I learned to fingerpick the guitar before I took up the banjo. The dexterity was already intact, but that high 5th string gave me fits. LOL Eventually I got the hang of it and it all came together.
If you know how to play boom-chuck-a rhythm on an acoustic and you want an analog to a guitar then play claw hammer. Let's be honest, outside of the 5-piece string band bluegrass banjo is obnoxious and nobody wants to listen to you practice. You can sit down in the living room and play frailing, upstroke, or two-finger styles without your wife wanting to kill you. You can hold it down at a jam too. The one thing clawhammer ain't going to accomplish is punching rolls over the cacophony of 4 other acoustic instruments into the next county, so your buddies don't wander all over a tune like wayward sheep.
Thanks for the instruction video on Foggy Mountain Special. My teacher and I both learned it watching you in two weeks. Well done!
Fantastic analysis
I learned to fingerpick the guitar before I took up the banjo. The dexterity was already intact, but that high 5th string gave me fits. LOL Eventually I got the hang of it and it all came together.
Super helpful thank you for sharing!
What about Stanley style?
If you know how to play boom-chuck-a rhythm on an acoustic and you want an analog to a guitar then play claw hammer. Let's be honest, outside of the 5-piece string band bluegrass banjo is obnoxious and nobody wants to listen to you practice. You can sit down in the living room and play frailing, upstroke, or two-finger styles without your wife wanting to kill you. You can hold it down at a jam too. The one thing clawhammer ain't going to accomplish is punching rolls over the cacophony of 4 other acoustic instruments into the next county, so your buddies don't wander all over a tune like wayward sheep.