Open Source Banjo

Subject: Open Source Banjo
From: Patrick-Costello
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:39 PM

Old Time Banjo, a two and a half hour frailing banjo instructional video Dear Old Dad and I produced back in 2001, is now freely available under a Creative Commons license.

http://www.archive.org/details/Old_time_banjo

-Patrick

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:49 PM

I will have a look and listen when I get time.
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: Kaleea
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 05:07 PM

Patrick, in these days of greedy corporations, you are a remarkable and generous fellow!

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: Big Mick
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 06:12 PM

Incredibly generous of you, sir. I have always wanted to monkey around with this, and believe you have given me the opportunity. Thank you.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 10:31 PM

VERY cool! Are the tabs/chord charts mentioned hung up there somewhere too?

~S~

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 05:05 AM

There are links and discussions of Patrick's other projects here - Mudcat Thread - How and Tao.
The Banjo Podcasts are worth a listen.
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: Patrick-Costello
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 07:59 AM

I'll get the tab files mention in the workshop online in some format in the near future - but until then there is enough alternative material available to fill in the blanks.

Our weekly banjo video series has started. Lesson one is up now, and will be taken down on Friday to make room for lesson two. http://howandtao.com/banjo1.avi

Frequently Asked Questions About Frailing Banjo

Buying Your First Banjo

Basic Frailing Banjo

Easy Bluegrass Banjo

Podcast banjo lessons

Calloused Ears: Tips on how to play the banjo "by ear"

Frailing Banjo Backup Patterns and Licks

Frailing Banjo Tabs

The Daily Frail

The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo


A Book Of Five Strings


The Outlaws and Scalawags Songbook

Should be enough to get you picking.

-Patrick

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: GUEST,Dave
Date: 15 Sep 06 - 03:52 PM

http://www.archive.org/details/Old_time_banjo I downloaded the Old Time banjo videos from here but file 2,5 and 8 were corrupt.(Dlded twice to be sure) Does anyone know of another source for these as the videos are excellent?
thanks

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Sep 06 - 01:59 PM

The corrupted files have been replaced and the tab files from the CD ROM have been ade to the archive.

On top of that, the videos from the weekly banjo & gitar workshops have been added to archive.org

http://www.archive.org/details/folk.guitar
http://www.archive.org/details/frailing.banjo

-Patrick

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: GUEST,Dave
Date: 19 Sep 06 - 04:50 PM

thanks very much for replacing those video files;can't wait to get on with the lessons!

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Sep 06 - 05:39 PM

Blessings on you, Patrick.

~S~

Subject: RE: Open Source Banjo
From: GUEST,Patrick Costello
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 02:10 PM

The free workshop series is being canceled.

We're going to keep the series going on DVD, and we're keeping the free guitar video series going, but the days of free five-string banjo material from howandtao.com are over.

-Patrick