As a scruggs style picker looking to add a clawhammer stroke this has been one of the most straightforward and clear lessons on clawhammer. Very good!!!
Finally a video that understands how to break this down so that it’s easy to understand and fun enough to play. I’ve gone through dozens of these tutorials trying to find a good one and this is by far the best one. Had to subscribe
Im getting one this next week, at the end of Covid; you better keep playing it or i'll catch up to ya, haha. Glad to hear you went for it and got one and that you're loving it!!
@@wheninroamful Practice, practice, practice. Common sense huh... Especially true with the banjo. I slowed down after I switch to the Clawhammer strum.
I've watched them all and this is easily the best starter clawhammer instructional video here. Informative but not boreing. Like a personal lesson really. This old clawhammer newbe thanks you much!
Dude, you’re so chill! Thanks for keeping it enjoyable. Everyone else is soooo serious about being perfect I could feel the joy of learning this instrument dwindling. Thanks again!
Brilliant. Learned banjo from a vinyl record and book by Pete Seeger just 60 years ago. Been playing off and on through a career in music and entertainment ever since. Picked up the banjo again the other day, shone the strings to record a short movie track. Found your video .. very useful .. wish you’d been around all those years ago. So thank you🪕❤️
Subbed. This is the most thoughtful beginner lesson I've found thus far. I'm definitely watching your instruction content when my banjo arrives this week 👍. Bravo!
By far, this is the BEST instructional video I have seen on how to begin learning claw hammer style of playing! Thanks for posting this and thanks as well for your encouraging attitude as well! By the way, I’m 67 and decided to learn old time banjo at last. Yes, following a long time ambition! Wish me luck Steve!
@@StevePlaysBanjo Steve ,?? Why did you loose your voice..?? Some times I loose mine if I try to sing to high or loud in church. If I had a microphone 🎤 I probably would do better,, I don't know... keep up the good work Steve.. make more videos..
Wow! As a would be beginner i found this extremely informative and helpful. I appreciate the way you broke it down from starting out to what it is like more advanced.
I know I'm late to the video, but I just wanted to tell you, this is by far the best advice I've heard for clawhammer banjo. Thank you. The way you separated the three "pieces" of the clawhammer made this very clear for me. For some reason I was having trouble before this video with using my thumb and finger together
This video is just perfect! I love how relaxed and honest you convey your knowledge. As a guitar player i know how important those tips (e.g. ignoring small mistakes 'cause nobody really cares) are in order not to unnecessarily complicate practicing yourself at the beginning. Very good job!
Brilliant approach to learning clawhammer, Steve! Wish I had been introduced to the banjo this way. I got my first banjo when I was in my 20s but never learn to play it until I was in my 60s. Ever since it's been a font of joy, learning and expression, thanks to supportive teachers like Patrick C. and you. You've made the journey to learn such a joy and thrill of improvement, Thank you.
Thanks. Great video, Other videos had me strumming nonsense forever. This increases the fun factor by 10, which means I enjoy practicing more, which means I'm getting better faster!
(G'), D, G, B, D "OPEN "G" TUNING. ...THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY HELPFUL LESSON, FOR US BEGINNERS! ...PERHAPS, I SHOULD START BY TUNING A GUITAR TO D, G, D', G', B, D" AND, THEN PLAYING SIMILARLY ON THE GUITAR..
This is probably the best how to I've seen for an instrument ever. Thanks! I'm a guitarist and I've always been interested in the banjo.. so maybe now when I'm in a music store I can try some stuff out :)
Been watching your "day one" for a week or so. Don't really have a lot of time to put in, but your teaching style fits me perfectly. I'm going to keep watching "day one" until I get it, then move on to other days. As a break, sometimes I'll watch you play songs. ;-) Keep on playing, teaching, and recording. Great job.
For my 60th Birthday (just in time for the quarantine) I purchased a banjo. I have little or no musical experience, so I know that I have a lot to learn. No pressure, but I've chosen you to help teach me. Keep up the great work.
This video has helped a ton, I came from playing bass and up until this video I've been struggling with not slapping/plucking the strings like I would with bass lmao
This is genuinely one of the most helpful videos I have come across in my journey with the banjo, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the world. I will definitely be watching the other vids in this series :)
i concur with a lot of these comments, this is the best instruction for beginners I've seen. I don't even own a banjo yet but thanks to you that will change tomorrow. Thank you!
I just got a Banjo for my birthday. I’ve played a lot of different instruments in my life but banjo is really my first string instrument. This is probably the best beginner advice anyone could give!
So much good instruction in this video. Will cover the first year or so of playing many instruments recreationally. Keep playing that tempo and nobody will know you messed up. Took me a long time to learn that...
Been watching banjo videos for months. 60 years old and have always dreamed of learning the banjo. I think you just pushed me off the fence. Love the attitude and delivery of your video. Thxs:-)
I recently found a banjo in the basement of my SO's parents... Guess he used to play guitar, tried the banjo, but it didn't take. So (with permission) I took it. I took it to get it dialed in, and asked him how to choose what style to play (I had just learned there was more than one style) He said to get on RUclips and listen to the different styles and see what you really enjoy. Steve, you're style is what I would love to accomplish some day. Love listening to your playing...
Man, I wish I found this video a few months ago. You really know the stuff that you have to explain clearly to a beginner banjo player. I might be a little easy since I play so many other instruments but thanks a lot.
Hi Colin, what songs are you able to play?….I’m about the same time in learning but I spent 8 months or so learning 3 finger before I decided clawhammer was for me. Steve is an awesome teacher and inspiration and if you stick with it his lessons make more sense….there are some easier beginner tutorials so if stuck let me know. Thank you again Steve…you’re changing lives!
Well I got a banjo for Christmas yesterday. I got recommended by a friend online to check out your vid, this is the one he watched when he first got his banjo. I can't wait to practice what you've taught in this video, thank you Sir!
Probably the best beginner banjo lesson that I have found, and I am ready to take the plunge (have been borrowing a neighbor's banjo). I plateaued long ago on the guitar at campfire-playing level, and further progress just seems tedious. Steve's approach to banjo playing conveys a relaxed and free-flowing approach that strikes me as accessible and enjoyable.
Hi Steve, I bought my first banjo today and just finished "Banjo, Day One“. Wow, you’re a great teacher and a big help to me. Although I had no idea how to play this instrument at least it sounds like music now and I’m motivated to practice. See you tomorrow at Day Two. I send you a heartfelt „thanks" from Switzerland.
Wow!! This video was exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you 100 times! I just got a banjo for a gift! You explain the banjo so well! I appreciate you taking the time to make this video😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Thank you again!!!
What a great deal of help this is in just gettin' started. I've inherited my Father's banjo and I've been looking for a way to get going with it. Thanks ever so much.
First time to really hold and manipulate a banjo November last year. I wish I could play even just half as good as you. When does one use rolling/picking and clawhammering. I started with rolling and just came across your video. Great work by the way!
I started with “strike, strum, thumb” and I’m still “stuck” there. I’m going to try backing up and practicing from this perspective to see if that helps me move forward. Thank you for going over the basics with an alternative method :)
When I was first learning (ten years ago) there were several different how-to videos online that helped. They all taught in a slightly different way. The one that helped me break through was a video by Zepp where he put the camera under the strings! After that, I was able to revisit other videos and books with the new perspective. So keep at it! 😊
Great video Steve! Beginners quit or fail because they don’t take the time to do it right. In this day and age it’s ‘I want to play like Bela NOW!’ Sloooow does it. I’m sorry about your cold. If you took some meds, it probably was gone in 7 days. If you took nothing, it probably took a week! 🤣
I say Neo missed a trick in the movie 'The Matrix' by not downloading clawhammer, I know I would if given the chance, although you pretty much made up for this Steve - excellent tuition.
Hi Steve, this is one of the best videos I’ve come across. And I also love the spartan Banjo you’re playing. Would you mind sharing what model it is? Thanks again! :)
I like your strum philosophy. Just strum it. Everybody else starts with boom-chicka-boom. I got frustrated right off the bat and now the banjo sits in the closet. Well now I am going to pull it out and enjoy it now and add the rest of the strum later.
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I just bought my first banjo, which arrives in 3 days. THIS is the video I’m going straight to, once I unbox it. You’re a great teacher.
Well watched the video. Ordered a banjo. Just got to tell the wife before Saturday.
I just put myself in the same boat :-)
@@JerAtoZ just smile and say yes dear i know.
I did the same, now my husband want to learn too lol 😂
@@spiritualcloudinmotion2866 Good luck let me know how it goes. Am loving it. Not very good yet but enjoying the practice and learning.
@@scousemouse69 my banjo is already making some awesome sounds, slowly but surely 👍
As a scruggs style picker looking to add a clawhammer stroke this has been one of the most straightforward and clear lessons on clawhammer. Very good!!!
Finally a video that understands how to break this down so that it’s easy to understand and fun enough to play. I’ve gone through dozens of these tutorials trying to find a good one and this is by far the best one. Had to subscribe
@Gideon Jayce you are one of them smart criminals
I got a banjo at the begining of this Covid. I'm progressing slowly, but loving it.
Im getting one this next week, at the end of Covid; you better keep playing it or i'll catch up to ya, haha. Glad to hear you went for it and got one and that you're loving it!!
@@wheninroamful Practice, practice, practice. Common sense huh... Especially true with the banjo. I slowed down after I switch to the Clawhammer strum.
This is the first video that Clawhammer players should watch. You address several questions other videos do not address. Well Done.
I've watched them all and this is easily the best starter clawhammer instructional video here. Informative but not boreing. Like a personal lesson really. This old clawhammer newbe thanks you much!
Definitely an instrument to sing with, in my opinion. I agree, keep it simple on the banjo and sing out!
thank you for great video I'm 80 and intend to learn
Dude, you’re so chill! Thanks for keeping it enjoyable. Everyone else is soooo serious about being perfect I could feel the joy of learning this instrument dwindling.
Thanks again!
Brilliant. Learned banjo from a vinyl record and book by Pete Seeger just 60 years ago. Been playing off and on through a career in music and entertainment ever since. Picked up the banjo again the other day, shone the strings to record a short movie track. Found your video .. very useful .. wish you’d been around all those years ago. So thank you🪕❤️
Pete Seeger’s recording was my gateway to playing old time banjo. Thanks for the kind words!
Subbed. This is the most thoughtful beginner lesson I've found thus far. I'm definitely watching your instruction content when my banjo arrives this week 👍. Bravo!
By far, this is the BEST instructional video I have seen on how to begin learning claw hammer style of playing! Thanks for posting this and thanks as well for your encouraging attitude as well! By the way, I’m 67 and decided to learn old time banjo at last. Yes, following a long time ambition! Wish me luck Steve!
Thomas Lane you’re too kind, but it makes me happy that my ramblings can help. Playing banjo has been such a rewarding pass time. 😊
I'm 65, just starting as well....good luck to us all.....
@@StevePlaysBanjo Steve ,??
Why did you loose your voice..??
Some times I loose mine if I try to sing to high or loud in church.
If I had a microphone 🎤 I probably would do better,,
I don't know... keep up the good work Steve.. make more videos..
Wow! As a would be beginner i found this extremely informative and helpful. I appreciate the way you broke it down from starting out to what it is like more advanced.
A blast of fresh air in the stultifying hothouse of frailing banjo tuition. More power to your elbow!
This guy is an amazing teacher. I'm so excited to get home and try this out.
I know I'm late to the video, but I just wanted to tell you, this is by far the best advice I've heard for clawhammer banjo. Thank you. The way you separated the three "pieces" of the clawhammer made this very clear for me. For some reason I was having trouble before this video with using my thumb and finger together
A brilliant intro. to the banjo. A great lesson on clawhammer. BrianG
This video is just perfect! I love how relaxed and honest you convey your knowledge. As a guitar player i know how important those tips (e.g. ignoring small mistakes 'cause nobody really cares) are in order not to unnecessarily complicate practicing yourself at the beginning. Very good job!
This is like the best and most helpfulest video I've ever seen. And thanks for not going painfully slow like some of the other tutorials.
"I should bookmark this for later because I'm really bus..." [18 minutes later] "...y."
Thanks for your clear demonstration and explanation! It’s the best one I’ve watched so far😊
Brilliant approach to learning clawhammer, Steve! Wish I had been introduced to the banjo this way. I got my first banjo when I was in my 20s but never learn to play it until I was in my 60s. Ever since it's been a font of joy, learning and expression, thanks to supportive teachers like Patrick C. and you. You've made the journey to learn such a joy and thrill of improvement, Thank you.
Wow, thank you so much for this Day 1 lesson! It gives me a lot of inspiration to play!
Excellent instruction Steve,will continue to follow you.
Astonishing Steve . Just started . Really inspired thanks Pat nz
Thanks. Great video, Other videos had me strumming nonsense forever. This increases the fun factor by 10, which means I enjoy practicing more, which means I'm getting better faster!
(G'), D, G, B, D "OPEN "G" TUNING. ...THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY HELPFUL LESSON, FOR US BEGINNERS!
...PERHAPS, I SHOULD START BY TUNING A GUITAR TO D, G, D', G', B, D"
AND, THEN PLAYING SIMILARLY ON THE GUITAR..
Fantastic, appreciate the chilled approach. Probably the only video this long I've got to the end of on RUclips! Will look at day two now...
Very Good Video and Information Steve, Thank You.
Absolutely the best Video ive seen regarding the clawhammer. Thank you
This is probably the best how to I've seen for an instrument ever. Thanks! I'm a guitarist and I've always been interested in the banjo.. so maybe now when I'm in a music store I can try some stuff out :)
Very good instructions. Keep going.. thanks so much
Been watching your "day one" for a week or so. Don't really have a lot of time to put in, but your teaching style fits me perfectly. I'm going to keep watching "day one" until I get it, then move on to other days. As a break, sometimes I'll watch you play songs. ;-) Keep on playing, teaching, and recording. Great job.
For my 60th Birthday (just in time for the quarantine) I purchased a banjo. I have little or no musical experience, so I know that I have a lot to learn. No pressure, but I've chosen you to help teach me. Keep up the great work.
That makes 2 of us. Aslo bought mine before quarantine.
Hi from a very wet & cold UK. Love this little tutorial which is so easy to understand and follow. lovely chilled presentation.
This video has helped a ton, I came from playing bass and up until this video I've been struggling with not slapping/plucking the strings like I would with bass lmao
Literally bought my first banjo today. This video is perfect. Thank you.
Steve is on a quest and I can only endorse that! Don't forget to sing, folks! :-)
I had a banjo bought me a while ago and love this guy and helps me come along cheers pal from the uk
Excellent start! Thank you!
This is genuinely one of the most helpful videos I have come across in my journey with the banjo, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the world. I will definitely be watching the other vids in this series :)
I’m so happy to hand off the tradition! 😊
Thank you so much for this lesson. For me it's the best one for beginners
i concur with a lot of these comments, this is the best instruction for beginners I've seen. I don't even own a banjo yet but thanks to you that will change tomorrow. Thank you!
I just got a Banjo for my birthday. I’ve played a lot of different instruments in my life but banjo is really my first string instrument. This is probably the best beginner advice anyone could give!
Great video thank you, this has helped me grasp it much easier than other clawhammer lessons
your teaching style really works for me !thanks
"they'll you did it on purpose" quote for the day, thank you.
So much good instruction in this video. Will cover the first year or so of playing many instruments recreationally. Keep playing that tempo and nobody will know you messed up. Took me a long time to learn that...
Been watching banjo videos for months. 60 years old and have always dreamed of learning the banjo. I think you just pushed me off the fence. Love the attitude and delivery of your video. Thxs:-)
well? it's been 7 months since your comment, how are you doing on the banjo..?
Yes, please update!
@@tommyreimrock8667 he must have broken his hand when he got pushed off the fence?
Thank you for your kind lesseon. It's really useful for me .
Thanks man, I'm at day 3 of learning and this is really helping!
I recently found a banjo in the basement of my SO's parents... Guess he used to play guitar, tried the banjo, but it didn't take. So (with permission) I took it. I took it to get it dialed in, and asked him how to choose what style to play (I had just learned there was more than one style) He said to get on RUclips and listen to the different styles and see what you really enjoy. Steve, you're style is what I would love to accomplish some day. Love listening to your playing...
juniorco3109 great to hear you’re giving new life to that forgotten instrument. Happy playing!
Good stuff! I have my first banjo on the way. I went with the Deering Americana 12".
Simply brilliant.
DUDE. You are amazing! THANK YOU.
I have been a bluegrass three finger picking banjo player, but I really want to frail; thank you for the lesson. Great camera angle.
I like your approach. Thanks!
you are so good!!! so inspiring, thank you so much for this video, now I feel like I have a direction with my practicing haha. thank you!!
Man, I wish I found this video a few months ago. You really know the stuff that you have to explain clearly to a beginner banjo player. I might be a little easy since I play so many other instruments but thanks a lot.
Great Lesson! Thanks from a beginner!
actually might be the best guide
Thanks so much for your instruction! Many greetings from vienna! A banjo newbie! :D
Good picker excellent instructor
Thank you, hopefully this will get me going. I have been trying to play banjo for 2 years and this is the best ‘how to’ video I’ve seen
Hi Colin, what songs are you able to play?….I’m about the same time in learning but I spent 8 months or so learning 3 finger before I decided clawhammer was for me.
Steve is an awesome teacher and inspiration and if you stick with it his lessons make more sense….there are some easier beginner tutorials so if stuck let me know.
Thank you again Steve…you’re changing lives!
I'm on Day 0 (no banjo yet) - great video. Thank you
Thank You what a GREAT teaching vid
Well I got a banjo for Christmas yesterday. I got recommended by a friend online to check out your vid, this is the one he watched when he first got his banjo. I can't wait to practice what you've taught in this video, thank you Sir!
Congratulations! 🪕
Thank you!
Probably the best beginner banjo lesson that I have found, and I am ready to take the plunge (have been borrowing a neighbor's banjo). I plateaued long ago on the guitar at campfire-playing level, and further progress just seems tedious. Steve's approach to banjo playing conveys a relaxed and free-flowing approach that strikes me as accessible and enjoyable.
Hi Steve,
I bought my first banjo today and just finished "Banjo, Day One“.
Wow, you’re a great teacher and a big help to me.
Although I had no idea how to play this instrument
at least it sounds like music now and I’m motivated to practice.
See you tomorrow at Day Two.
I send you a heartfelt „thanks" from Switzerland.
Thank you Steve.you make sense !
Great video I want the claw dude man it's the way
Wow!! This video was exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you 100 times! I just got a banjo for a gift! You explain the banjo so well! I appreciate you taking the time to make this video😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Thank you again!!!
Ej Arnold congratulations on your new banjo!
@@StevePlaysBanjo Thanks!!! Super stoked!!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
What a great deal of help this is in just gettin' started. I've inherited my Father's banjo and I've been looking for a way to get going with it. Thanks ever so much.
This was awesome, thank you
Great lesson
That's it. I'm buying a banjo.
Cool tuition nice one 👏
Great video!
First time to really hold and manipulate a banjo November last year. I wish I could play even just half as good as you. When does one use rolling/picking and clawhammering. I started with rolling and just came across your video. Great work by the way!
Love that banjo
Steve is rad!!
I like your lessons they're soothing 😋
Brynn Kellett thanks! Hopefully I’m not putting people to sleep. 😂
Good lesson, thanks !
Thanks for what you do☺
I just wanted to say THANK YOU!! You explain things super well and helped me immensely!!!
I started with “strike, strum, thumb” and I’m still “stuck” there. I’m going to try backing up and practicing from this perspective to see if that helps me move forward. Thank you for going over the basics with an alternative method :)
When I was first learning (ten years ago) there were several different how-to videos online that helped. They all taught in a slightly different way. The one that helped me break through was a video by Zepp where he put the camera under the strings! After that, I was able to revisit other videos and books with the new perspective. So keep at it! 😊
Thanks you are a great teachet!
Great video Steve! Beginners quit or fail because they don’t take the time to do it right. In this day and age it’s ‘I want to play like Bela NOW!’ Sloooow does it. I’m sorry about your cold. If you took some meds, it probably was gone in 7 days. If you took nothing, it probably took a week! 🤣
I say Neo missed a trick in the movie 'The Matrix' by not downloading clawhammer, I know I would if given the chance, although you pretty much made up for this Steve - excellent tuition.
great video Ive been playing with the banjo for a few months and I've got to day one almost
Hi Steve, this is one of the best videos I’ve come across. And I also love the spartan Banjo you’re playing. Would you mind sharing what model it is? Thanks again! :)
thank you, man.
Must be cold there...
Great video thank you !!
Thank you.
if the choice is failing or claw hammer, claw hammer is much. cooler to me.
Well, here we go. Start at the beginning with Steve 👍
@6:08. amazing!
I like your strum philosophy. Just strum it. Everybody else starts with boom-chicka-boom. I got frustrated right off the bat and now the banjo sits in the closet. Well now I am going to pull it out and enjoy it now and add the rest of the strum later.