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Thread #71395 Message #1226559
Posted By: Geoff the Duck
15-Jul-04 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: Beginning Banjo -- please help!
Subject: RE: Beginning Banjo -- please help!
Alex - the 5th string keeps sounding whatever chord you play. Sometimes it produces a discord (dischord?), but mostly it just makes the banjo sound like it should. It doesn't matter if it "shouldn't be there" it just is!
Best advice is - decide what style of music you want to play, then listen to as many examples of it as you can get hold of. For Old Time stuff, the Honking Duck website is worth a visit - HONK HERE!.
Art Rosenbaum is one worth a listen, Uncle Dave Macon, Grandpa Jones, the list goes on...
Quack!
Geoff the Duck.