Three Styles of Old Time Banjo Demonstrated
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2010
- Ever wonder what the difference is between frailing / clawhammer, drop thumb, and round peak? This is Jeremy Stephens at The Bluegrass Shack in a short video demonstrating the song Cripple Creek in three different styles. (New Athens, IL)
On the first style he was playing and looking around at the same time. When he mixes the double thumb with the drop thumb at the end, it started getting really complicated to play. I could hardly look away from the complexities on the right hand... but I noticed after a while that neither did he look away from his right hand, that looks very difficult and mind bending to play!
I think if you can afford some lessons and there is someone nearby to teach you, I would recommend that. You can't ask a video questions, and a video can't tell you if you are doing something incorrectly. I think videos are great, though, and are certainly very helpful.
He's a great banjo player. I could was never able to get that drop-thumb style to work and then the last style he showed was beyond comprehension.
Last style has too much 5th for me. Almost feel like thats all I hear. Just my opinion.
takes banjo out of closet and blows the dust off it. Watches video and puts banjo back in the closet. Sits back on couch with a big bowl of potato chips and watches TV
He makes it look so easy and almost looks like he's bored lol. Great playing and nice Gibson.
No matter what instrument you choose, you will have things that will be difficult for you. If your heart is set on banjo, then you should play banjo. Otherwise, you'll always be wondering where you'd be at on the banjo if you had started it first. Dive in and enjoy yourself while you learn -- bad notes and all! If you are having fun, that is all that matters!
Clawhammer banjo looks a lot harder that it actually is. The chords are easier than guitar chords, the strings are lighter so are easier to press, and the playing styles are quite different from guitar. The main thing with clawhammer is that the strum initially feels really unnatural, but if you practice for a few months the strum becomes easy and after that there are only a few basic tricks to learn. Good luck!
Great playing. Only problem is he's playing on a bluegrass banjo.
This guy REALLY CAN PLAY THE BANJO!!! Greetings from Russia!!!
Hey there. Uncle Charlie Lowe was at best a shirt tail relative of Tommy Jarrell. His real nephew showed up in 1977 or 8 at the National Fiddle Championships in Wieser, Idaho. Meeting Ed Lowe was the highlight of my banjo career and he certainly had the chops that he had learned directly from Uncle Charley after he caught him messing with his banjo at a young age. At the age of 16 he was riding the running board of a Model A home with his banjo after a dance and got bucked off and the banjo broke, never to be repaired as the story went, as he entered the Merchant Marines shortly afterwards lying about his age of course. After retiring from the Longshoremen's Union in San Pedro he somehow got the urge to play the banjo again after 50+ years. He got ahold of a banjo but it had frets and he had never played with anything but a fretless. Not to worry as his neighbor was tearing off the aluminum siding from his house and Eddie snagged a bit of it, tore out the frets and glued it on the wreckage. You can see the banjo here as well as get a good sense of his ragged but right Round Top style.
Probably the best banjo-learnin video I've seen yet, probably because he's the best at the banjo I've seen yet! He actually cuts to the chase, and then starts playing. He obviously knows the difference in styles and how it all breaks down, great job
Never understood the difference in clawhammer styles until I saw this! Great summary and fantastic playing - thanks man!
Got my banjo about a year and ago, started out trying to learn Scruggs style, found it very hard and got very frustrated to the point that I wasn't enjoying it anymore, then I discovered Patrick Costello's daily frail vids. I've come such a long way in the last six months! I love my banjo!
Just get the banjo. I got mine at age 32 and its the first instrument I ever played. This guy has obviously doing it for years, there are lots of fun and satisfying things to work through as a beginner. PAtrick Costello's beginner clawhammer lessons got me started (on RUclips) but im sure there are other good ones too.
Thanks for this excellent demonstration...I've always loved old-time style banjo playing.
He makes it look so easy.
Yes, Jeremy does an excellent job both explaining and demonstrating!
I was meandering through amazon.com for a tuner for my fiddle and came upon the banjos (i did say 'meandering') and found this video (because i can't let a new idea alone) and i am really really impressed. am thinking that maybe i might wanna learn banjo. that has been in the back of my mind since i heard some of the awesome mumford and son tunes last year. impressive and awesome Jeremy is!
Thank you Bluegrass Shack for being there!