Thanks again for this lesson on sawmill tuning! I love the haunting sound of it!! I was working on pretty polly yesterday in this tuning and it is within the scale now that you showed me thank you!! Cheers from North Carolina!!
Awesome! I'm so gld you enjoyed it. I just put out a tab on pretty polly with my last video if you're interested www.banjoskills.com/murder-ballads - but I recommend figuring it out yourself first, which it sounds like you're well on your way.
great video! i love sawmill tuning. i am a year into clawhammer. i have the same Deering Vega Vintage Star banjo and i love it. keep the videos coming!
Thanks. Good luck with your new channel. I'm on board. FYI I love traditional clawhammer, but I am also very interested in playing contemporary music using clawhammer style.
I play “Sweet Dreams” by the Eurhythmics and “Enjoy the Silence” by Depeche Mode on my fretless banjo using clawhammer style. I think they both sound pretty cool.
Hey Jack thanks so much for bringing us all this useful content. As a novice I appreciate all the help and advice I can get, love the explanation of Dorian scale. Thanks.😊
Honestly, I love watching clawhammer content. I started on banjo and eventuality started playing clawhammer guitar too. Thank you for making clawhammer content and I really enjoyed the video as well. Liked and subscribed in case you have any techniques or tips to improve my clawhammer playing. Good luck with the channel.
i felt very lost with sawmill and modal tunings in general, you cleared it up a lot for me here actually so thank you :) hopefully i can learn more from yah
London, England? Are you a graphics guy? Enjoying your videos. I have the same Vega Vintage Star as you. Just learning clawhammer, been a three finger guy for years. Good luck!
Yup London, England, and I’m trying to learn! Love the vintage star banjo, such a joy to play! I want to make it out to a showroom one of these days and try them all out.
@@BanjoSkills There's a monthly bluegrass night there hosted by Foghorn Leghorn called My Grass Is Blue and a fortnightly Sunday afternoon gig called Come Down and Meet the Folks. The Lantern Society a singer songwriter night every other Thursday and a lot of good vibs. The landlord Raz is lovely.
Noone seems to be exploring what, sawmill? What are you on about, bruz? Sawmill is so ubiquitous it has its own name. If you want to play damn near anything Dorian on an open tuning and do a bunch of claw-hammery open pull offs and whatnot, chances are you're looking at Sawmill.
What tuning does Bella Fleck use in the song Bloomin Rose? I love that scale pattern. I had to watch it to figure out that the deep notes came from Abigail Washburn's unique banjo.
There is something I don’t understand about the three main chords in Sawmill Tuning. If the tonic is a G sus 4 chord, wouldn’t the other two chords be the sub dominate, (i.e. C) and a dominate (i.e. D) as is also the case in Ionian mode? Instead of a C, you are using the 7th of the scale, a F. I’m not saying it sounds bad. I was playing around with it on my fretless banjo and the 3 chords sound pretty neat when played together. Nevertheless, when I asked my AI app what the 3 most prominent chords were for Sawmill Tuning it said it was G, C, and D.
Hey thanks for the question! You could definitely include C in the most important chords for sawmill tuning. My thinking on the video is that the F chord is a bit more common than the C in old time songs played out of sawmill. So I wanted to limit the number of chords here to 3, and the F chord narrowly won out over the C. I think it gives you a few more songs that way.
I'm not sure which part you're asking about - but I am terrible at saying finger + fret + string 🤣 so if it looks like I did something other than what I said, you're probably right
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New banjo player here. Really enjoying your videos. 🪕
Loved this, thanks! I like to do a sawmill set: Shady Grove/Cluck Ol’ Hen/Cold Frosty Morn. Love the melancholy old time sound of this tuning.
Yes! That's a great set.
Thanks again for this lesson on sawmill tuning! I love the haunting sound of it!! I was working on pretty polly yesterday in this tuning and it is within the scale now that you showed me thank you!! Cheers from North Carolina!!
Awesome! I'm so gld you enjoyed it. I just put out a tab on pretty polly with my last video if you're interested www.banjoskills.com/murder-ballads - but I recommend figuring it out yourself first, which it sounds like you're well on your way.
Keep us strumming & pickin' 🤗 hey from Greeneville Tennessee ✌️ thanks 4 your channel 🙌
Thank you! Will do!
great video! i love sawmill tuning. i am a year into clawhammer. i have the same Deering Vega Vintage Star banjo and i love it. keep the videos coming!
Thanks man! I love this banjo! I upgraded from the Deering Goodtime about 3 years ago
That's the banjo I have too! Was pleased to see it.
super informative! thank you for the awesome video!
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
this is awesome. thank you.
You're very welcome!
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Thanks. Good luck with your new channel. I'm on board. FYI I love traditional clawhammer, but I am also very interested in playing contemporary music using clawhammer style.
Same! Are there any particular contemporary songs you’d be interested in a video on?
This could be challenging but how about “You Wreck Me” by Tom Petty ?
That sounds fun! I'll see what I can do.
I play “Sweet Dreams” by the Eurhythmics and “Enjoy the Silence” by Depeche Mode on my fretless banjo using clawhammer style. I think they both sound pretty cool.
@@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913 I would LOVE to see this! Do you have a video anywhere?
Appreciate this great content!
My pleasure!
Cool man, look forward to more works from you
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it
went a bit fast through the G Modal Dorian scale... I will have to google that. Generally though ... this was useful. Thank you.
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Solid and concise explanation! Perfection!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the great lesson 👍
Glad you liked it!
Hey Jack thanks so much for bringing us all this useful content. As a novice I appreciate all the help and advice I can get, love the explanation of Dorian scale. Thanks.😊
So glad it was helpful!
Honestly, I love watching clawhammer content. I started on banjo and eventuality started playing clawhammer guitar too. Thank you for making clawhammer content and I really enjoyed the video as well. Liked and subscribed in case you have any techniques or tips to improve my clawhammer playing. Good luck with the channel.
Awesome! Anything you'd like to see, or you're struggling with please let me know. I'm happy to help.
i felt very lost with sawmill and modal tunings in general, you cleared it up a lot for me here actually so thank you :) hopefully i can learn more from yah
Glad to hear it!
Thanks for the music lesson 👍
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Super helpful as usual! You’ve got a sawmill tuning course coming up pretty soon, right?
I do! And probably should have linked it in the description here 🤣 but it's available here www.banjoskills.com/offers/ozCSZLVR/checkout
Ill just use my mastro electronic tuner..🎉 cheers from Tenn..usa
I like your channel, mate.
Thanks so much! Lots more to come 😁
London, England? Are you a graphics guy? Enjoying your videos. I have the same Vega Vintage Star as you. Just learning clawhammer, been a three finger guy for years. Good luck!
Yup London, England, and I’m trying to learn! Love the vintage star banjo, such a joy to play! I want to make it out to a showroom one of these days and try them all out.
Killer!
Thanks so much! I hope it helped
Where do youlive in London? Do you know The Betsey Trotwood pub?
Hey I’m not too far from there! Wasn’t aware of it though, will check it out! Looks like some good stuff coming up there
@@BanjoSkills There's a monthly bluegrass night there hosted by Foghorn Leghorn called My Grass Is Blue and a fortnightly Sunday afternoon gig called Come Down and Meet the Folks. The Lantern Society a singer songwriter night every other Thursday and a lot of good vibs. The landlord Raz is lovely.
@@JasonUmbrellabird Great! I'll see about making it down there for the next one - thanks for letting me know about it!
Your a cool bloke. I prefer open G. I suppose it's better for minor stuff.... Good show mate.
Thanks! Open G for sure works for more songs .I love sawmill for that bluesy stuff.
Nice One. Respect. STP
I only play in Sawmill. It's the best for trance banjo. Shame no one else seems to be exploring this -- everyone seems stuck in trad clawhammer tunes.
I've never heard of trance banjo! Anyone I should check out?
@@BanjoSkills Me! ruclips.net/video/Vz71L5KaHfo/видео.html
Noone seems to be exploring what, sawmill? What are you on about, bruz? Sawmill is so ubiquitous it has its own name. If you want to play damn near anything Dorian on an open tuning and do a bunch of claw-hammery open pull offs and whatnot, chances are you're looking at Sawmill.
@@zachb8012 I'm referring specifically to trance banjo "bruz" . Most people seem to be stuck in the traditional old-time rut.
@@BanjoSkills Clifton hicks has a video on the subject where he demonstrates the concept with a very stretched out intro to pretty Polly, same tuning
Make more stuff!
Working on a good one! Thanks for your support
What tuning does Bella Fleck use in the song Bloomin Rose? I love that scale pattern. I had to watch it to figure out that the deep notes came from Abigail Washburn's unique banjo.
Not sure! Beautiful song though
Gillian Welch plays a lot of songs using Sawmill, maybe explore them?
I didn’t realize that! She’s great, thank you for the tip!
@@BanjoSkills The Devil Had A Hold Of Me, Caleb Meyer, One Morning, My First Lover...? Possibly Hard Times?
New stuff to learn, thank you!
@@JasonUmbrellabird i loved these songs from gillian and david. Has been a long time i heard them. Time goes fast.
@@drussthelegend3919 Yes, needs a new album.
There is something I don’t understand about the three main chords in Sawmill Tuning. If the tonic is a G sus 4 chord, wouldn’t the other two chords be the sub dominate, (i.e. C) and a dominate (i.e. D) as is also the case in Ionian mode? Instead of a C, you are using the 7th of the scale, a F. I’m not saying it sounds bad. I was playing around with it on my fretless banjo and the 3 chords sound pretty neat when played together. Nevertheless, when I asked my AI app what the 3 most prominent chords were for Sawmill Tuning it said it was G, C, and D.
Hey thanks for the question! You could definitely include C in the most important chords for sawmill tuning. My thinking on the video is that the F chord is a bit more common than the C in old time songs played out of sawmill. So I wanted to limit the number of chords here to 3, and the F chord narrowly won out over the C. I think it gives you a few more songs that way.
@@BanjoSkills So does that mean there are songs in Sawmill that consists of G, D, and F? That would be I, V, and VII.
@@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913 Yeah, in my experience, I see that more often than G, D and C. Cluck Old Hen is a good example - one of my favorites!
The open strum is the world’s most famous chord….A Hard Days Night
I did not know that, thanks!
You meant ring finger third fret 1st string?
I'm not sure which part you're asking about - but I am terrible at saying finger + fret + string 🤣 so if it looks like I did something other than what I said, you're probably right
pretty good stuff - but I never have liked tabs for any instrument
Thank you!