Fanning Up the Neck
Added 2018-03-03 19:01:01 +0000 UTCfCFB♭C (relative gDGCD) up-picking/up-stroke
The last time yall saw me I was playing "Gospel Plow/Hold On" in which I used this showy rhythmic technique. Fanning up the neck is one way that early banjo players added more variety to their performances, which were often solo.
George Gibson, Leroy Troy, John Haywood, Matt Kinman and Camden Pugh are a few other living banjo players you might see using this technique.
Comments
Excellent, clear instruction. Thank you, Clifton!
Kim
2020-01-27 03:51:55 +0000 UTCWORD. You can find at least two videos of him doing that same song on ytube. On my channel find "George Gibson - Cuckoo" or something and then there's a video recorded by Jake Book called "My Old Banjo - George Gibson" or similar title.
Clifton Hicks
2018-04-02 17:07:33 +0000 UTCOMG while at work I went back to find this video. I will try it on my banjo when I get home tonight. BUT the OMG part is I finally listened to George Gibson playing Coo Coo Bird.
John F. Cooke
2018-04-02 14:12:13 +0000 UTCHi Clifton, thanks for this video. Would it be possible for you to make one playing the two-fingers version you play at the end of the video, but slower ? It's hard for me me to understand and catch how you play it exactly, but I would be very interested in learning it.
Giteau Charlotte
2018-03-05 16:40:31 +0000 UTCGreat. I hope you will still post that list.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-04 21:00:33 +0000 UTCGreat explanation. Putting my practice in on this one. I’ve been meaning to send you a list of discussion topics for you to cover and at this point I think you’ve covered just about all of them to some extent.
Keshava Zerr
2018-03-04 20:56:04 +0000 UTCThanks! Very good job explaining! Can't wait to get some practice in on this!
Alan
2018-03-04 03:07:13 +0000 UTCThis is fantastic--the back of the thumb bit in particular; never would've thought of that. Super clear instruction, too. Thanks!
Curtis
2018-03-04 00:05:35 +0000 UTCThis is good material, and I can see you're getting the hang of teaching it, too. Teaching can be a lot of fun when you have motivated learners!
Micheál Mac Labhrás
2018-03-03 23:44:38 +0000 UTC
