Q&A | Pretty Polly "Clawhammer" & Should I Learn More than One Song at a Time?
Added 2018-03-19 11:01:00 +0000 UTCIn this segment I'll play a version of Pretty Polly inspired by the recent tablature posted by Justin over in the Community section at https://patreon.com/cliftonhicks and Louie asks whether trying to learn 2, 3 or more songs at a time is worthwhile.
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Comments
What a great video and excellent advice as usual! I just love this! I'm learning more and more. Thanks a lot!
Deb Woller
2018-03-20 01:58:15 +0000 UTCHey thanks for the great advice cliff, and answering my question. Yeah yr right I'm always finding new stuff and then wanna learn it then yeah like u say moving too fast, thanks though mate. I like the way u was just showing that pretty Polly, gonna have ago at that too, anyway cheers mate.
louie goodwin
2018-03-19 19:27:18 +0000 UTCYes, sir! Those long, droning patterns like in Pretty Polly or Morphine naturally draw both player and listener/dancer into a trance.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-19 15:15:41 +0000 UTCI love how this vid shows some of the picking patterns and tricks you use (like the rolling background). That is really, really cool!
Micheál Mac Labhrás
2018-03-19 13:03:55 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing that tab and stirring up some interest, for me at least, in a different approach to an old song I have really only played one way for two decades.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-19 12:55:59 +0000 UTComg where's your body?! all i can see is your head, hands and banjo just floating in the air.
Timofey Tverdiukov
2018-03-19 12:52:27 +0000 UTCWritten lists are a great idea. One way that I used to memorize a particularly long song (like "Will the Weaver" or "Old German War" for example) was to write out the verses by hand. I found that when I wrote the song out this way I would have it memorized usually by the time I had finished writing.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-19 12:51:12 +0000 UTCMy wife and I both used to hunt occasionally but in recent years started feeling a lot of regrets over it. We quit buying factory-raised meat from the store years ago but continued hunting and eating wild animals, mostly because that is a big part of the culture here. Anyhow, it's been at least two years since I shot my last turkey--even though it IS turkey season and that IS my turkey suit.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-19 12:45:25 +0000 UTCI find that it helps me to keep a list of songs I've learned along with their tunings so I can keep track of everything. I then go back to the list and remember songs that I'd forgotten about and give myself a refresher. I also have a list of songs I'm halfway done with or want to learn so I don't forget about them either.
Lewis Coe
2018-03-19 11:59:08 +0000 UTCP.S. Were you out turkey hunting this morning?
Justin Hoffmann
2018-03-19 11:40:56 +0000 UTCPretty cool! Thanks for doing that new version of Pretty Polly...awesome...
Justin Hoffmann
2018-03-19 11:40:42 +0000 UTCI know the problem of learning too much songs at one time and I started to make a little recall session every one or two days in which I go through almost all the songs that I know so far very quickly. Doing this I sometimes come back practicing a song that I didn't pay much attention too for a while and it becomes a lot of fun to discover it anew. What mostly stops me to do that is my being too lazy for the constant retuning of the banjo but I try to look at it as a lesson too. Thank you Clifton for your commitment. The teaching videos are just perfect. You are the teacher and inspiration I could not find over here!
Jonas Nottbeck
2018-03-19 11:35:58 +0000 UTC
