Two Questions from Brandon
Added 2018-02-19 01:19:50 +0000 UTCA couple of great questions from Brandon about steel vs. nylon strings and when to "Capo Up!"
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Robert, I always string my mountain banjos with nylon strings--no particular type seems to matter to my ear. Nylguts are good too!
Clifton Hicks
2018-02-19 17:57:21 +0000 UTCClifton, please discuss your string choice for your fretless mountain banjo. I have been using Nylgut on my mountain banjo. Steel strings seem to get muted by my left hand. Thanks for your clear description of your string preferences.
Robert T. Gibney
2018-02-19 17:51:25 +0000 UTCKeshava, Jeff. Ian: thank yall for your support and give yourselves an A+ for these awesome questions! I will respond to each of these in the near future.
Clifton Hicks
2018-02-19 07:20:36 +0000 UTCYour content was a huge part of the reason I started playing banjo, and I love your new videos so far. It'd be great to hear at some point how you got into building banjos, and where that's taken you. Do you have any advice for people who may be interested in learning those skills?
Ian
2018-02-19 04:34:18 +0000 UTCYou're really great at this Clifton, I've been following you for a few years and hoping someday you would teach some of your songs and techniques. St James Infirmary is one of my favorites that you do but they're all awesome. I have 2 questions for you. 1: what do you see as more valuable, playing a song like the old masters played it or adapting it to be your own? 2: do you generally play a tune the same when singing as you do when not singing along, in other words do you strip the melody down to make it easier to sing and play at the same time? Thanks
Jeff Jackson
2018-02-19 03:01:03 +0000 UTCHey there. I’m loving all the uploads so far and am excited for whats to come. I’ve got several content suggestions but I imagine things just starting you probably have a good amount of ideas for topics to cover. When it comes to playing two finger style what’s the difference/your preference for thumb lead or index lead? Are certain licks or techniques more attainable depending on the lead finger? I’m trying to pick up the style myself and coming from a guitar background I find thumb lead much more intuitive. If you end up making a video answer of this feel free to mispronounce my name. I take no offence. Thanks a lot!
Keshava Zerr
2018-02-19 02:42:52 +0000 UTC
