I have been struggling for WEEKS on this very concept - and this is the FIRST video that caused the light bulb to illuminate for me! THANK you for simplifying this and making it understandable and accessible to mere mortals like me. So grateful.
My banjo instructor told me it was "Good Dogs Get Bones Daily". 26 years later, I still use that system. To remember the B & E clues, just think "No Breaking & Entering" (No B & E). Nice video. Very helpful.
So the barre / F / D chord shapes are very useful as you’ve explained in this vid. I would recommend folks start with finding 3 ways to play G chord first, then 3 to play D chord then 3 ways to play C chord around the neck. You’ve then got everything to play tunes in the key of G, Learn where F chord is and then you’ve got everything for songs and tunes in key of C.
As a teacher and beginner banjo player, I must say that this is one of the most efficient and comprehensive videos I have ever seen on any subject. This is a really brilliant explanation. thank you
Thank you so much! Wonderful explanation and examples. Now all I have to do is remember it all while I practice, practice, and practice till all clicks. God bless you!
Can I tell you how you just helped me piece together a basic concept about chords that teachers and others videos failed to communicate? You are a treasure sir.
9:00 okay my brain 🤯 has now literally exploded 🤯and I'm putting this time stamp on because I'm going to have to come back here when it heals up and start anew. 🤯 I am very thankful that I understand the concept that you're saying with these three spots if I memorize them then I'll know something without having to count it down each time I can just recognize it by looking at it.
This is incredible !! Thank You !! Just what I needed. Love the channel. I've been a pianist for over 40 years and began playing banjo about 10 years ago with a pro instructor. He never taught me how to understand the banjo. It's been a hard road but I believe this will fix it. I had the same issue with piano in the beginning. I had no idea how to read music, no clue about chord progressions, no intro to the circle of fifths .. noting like that .. all my playing was memory and playing by ear until I met an online instructor who fixed all that in two videos. You have a gift in teaching.
I really enjoyed this video , you showed yourself to be an excellent teacher by cutting through the fog of banjo instruction and explaining what is essential to building a solid foundation for advancement in banjo proficiency . I once heard a quote attributed to , I believe it was Leonardo DeVinci - " In order to make things simple , you must understand the comlexities". Thank you my friend .
Thank you for explaining the stops and half stops between B & C and E & F. Even though I play tenor banjo tuned GDAE, this is directly applicable. Keep up the awesome work.
WOW! great video! i've heard a lot of explanations from different people/books, and this is the 1st time i think that i am grasping this. can't wait to go home and start reviewing this on my banjo! thanks again! .... oh, and for what's it's worth, this video is making me a subscriber!
Fantastic, it always makes me happy that my videos help. Thank you for subscribing and hopefully i can continue to post videos that help! have a awesome day!
Wow.. that lesson really opened up a banjo neck for me. I'm looking at as many RUclips videos as I can whilst I wait for my first banjo to arrive. I've ordered an RK 75 Elite and can't wait to start learning. Your videos are well put together and very informative in a way which simplifies it all. Thank you!
By any chance, do you have a list of your videos in the order a new banjo player should look at them? I’m interested in building my skills, one step at a time, in the order I need to know them. Again, thank you so much! Blessings, Patrice
Quick question…wile learning chords/fret board like this, do you suggest just breaking up your practice time into segments….warm ups, learning songs/technique and then chords/theory? And make it baby steps for each? As a beginner, this makes since to me in my mind. Thanks for the information on more stuff to learn. Theory is a big part of banjo.
04:28. Uh-oh Lord of Mercy I'm starting to get it. I don't consider myself completely stupid but my head begins to swim and I have to stop the video and I almost can't go on sometimes. Because I don't want to lose what little bit did go into my brain if that makes any sense.
With the half steps I remember b to c is bake cookies and e to f is eat fudge. That being said I have no idea what A chord is I think you're putting your whole finger down across the fret but I'm going to keep watching.
My pneumonic device for knowing the five strings is x-rated so I won't share it. That's an exaggeration. But the string after the short one is damn. the short one is God So I'm thinking I have them backwards and should have been counting from the floor up toward me I don't know I got to rewatch this
Being a hunter, and needing word association to remember anything, I came up with Good Dog, Good Bird Dog! Lol! I works for me anyway.
I have been struggling for WEEKS on this very concept - and this is the FIRST video that caused the light bulb to illuminate for me! THANK you for simplifying this and making it understandable and accessible to mere mortals like me. So grateful.
My banjo instructor told me it was "Good Dogs Get Bones Daily". 26 years later, I still use that system.
To remember the B & E clues, just think "No Breaking & Entering" (No B & E).
Nice video. Very helpful.
So the barre / F / D chord shapes are very useful as you’ve explained in this vid.
I would recommend folks start with finding 3 ways to play G chord first, then 3 to play D chord then 3 ways to play C chord around the neck.
You’ve then got everything to play tunes in the key of G,
Learn where F chord is and then you’ve got everything for songs and tunes in key of C.
Very good info! Thank you!
LOL. I'm a dog guy, so I use the saying, "Good Dogs Get Bones Daily." This video is excellent!
As a teacher and beginner banjo player, I must say that this is one of the most efficient and comprehensive videos I have ever seen on any subject. This is a really brilliant explanation. thank you
Wow, thanks!
Thank you so much! Wonderful explanation and examples. Now all I have to do is remember it all while I practice, practice, and practice till all clicks. God bless you!
Can I tell you how you just helped me piece together a basic concept about chords that teachers and others videos failed to communicate? You are a treasure sir.
Thank you! Glad I could help
you just blew my mind and i love you.
thank you for this.
you are welcome! and thank you!
ITs time I finish starting to learn my banjo.
Thanks from the UK. Great mini-tutorial! 🪕🎼
Glad it was helpful!
9:00 okay my brain 🤯 has now literally exploded 🤯and I'm putting this time stamp on because I'm going to have to come back here when it heals up and start anew. 🤯
I am very thankful that I understand the concept that you're saying with these three spots if I memorize them then I'll know something without having to count it down each time I can just recognize it by looking at it.
Really enjoyed this, it’s explained in a way that’s understandable so thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial make things or shapes allot clearer much obliged
Glad you liked it
This is incredible !! Thank You !! Just what I needed. Love the channel. I've been a pianist for over 40 years and began playing banjo about 10 years ago with a pro instructor. He never taught me how to understand the banjo. It's been a hard road but I believe this will fix it. I had the same issue with piano in the beginning. I had no idea how to read music, no clue about chord progressions, no intro to the circle of fifths .. noting like that .. all my playing was memory and playing by ear until I met an online instructor who fixed all that in two videos. You have a gift in teaching.
Thank you for the kind words!
I really enjoyed this video , you showed yourself to be an excellent teacher by cutting through the fog of banjo instruction and explaining what is essential to building a solid foundation for advancement in banjo proficiency . I once heard a quote attributed to , I believe it was Leonardo DeVinci - " In order to make things simple , you must understand the comlexities". Thank you my friend .
Thank you very much!
Thank you for explaining the stops and half stops between B & C and E & F. Even though I play tenor banjo tuned GDAE, this is directly applicable. Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you! I wonder sometimes if I explain things coherently enough to understand. Lol. Glad it helped thank you for watching
Thats the best and easiest way of learning the chord shapes, you made it so simple and memorable. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
WOW! great video! i've heard a lot of explanations from different people/books, and this is the 1st time i think that i am grasping this. can't wait to go home and start reviewing this on my banjo! thanks again! .... oh, and for what's it's worth, this video is making me a subscriber!
Fantastic, it always makes me happy that my videos help. Thank you for subscribing and hopefully i can continue to post videos that help! have a awesome day!
Wow.. that lesson really opened up a banjo neck for me. I'm looking at as many RUclips videos as I can whilst I wait for my first banjo to arrive. I've ordered an RK 75 Elite and can't wait to start learning. Your videos are well put together and very informative in a way which simplifies it all. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the enlightenment. Much needed.
You are so welcome
Thank you! This is very helpful information for us novice banjo players.
No problem! Glad I can help
And I also say Thank you. Greatly appreciated.
No problem! Thank you for watching !!
Thank you, this was very helpful.
You're welcome!
Thanks so much for the explanations and for sharing your passion for banjo.
No problem! Thank you for watching!!
I finally get it! Thank you, re chord shapes.
You're welcome!
Awsome explanation! Very helpful
thank you for watching!
Hi it's good to see that you've been where I am right now trying to learn the fretboard
You can do it!
This was very handy. Loved it!
That is awesome! Thank you 🙏
So helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
This is super helpful - thank you!
You're so welcome!
Great video
Excellent teaching
Thank you
Great video
Thanks for watching!
I love the technical diagram of the banjo behind you. Where did you get it? Thanks
Can't remember exactly where that one came from. But i have since made them in a program called "Neck Diagrams"
This lesson is great!! Thank you so much!!
You are welcome. I have another video coming out sat that goes into way more detail
@@BanjoAddict I’ll be on the lookout for it!
By any chance, do you have a list of your videos in the order a new banjo player should look at them? I’m interested in building my skills, one step at a time, in the order I need to know them.
Again, thank you so much!
Blessings, Patrice
Thank you!!!!!!!!
You're welcome!
Tx you Banjo addict, tx you a lot.
you are very welcome!
Great video!
thank you for watching!
@@BanjoAddict always learn good stuff from your video's
Quick question…wile learning chords/fret board like this, do you suggest just breaking up your practice time into segments….warm ups, learning songs/technique and then chords/theory? And make it baby steps for each? As a beginner, this makes since to me in my mind. Thanks for the information on more stuff to learn. Theory is a big part of banjo.
you are absolutely correct. or at least thats how i would recommend doing it!
I always used gdgbd "god dammit get better dummy" made that one up myself while learning
I think you win the prize for how many times you can say 'neck' in a video haha !
Ha ha!!!!
03:54 oh Lord here we go. Three movable chord shapes my brain is almost fried. This junk won't sink in yet.
04:28. Uh-oh Lord of Mercy I'm starting to get it. I don't consider myself completely stupid but my head begins to swim and I have to stop the video and I almost can't go on sometimes. Because I don't want to lose what little bit did go into my brain if that makes any sense.
It takes time.. it took me longer than I like to admit for it to sink in! 😂
To remember my strings I came up with good dogs get birth days
You knew what it meant but you didn't really know what it meant I understood that that's what scared me. 😁 Now let's learn my neck and know my neck
Ha ha I know what I need to know but also I don’t know what I need to know 😂
I'm not sure if I can see what you're doing to make an F chord shape I don't feel confident
About whole steps and half steps:
B to c as well as e to f are easy to remember .
it's all about chocolate .
BAKE COOKIES and
EAT FUDGE
b c
❤
e f
The T-Shirts have the 5th peg on the wrong side of the banjo! 😢
With the half steps I remember b to c is bake cookies and e to f is eat fudge.
That being said I have no idea what A chord is I think you're putting your whole finger down across the fret but I'm going to keep watching.
The “A” chord can be barred at the 2nd fret or the “F” chord shape at the 5th fret or the “D” chord shape at the 9th fret
@@BanjoAddict ♥️
Regarding the bees for b-c e-f. I made up......... bubble bees have knobby knees
My pneumonic device for knowing the five strings is x-rated so I won't share it.
That's an exaggeration. But the string after the short one is damn.
the short one is God
So I'm thinking I have them backwards and should have been counting from the floor up toward me I don't know I got to rewatch this
Ha ha ha
Hay. Cool. James said that to you