The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. But without the Good. - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-28T10:48:58Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-but-without-the-good?feed=yes&xn_auth=noWill do! Strumelia said:
I s…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-17:2477478:Comment:922102013-05-17T12:47:24.706ZAnthony G Spanglerhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/AnthonyGSpangler
<p>Will do!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Strumelia said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-but-without-the-good?page=2&commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A92387&x=1#2477478Comment92387"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I suggest you just go ahead and make a second video of Juba, but <em>this time</em> trying to play a whole section or two without stopping after 5 seconds. Don't worry about any note mistakes- better to play just a…</p>
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<p>Will do!<br/> <br/> <cite>Strumelia said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-but-without-the-good?page=2&commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A92387&x=1#2477478Comment92387"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I suggest you just go ahead and make a second video of Juba, but <em>this time</em> trying to play a whole section or two without stopping after 5 seconds. Don't worry about any note mistakes- better to play just a few simple Juba phrases strung together cohesively, and keep an even rhythm. :)</p>
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</blockquote> I suggest you just go ahead a…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-17:2477478:Comment:923872013-05-17T02:14:54.504ZStrumeliahttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>I suggest you just go ahead and make a second video of Juba, but <em>this time</em> trying to play a whole section or two without stopping after 5 seconds. Don't worry about any note mistakes- better to play just a few simple Juba phrases strung together cohesively, and keep an even rhythm. :)</p>
<p>I suggest you just go ahead and make a second video of Juba, but <em>this time</em> trying to play a whole section or two without stopping after 5 seconds. Don't worry about any note mistakes- better to play just a few simple Juba phrases strung together cohesively, and keep an even rhythm. :)</p> Hi Bart!
All music is counter…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-17:2477478:Comment:922952013-05-17T01:35:55.116ZAnthony G Spanglerhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/AnthonyGSpangler
<p>Hi Bart!</p>
<p>All music is counter intuitive to me, heheh! But I know what you're saying. Not looking at the hands sounds like good advice, you are right, when I do it I <em>do</em> tend to lose track of what the other hand is doing.</p>
<p>We'll just keep plugging, right?</p>
<p>Much appreciated!</p>
<p>Tony</p>
<p>Hi Bart!</p>
<p>All music is counter intuitive to me, heheh! But I know what you're saying. Not looking at the hands sounds like good advice, you are right, when I do it I <em>do</em> tend to lose track of what the other hand is doing.</p>
<p>We'll just keep plugging, right?</p>
<p>Much appreciated!</p>
<p>Tony</p> Without reading the previous…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-17:2477478:Comment:923842013-05-17T00:36:51.601ZBart McNeilhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/BartMcNeil
<p>Without reading the previous posts commenting on your playing I will offer my observations... You are certainly new to clawhammer, as am I and your playing mirrors mine in that you have to learn to train your hands to do act reflexively,,, without any thought at all. And in my opinion you are simply not there yet... That only means that your reflexes have not been conditioned to play automatically. I am probably close to your age and have been working off and on to come to grips with…</p>
<p>Without reading the previous posts commenting on your playing I will offer my observations... You are certainly new to clawhammer, as am I and your playing mirrors mine in that you have to learn to train your hands to do act reflexively,,, without any thought at all. And in my opinion you are simply not there yet... That only means that your reflexes have not been conditioned to play automatically. I am probably close to your age and have been working off and on to come to grips with clawhammer banjo and I too am simply not there yet... Perhaps at our age this sort of learning comes slower.... I have been playing mandolin and banjo for several years but find claw hammer counter intuitive in the extreme. That doesn't mean I won't get it but it is coming slowly, very slowly. I might suggest that you practice without looking at your hands. I am very close to blind and find that attempting to look at my hands detracts from my concentration ao I make a determined effort not to look at either hand whils playing anything on banjo or mandolin (or guitar for that matter) .... This works for me.... But I have to say that clawhammer is the most difficult and counter-intuitive technique I have ever attempted. Maybe it is my age but my development is slow in the extreme... But I have played instruments enough to be confident that with effort I will eventually succeed.</p> Jeff,
Good advice! I do get…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-16:2477478:Comment:922582013-05-16T02:06:08.322ZAnthony G Spanglerhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/AnthonyGSpangler
<p>Jeff,</p>
<p>Good advice! I do get a bit impatient sometimes, and want to see just how fast I can go. Which, of course, at this point is Not Too. I'm glad they're tough, I always cringe when I tap the peg head on mine against a chair or wall, it rings like a bell!</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Tony<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jeff said:…</cite></p>
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<p>Jeff,</p>
<p>Good advice! I do get a bit impatient sometimes, and want to see just how fast I can go. Which, of course, at this point is Not Too. I'm glad they're tough, I always cringe when I tap the peg head on mine against a chair or wall, it rings like a bell!</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Tony<br/> <br/> <cite>Jeff said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-but-without-the-good#2477478Comment92146"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>NICE work! Tony.... I agree with Terry, </p>
<p>You have to beat them Goat skins into shape...... only way to make them mind..... LOL! </p>
<p>Terry told me this when I visited the factory...You can't hurt the banjo at all... They are tough...</p>
<p>From one Beginner to another..... Over all nice solid start... Slow is fast when you play... I find myself having to slow myself down all the time... </p>
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</blockquote> Hah! I've had that happen a…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-16:2477478:Comment:922572013-05-16T02:01:22.830ZAnthony G Spanglerhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/AnthonyGSpangler
<p>Hah! I've had that happen a couple of times so far, too!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Strumelia said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-but-without-the-good#2477478Comment91911"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I'll add to what Rob says-</p>
<p>Sometimes I play for a long time one day and am 'all thumbs'- just cant' seem to play what i'm struggling with. Then I wake up after a night's sleep and the next day i pick up my banjo…</p>
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<p>Hah! I've had that happen a couple of times so far, too!<br/> <br/> <cite>Strumelia said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-but-without-the-good#2477478Comment91911"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I'll add to what Rob says-</p>
<p>Sometimes I play for a long time one day and am 'all thumbs'- just cant' seem to play what i'm struggling with. Then I wake up after a night's sleep and the next day i pick up my banjo and wow!- suddenly I can do something I just couldn't do the day before! I truly think the brain and the fingers make connections while we sleep, and I love that I can feel like I'm improving while I snooze... lol!</p>
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</blockquote> NICE work! Tony.... I agree…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-15:2477478:Comment:921462013-05-15T20:37:58.364ZJeffhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JeffFauver
<p>NICE work! Tony.... I agree with Terry, </p>
<p>You have to beat them Goat skins into shape...... only way to make them mind..... LOL! </p>
<p>Terry told me this when I visited the factory...You can't hurt the banjo at all... They are tough...</p>
<p>From one Beginner to another..... Over all nice solid start... Slow is fast when you play... I find myself having to slow myself down all the time... </p>
<p>NICE work! Tony.... I agree with Terry, </p>
<p>You have to beat them Goat skins into shape...... only way to make them mind..... LOL! </p>
<p>Terry told me this when I visited the factory...You can't hurt the banjo at all... They are tough...</p>
<p>From one Beginner to another..... Over all nice solid start... Slow is fast when you play... I find myself having to slow myself down all the time... </p> I'll add to what Rob says-
So…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-15:2477478:Comment:919112013-05-15T18:20:13.834ZStrumeliahttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>I'll add to what Rob says-</p>
<p>Sometimes I play for a long time one day and am 'all thumbs'- just cant' seem to play what i'm struggling with. Then I wake up after a night's sleep and the next day i pick up my banjo and wow!- suddenly I can do something I just couldn't do the day before! I truly think the brain and the fingers make connections while we sleep, and I love that I can feel like I'm improving while I snooze... lol!</p>
<p>I'll add to what Rob says-</p>
<p>Sometimes I play for a long time one day and am 'all thumbs'- just cant' seem to play what i'm struggling with. Then I wake up after a night's sleep and the next day i pick up my banjo and wow!- suddenly I can do something I just couldn't do the day before! I truly think the brain and the fingers make connections while we sleep, and I love that I can feel like I'm improving while I snooze... lol!</p> Rob,
Consolidation. I like t…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-15:2477478:Comment:920672013-05-15T14:55:35.106ZAnthony G Spanglerhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/AnthonyGSpangler
<p>Rob,</p>
<p>Consolidation. I like that! Will do!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Tony</p>
<p>Rob,</p>
<p>Consolidation. I like that! Will do!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Tony</p> Tony--My own experience has b…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-05-15:2477478:Comment:920632013-05-15T13:31:06.789ZRob Morrisonhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobertRMorrison
<p>Tony--My own experience has been that you practice for a long time with no results and suddenly make a big leap. It's called consolidation. Also, just like bad hair days, there are bad finger days. Just keep on truckin'. That's the secret.--Rob</p>
<p>Tony--My own experience has been that you practice for a long time with no results and suddenly make a big leap. It's called consolidation. Also, just like bad hair days, there are bad finger days. Just keep on truckin'. That's the secret.--Rob</p>