Love it ! Well I ain't heard nothin from that I didn't like. My 9 year old son just cain't get enough of the "Devil's Song" . Your like a time travelin banjer whisperer ! Your music has a special place in my soul. It truly is medicine music and I'm addicted! Thank you
Thanks so much for this. It is on my must learn list for a while. Good point about singing while the banjo plays rather than along with the melody. I think it emphasizes the story. The gambler is telling his story and stretching out those phrases but the banjo keeps marking the time like a clock that is moving to the time when the Gambler loses everything.
Damn. I've been trying to learn this from this video. Haven't been able to. Now, I finally noticed your 5th string peg is at the 4th not 5th. It's been throwing me off.
Hey. Just starting to learn banjo with a dumpster banjo I bought off a buddy for 50$. Thanks for thr resources. Any videos of yours that focus on teaching you to pick individual strings. I got the rhythm down but I fudge the sounds and it doesnt come out as clean. It may be my lack of fingernails.
You don't need fingernails (I keep mine trimmed _short_ as possible). It's just a matter of practice. Slow down to where you can hit all the individual strings you're aiming for. It's also a matter of learning when to go for individual strings and when to just brush at 'em.
You're certainly prolific at the mo, Cliff! I’ve no idea if it’s correct of not but according to the liner notes the tuning on Dock’s 60s recording is F#CGAD - i.e. the bass string is tuned down another full step from what you’ve got. Maybe explains why his banjo has a bit of a spooky sound on this track.
Yes, Boggs tuned f#CGAD for this and many other songs, like Prodigal Son and Oh Death. He did use the f#DGAD tuning for Danville Girl and a couple others I can't think of right now. Hustling Gamblers is easier to play in f#DGAD and still sounds great, but you can't get the low C-note Boggs sings or the cool 4th string C-D hammer-on he uses when "resting" between verses. Boggs also played in a 3-finger style. All that said, I think Clif's 2-finger setting here is great! Looking forward to his breakdown of that.
Somewhere I wrote down dimensions for that banjo before I sold it. I think it's close to standard scale but the pot with tension hoops is about 12.5" so creates a trick of the eye. The thumb peg also sticks out at the 4th fret which a cruel trick played by many early banjos.
Hi! And wow! Can you tell me about the banjo you are playing? I've been searching for a banjo with a similar sound for quite some time.
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R.A. Sanders English Minstrel Banjo (late 1870s - early 1880s)
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Clifton, if I didn't know better, I'd think you had been around since the 1880's that's just how authentic you are!
Love it ! Well I ain't heard nothin from that I didn't like. My 9 year old son just cain't get enough of the
"Devil's Song" . Your like a time travelin banjer whisperer ! Your music has a special place in my soul. It truly is medicine music and I'm addicted! Thank you
Thanks so much for this. It is on my must learn list for a while. Good point about singing while the banjo plays rather than along with the melody. I think it emphasizes the story. The gambler is telling his story and stretching out those phrases but the banjo keeps marking the time like a clock that is moving to the time when the Gambler loses everything.
That's a cool looking banjer
love the ‘stache homie
Nice
Damn. I've been trying to learn this from this video. Haven't been able to. Now, I finally noticed your 5th string peg is at the 4th not 5th. It's been throwing me off.
Yeah! Goodjob Clifton! 👌🏽🎻
Thats very nice hat. I need one like that for fishing.
Glad you did this one Clifton. Good stuff.
Yay! I finally get it. love this tuning you are the Man! Thank you Clifton.
awesome luv it thank u for sharing
Good stuff! 👍
Hey man any chance you have the lyric to this version of the song super great for the little bit of the intro we get to hear 👌🏻
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Hey. Just starting to learn banjo with a dumpster banjo I bought off a buddy for 50$. Thanks for thr resources. Any videos of yours that focus on teaching you to pick individual strings. I got the rhythm down but I fudge the sounds and it doesnt come out as clean. It may be my lack of fingernails.
You don't need fingernails (I keep mine trimmed _short_ as possible). It's just a matter of practice. Slow down to where you can hit all the individual strings you're aiming for. It's also a matter of learning when to go for individual strings and when to just brush at 'em.
In the "Basic Overhand (Clawhammer) Banjo" video I do go into some detail about fingernails, how I strike each string, follow-through &c.
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Absolutely amazing. Love it. You’re great dude. Trying to learn two finger picking after playing “claw hammer”. You’re definitely what I’m looking at
bad ass
Clifton, is that banjo one of your creations? Sounds awesome!
That's an English banjo that I think was made 1875-1880. It was originally 6-string.
You're certainly prolific at the mo, Cliff!
I’ve no idea if it’s correct of not but according to the liner notes the tuning on Dock’s 60s recording is F#CGAD - i.e. the bass string is tuned down another full step from what you’ve got. Maybe explains why his banjo has a bit of a spooky sound on this track.
👍 I should do a series on this piece in that tuning.
That would be great Clif!
Yes, Boggs tuned f#CGAD for this and many other songs, like Prodigal Son and Oh Death. He did use the f#DGAD tuning for Danville Girl and a couple others I can't think of right now. Hustling Gamblers is easier to play in f#DGAD and still sounds great, but you can't get the low C-note Boggs sings or the cool 4th string C-D hammer-on he uses when "resting" between verses. Boggs also played in a 3-finger style. All that said, I think Clif's 2-finger setting here is great! Looking forward to his breakdown of that.
@@CliftonHicksbanjo yes good idea Clifton.
Is is that a short scale?
Somewhere I wrote down dimensions for that banjo before I sold it. I think it's close to standard scale but the pot with tension hoops is about 12.5" so creates a trick of the eye. The thumb peg also sticks out at the 4th fret which a cruel trick played by many early banjos.
Ah ha! It's that thumb peg that threw me off.