This is what I'm doing right now, , I use an ipad to collect music I can practice and take back to the group, you know you have to listen to the group and indivduals at the same time... good valid information thank you....
Mandy great advice! It is finally getting warmer out and we have a frontier day coming up where they will be doing mainly bluegrass instead of clawhammer but I plan on going. I will take some paper and make some friends! I guess a question I have is when you play backup, I get the chords but what are you doing with the right hand? Alternating bum ditty 3/4 strings?
Thanks for all your tips. I love going to jams but I am somewhat handicapped when I play jams that include multiple different instruments. I grew up playing piano but I never learned cords in the different keys because I wanted to play all the notes from the music page. I hope that makes sense. Now I'm fine when I go to a dulcimer jam because I have all the music that the others have and most of the songs are are in D. However, my favorite instrument to play is my bass guitar. When I go to a jam where everyone has different instruments I have problems because we end up playing in a key that I don't have music for. It's difficult for me to transpose quickly because I don't know the different cords in whatever key they want to play and sing in and I'm not sure there is a bass capo. I have one for my dulcimer but I have trouble playing with it. I guess the best thing I could do is learn the notes in each key so I could at least pick them out on my bass. I can usually hear when the cord changes in the music even though I may not know which cord note to play. Can you tell I'm still a beginner? Lol
What you need is to learn the 1,4,5 chords in the common keys. For D - that’s D, G, A. For G - that’s G, C, D. For A - that’s A, D, E. I teach this at my website - The Nashville Number System. I love BASS guitar!
Excellent video. What's sad is that in 2023 America, we've reached a point where shutting up and just *listening* to others is seen as a weakness, because it somehow threatens our "liberty." So damn sad. I can say, as a 70yo less than 2yrs into learning fiddle, that your advice is dead-on common sense. Too bad we've pretty much lost that nowadays.
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I actually went to a jam session for the first time! I am 13 and I play 3 finger style banjo or scruggs style. I fit in just right!
Awesome!! Have fun and keep on pickin’
Great advice.
This is what I'm doing right now, , I use an ipad to collect music I can practice and take back to the group, you know you have to listen to the group and indivduals at the same time... good valid information thank you....
Mandy, I love all of your instructional videos for banjo. Thank you for all the helpful tips! God bless!
Thanks!
Mandy great advice! It is finally getting warmer out and we have a frontier day coming up where they will be doing mainly bluegrass instead of clawhammer but I plan on going. I will take some paper and make some friends! I guess a question I have is when you play backup, I get the chords but what are you doing with the right hand? Alternating bum ditty 3/4 strings?
Yes, depending on the chord you might be doing 2/3 for a basic backup.
Thanks for all your tips. I love going to jams but I am somewhat handicapped when I play jams that include multiple different instruments. I grew up playing piano but I never learned cords in the different keys because I wanted to play all the notes from the music page. I hope that makes sense. Now I'm fine when I go to a dulcimer jam because I have all the music that the others have and most of the songs are are in D. However, my favorite instrument to play is my bass guitar. When I go to a jam where everyone has different instruments I have problems because we end up playing in a key that I don't have music for. It's difficult for me to transpose quickly because I don't know the different cords in whatever key they want to play and sing in and I'm not sure there is a bass capo. I have one for my dulcimer but I have trouble playing with it. I guess the best thing I could do is learn the notes in each key so I could at least pick them out on my bass. I can usually hear when the cord changes in the music even though I may not know which cord note to play. Can you tell I'm still a beginner? Lol
What you need is to learn the 1,4,5 chords in the common keys. For D - that’s D, G, A. For G - that’s G, C, D. For A - that’s A, D, E. I teach this at my website - The Nashville Number System. I love BASS guitar!
@@BanjoLemonade thanks so much. I'll check it out on your website. 🤗
Excellent video. What's sad is that in 2023 America, we've reached a point where shutting up and just *listening* to others is seen as a weakness, because it somehow threatens our "liberty." So damn sad. I can say, as a 70yo less than 2yrs into learning fiddle, that your advice is dead-on common sense. Too bad we've pretty much lost that nowadays.