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Thread #164496 Message #3936714
Posted By: GUEST,Mark Bluemel
11-Jul-18 - 11:23 AM
Thread Name: Small Handed Banjo Players - Tips?
Subject: RE: Small Handed Banjo Players - Tips?
Smaller than what? I have hands no bigger than my wife's and play guitar and even bass guitar comfortably.
I'm not a banjo player, but I'd expect that if you're having problems, it's probably a technique issue - you need to use clean technique, where a person with larger hands may be able to get away with sloppier...
Try reading this for a start - from the look of it, the clean approach is similar to classical guitar, keeping the neck of the instrument at a fairly steep angle, with the headstock high, your left wrist down and your left thumb in the middle of the back of the neck. Lots of people get away with other approaches, just as with guitars, but I suspect if you start by working on that you'll find things improve.