Cumberland Gap | Right Hand
Added 2018-03-17 00:05:19 +0000 UTC(Banjo tuned to e♭CFB♭C -- relative fDGCD)
A while back I posted a performance of this song, here is the right hand close-up. I figured out this way of picking the tune from listening to recordings of Kentucky banjo players Lee Sexton and Morgan Sexton.
I tend to play these close-ups at about 3/4 speed; if you want to watch it slower (or faster) click the little watch cog symbol in the bottom right of the video player and then click "Speed."
(All close-ups filmed by Robyn M. Latham)
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Comments
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Vintage Electric
2023-12-12 11:01:40 +0000 UTCThank you Clifton!
Mitch Block
2018-04-01 02:33:50 +0000 UTCI certainly will, Mitch.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-18 18:22:49 +0000 UTCThis is great! I was taught clawhammer style and after seeing your version of darling cora I've been working on picking out what you're doing with the right hand two finger style. If you ever have the time, I'd love to see what you're doing there. Thanks for what you do!
Mitch Block
2018-03-18 00:29:01 +0000 UTCO yes, here my index finger is occasionally picking two the 1st and 2nd strings at once. I don't ever do this *on purpose* while up-picking, but I do it often while finger picking. If you listen to any of my early recordings or videos you will notice that I did that a LOT more back then. This was a trick I came up with trying to emulate the sound of Dock Boggs' three finger picking. He'll often pluck the 1st and 2nd strings simultaneously using, I think, his index and middle fingers--I learned to reproduce his sound by just picking those two strings together (think like the doubled strings on a mandolin or 12-string guitar) using just my forefinger.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-17 15:38:35 +0000 UTCJust curious but sometimes when you are up picking it sounds like you are actually strumming at least two strings. Am I hearing that correctly? Thanks for the video.
Seth DeMuth
2018-03-17 13:14:37 +0000 UTC
