions:

    Two ways to post videos:

    Step 1 - Go to Advanced Posting...
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    Two ways to post:

    1) If you use the YouTube icon, only insert the part of the address after the v= part. So for v=qo0cy0REMY8, you'd insert just qo0cy0REMY8

    2) Or just take the entire YouTube...
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    My father and I have been teaching on YouTube since '06. With 4,393,134 views we must be doing something right. https://www.youtube.com/user/Dobro33H

    There are almost 700 videos on my channel. In...
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    Re: 5th string capo

    I've used the Shubb sliding capos, the Reagan, the modified pen cap and about everything else and always come back to spikes. I've had spikes in my OME Columbine III since it was made in 1984 and...
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    Re: 5th string capo

    Mark << ... Do they interfere with your fingers when playing up the neck? I'm new to banjo but played guitar for decades so based on my experience sliding barre chords I imagine ripping a finger open...
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    Re: 5th string capo

    I'd never seen one of those Reagan capos before I came back to this thread to post this:

    http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Musician/Banjo/PenCapCapo/pencapcapo.html

    I typically only ever capo up...
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42RVG4NlzmE


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNaRadKjSqY
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5mcRSPSbPg


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0y1H3weizA


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ziByYgPqs
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    For the clawhammer players out there, these are the ones that got me going. This is Josh Turknett who runs clawhammerbanjo.net and the "Brainjo" series. Aside from being a flat-out nice guy, he's...
  12. Thread: 5th string capo

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    Re: 5th string capo

    I prefer spikes as well. I don't play a style that frets the 5th string, though, and they can indeed get in the way if you do. But I just haven't found any easier or faster way to tune up to a...
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    Re: 5th string capo

    I use spikes on all my banjos except 1. I love them! They don't get in the way and I've had no problems with string wear when using them. I have been using them for 20 years and have never cut a...
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    Here is another great video for beginners that addresses this question:


    https://youtu.be/31nEdAw9LGM
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    Re: YouTube instructional videos

    Here are the final two videos in the series:


    https://youtu.be/XzrdZ48Et9U


    https://youtu.be/Ul4AzEcDwWk
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    YouTube instructional videos

    I thought I would start a thread for the best of banjo instructional videos on YouTube. There are hundreds of videos out there and it can be overwhelming for beginners, but maybe the collective...
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