If you're wondering, NO it does not matter that this video is 15 years old, it is still one of the BEST descriptions of how this technique is done. No one really ever mentions how you can "rest/stop" on the string below the first string you strike. This is a game-changer for folks who think they have to "avoid" the other strings and end up "plucking away" from the banjo head instead of "towards" it. Thank you for this video! Glad it dropped into my feed in 2022!
@RichardHefner
Жыл бұрын
Thanks HNX... I appreciate the kind words!
@KaznBigG
6 жыл бұрын
I’ve recently bought my first banjo and am new to string instruments, I’ve searched dozens of videos and find your teaching method one of the best ! Thank you
@Frebazak
17 жыл бұрын
First time I have seen a very clear concise explanation of this. Thanx!!
@popoaggie
15 жыл бұрын
One of the best explanations of this style yet. Good job.
@WoodworkerDan
14 жыл бұрын
I am a five string picker who has had trouble geting the knack of frailing, and this is the first video I've found that has really helped. (This includes videos that I bought at music stores.) Great job.
@signwavejack
16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful lesson. You are spreading a lot of joy by sharing your teaching talent.
@LynzM31
16 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the clear explanation and the practice bit... it's great to have it start off slow and speed up like that. I'll be watching and practicing along for a while!
@rileyyielding
12 жыл бұрын
i am an instrument builder, and build me a banjo, years ago (i mostly build guitars and mandolins). I intended to learn this style, but never could figure it out. your video is very clear. time for some repetition, and muscle memory. i hope i can stick with it this time. i want to play old time music (i play full time pop, jazz and blues in bars and restaurants - this is for me). and i recon i will have to build a frailin' banjo now. the one that i built before has a resonator. thanks!
@markwright6045
5 жыл бұрын
Follow through on the bumm or single note strlke. I have been playing for a year and that is the best advice yet. Just practised and that took out nanoseconds of hesataion. Good job 👍 thanks.
@glennmcfar
8 жыл бұрын
hi richard,just bought my first banjo...back to lesson 1 again ...thanks for the clawhammer uke lessons..they have me well prepared for the banjo..i was playing it in 5 minutes and i have never even held one before..not too bad for a 54 year old i think..lol..
@Oldpiper73
16 жыл бұрын
Super lesson! If I'd seen this a couple of weeks ago, I'd have saved a couple hundred dollars for the banjo camp. Thanks for the help.
@cuppa03
16 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video,got my Banjo yesterday and will be sat watching and practising this for months. THANK YOU.
@gmanandhislady
4 жыл бұрын
Just shared this tutorial with my friend. She's learning how to play banjo. I had to brag on you, uncle! :)
@meatshirt2000
16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for an excellent lesson. I am a guitar player, new to clawhammer banjo. I was finding the right hand movement hard to get right but your lesson put me on exactly the right track. I sound better already. Well done!
@sircrossen
16 жыл бұрын
This is great. My wife just bought me a banjo for Christmas, and I have no training whatsoever. This little video helps a lot.
@jessicaemoreno
16 жыл бұрын
I just got my first banjo and this was immensely helpful. Thank you.
@smilingface4222
3 жыл бұрын
Every banjo teacher exudes some warmth
@nyartist
15 жыл бұрын
great clear demo. i've been playing clawhammer for a couple of years and sent your video to my buddy in Colorado who just started getting in the banjo.
@dalegribble60
5 жыл бұрын
58 years old and I've been frailing for 3 weeks now. I've been using my middle finger but not so happy with the sound. I read and as you said, you can use your index also. Bingo! There's the sound I've been looking for. I thought maybe it was taboo to not use the proper finger strike but I'm finding it more fun and even a little easier. Glad you confirmed this and I found out in 3 weeks instead of 3 years. Just gotta train that index on where the strings are. Thanks!
@philsphan6865
3 жыл бұрын
Terrific video! Simple explanation, and your kind words are inspiring! Thank you
@michaelkelly6583
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Richard. Excellently explained for this old guitar player learning the banjo.
@maxwellfan55
5 жыл бұрын
Noticed that most clawhammer teachers demonstrate in slightly different ways making us feel, which way?? This is the one that seems to me to be the best. So thank you.
@brianhoey1107
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I'm learning how to adapt this technique to the guitar and this has been most helpful.
@chessfun
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks Richard, you make it look easy...i am really inspired to have another go at this technique, sounds better than picking...
@cordellwynne
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. Very clear and focussed instruction. Great to get started correctly.
@moonoggin
15 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for how to videos online for 2 hours FINALLY I FOUND 'YOU'~ all the other instructors either totally left our the rh instruction or did a p_ss-poor job of explaining. You truly have a gift and I thank you for it=)
@sweettrack
17 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your online lesson... Very, very clear !! Regards from Spain, FJGI
@denman1953
14 жыл бұрын
Very nice! Thanks so much, I'm a 3 wk. beginner on banjo after playing guitar for 42 yrs.
@jedmarum
17 жыл бұрын
Great video. Clawhammer made easy! Thanks for making the video available.
@hmol1955
11 жыл бұрын
You have a wonderfull way to explain thing, Richard.
@bornwithawoodenleg
11 жыл бұрын
I bought a 5 string banjo about eight years ago, but quickly gave up with clawhammer and soon tired of Scruggs style, and so moved onto guitar. I had a book and tried learning clawhammer from there, but hated having my hand so rigid. If I saw this video then (unlikely given I was still using dial-up), and realised I didn't have to keep my hand locked, I'm certain I would be playing banjo now. Looks like I will have to buy a banjo again! Thanks for the video.
@johnmcclurg3325
5 жыл бұрын
Instead of bringing your hand down as one you moved your fingers like opening your hands on the strings. Thanks for getting back with me I’m really wanting to learn how to play the banjo, my dad played the banjo years ago but didn’t have the patiences to teach me. I’m retired now with nothing to do with my spare time so I want to learn the banjo, and I just want to get it right. Thank you for being concerned I’ll try to find it on the video and let you know
@Gmastertech
17 жыл бұрын
Thanks alot you cleared up alot of issues with my learning how to play !
@slattikarma
14 жыл бұрын
thanks. best youtube explanation of this style.
@sofiacuddeback3078
7 жыл бұрын
really helpful!!!! nice and slow so you don't get totally lost and confused.
@melvis24
17 жыл бұрын
Great lesson, the first time i realised it correctly.
@DubyooC
16 жыл бұрын
Doesn't get much simpler than this, thanks!
@RichardHefner
14 жыл бұрын
@brummeister1 ... Yes, use your index finger if it's more comfortable (I'm pretty sure I said that in this video).
@eastkybanjo91
16 жыл бұрын
i agree good job u dummied it down for us i just have the worst habit of wantin to pluck where im so used to scruggs style thanks alot man!!
@harvdog5669
Жыл бұрын
Your way of explaining is really good... I will be watching hoards of your claw hammer banjo 🪕🪕 And guitar videos.. Going to praise the Lord God & play for dieing folks in care facilities and other Christians at small bible studies and possibly at church on Sunday and Wednesday nights.. And do busking on the side walks around town...A 76 yr old friend of mine plays in front of two different super markets,, playing & singing with hundreds of songs with amps & mic 🎤 music stand, lights and such and a chair, with plenty of power for 8 hrs and powers as well his phone heating pad and his 🪑 chair... Some days he is actually playing for his church and all those funds goes to the food bank for free food give away to the community in our town.. this fellow is literally a one man band and also plays at his church and clubs restaurants, doughnut shops, private parties 🎉 And he is 76 yrs old.. He plays, electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, cazoo, Harmonica,s,,, flutes, steel pedal guitar,, banjo.. When at the supermarket, The folks just love him.. He has actually thousands of songs in 15 book binders in his collection of music. Every kind of music... He used to tour the world 🌎 when he was a young guy. He started playing Harmonica at 7 yrs old and guitar at 12 yrs old.. My old friend is no teacher, he has no skills for that.. He gets mad at me...LOL LOL 😆 Have a great day.... Praise God..
@nickdabsta
17 жыл бұрын
Yeah he seems like a lovely old bloke, and a very good teacher.
@sofiacuddeback3078
7 жыл бұрын
can you make more videos? i love the way you teach
@sawboss711
17 жыл бұрын
definately a good teacher
@KS6stringer
14 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! I'll give it a sincere shot!
@thefranfood
13 жыл бұрын
Wicked cool thanks ill be checking out your lessons. Very good.
@morlanius
14 жыл бұрын
great video, thanks. I just started too. I find this tech trickier than bluegrass, but I like it. I'm finding it hard to not hit the skin and getting thumb position right so it rests properly, you bringing the thumb down a little bit to compensate? (I have small stubby fingers, is why i find fretwork hard lol fat fingers in the way, but chang angle of attack helps) learning banjo because I their REALLY cool and as an aid to learning guitar (psst dont tell anyone i think the banjo is cooler lol)
@MrDanoconnor
9 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video, Thank You So Much. I am Just Learning and Your Method was very well done and extremely helpful Godspeed, DanO'
@StewieGriffin505
4 жыл бұрын
Nice old video. Great instruction. He just makes it look so effortless. Why is it so hard for me?
@tipsymcswagger272
11 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank you.
@RichardHefner
14 жыл бұрын
@zimmy81 The banjo is in G tuning.
@rod1148
14 жыл бұрын
Great instructions. One of the best I've seen. But I'm having a problem hitting the 2nd-4th strings and getting a clear sound. Usually more like a thud since my finger is hitting the next string yet getting in the way of the struck string. I suppose having long fingernails would help.
@RTFLDGR
17 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
@meloderon
17 жыл бұрын
I thank you very much for the instructions. Maybe it's gonna help me with learnib=ng this style of banjo picking.
@JamesMatchboxLee
12 жыл бұрын
This Video Is Great !!!!
@lordhinsdale
12 жыл бұрын
Damn ive been flickin the claw, the carter flick, this is gonna be harder to quit than cigarettes
@johnmcclurg3325
5 жыл бұрын
You tell us not to take but you did
@G0TCULTURE
11 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video, I have been practicing the banjo style for about 2 weeks now and i have a question. wondering which style you prefered?
@zimmy81
14 жыл бұрын
thanks for the lesson, its very good, i tuned my banjo to yours but what key are we in?
@ericahefner1
4 жыл бұрын
OMG THATS A LOT OF VEIWS👍🏻
@davidwalters8847
4 жыл бұрын
I just became # 1,000 !!
@RichardHefner
14 жыл бұрын
@bloodties1 -- It's a different style. I think what you're doing is probably what Pete Seeger calls up-picking and it's his main style of playing. I think he has a video at Homespun, and if that style suits you better you might want to find the video and check it out.
@shellsea9520
2 жыл бұрын
💗💗💗
@NormanFitzNicely01
11 жыл бұрын
mrdtrotter - look for Steve Baughman who has a couple of videos on KZitem and also a book/cd on frailing for guitar
@johnmcclurg3325
5 жыл бұрын
Ok it’s in the mechanics part at seven minutes in I’m not trying to be a but I just want to get it right. Doing that a little is that just making it convertible for you like if you miss a string once in awhile it won’t hurt thank you very much
@RichardHefner
5 жыл бұрын
I watched that part 7 minutes in. Not sure why it's confusing to you. I thought I explained exactly what I was doing there. No mention of "raking" as you called it.
@banjoglory
17 жыл бұрын
yay
@senojekim579
5 ай бұрын
Hi, I have just ordered a 5 string banjo (never Played one before). I played the Diatonic harmonica with the guitar. Can I do the same with the banjo. Once I have learned how to play it.
@RichardHefner
5 ай бұрын
Of course... just as long as you use the correct key of harmonica (like with the guitar).
@dorkfish94
14 жыл бұрын
On the Dit- part, do you strum all the strings, and do you use only your middle/ index? I just started learnin clawhammer today, Ive been playin bluegrass for near 4 years.
@johnmcclurg3325
5 жыл бұрын
You tell us not to rake the strings but you are doing it
@RichardHefner
5 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what you're talking about. I don't think I've ever used the term "rake the strings," so could you tell me the location on the video of what you're saying?
@theoldcrow4945
8 жыл бұрын
easy very nice
@tbarlowt
16 жыл бұрын
I just have to ask, what kind of banjo is that and where can I see one? Oh, thanks for the great lesson.
@mrdtrotter
13 жыл бұрын
Has anybody come across any good Bum Ditty (clawhammer (NOT Travis picking)) videos for guitar with some chord progressions ? I found one but his since had his account killed by KZitem I haven't been able to find any more, I'm just after some material to help build on the technique on an acoustic guitar ! Thanks Karl.
@davestambaugh7282
5 жыл бұрын
I guess the basics are bum ditty for the five string and do wacka for the four string right?
@bloodties1
14 жыл бұрын
I just started today and don't want any bad habits but I found that on the "bum" i can move quite quickly if i up pick it with my index finger. is there a downside to this method??
@markwright6045
5 жыл бұрын
5:05 yeah
@vanessaestevez4491
7 жыл бұрын
love you bby thank you.
@rogerbeaird3320
2 жыл бұрын
What do you think about learning banjo after a couple years of mandolin
@RichardHefner
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds good to me. Music is music, and what you learn on one instrument transfers over to others.
@johnsullivan9499
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Richard, What is the brand of the banjo you are playing here ? Thank you.
@RichardHefner
6 жыл бұрын
The banjo I played in this video is a handmade banjo from Michael Fox, who mostly makes the Dulcijo.
@rogerbeaird3320
2 жыл бұрын
Simple 😆🤣😂
@gregerfulgerman7802
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, George Bush
@RichardHefner
2 жыл бұрын
This video is more than 15 years old... these days I look more like George Bush's grandpa.
@thefranfood
13 жыл бұрын
Wicked cool thanks ill be checking out your lessons. Very good.
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