How to strum a banjo in the style of Sweet City Woman

This video shows how to strum a G major and A minor chord in a certain style.
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[@joebennett3937]

great strum , we need more banjos in music today

[@marcellaquirin4071]

My childhood ty! No wonder I’ve been obsessed by a banjo tone;) I’m a guitarist! Now a banjo player ❤

[@GaryEtheridge-d5n]

Cool!❤

[@kemilmeyer]

This looks great, I am going to try it out this weekend. Do you have the chords for the rest of the song?

[@alfredofernandez5611]

nice banjo playing. great song. what's the strum pattern you are using?

[@thedonker526]

im still waiting for an answer

[@BigTony-bf5jr]

@@thedonker526 down up down up down down up down up down down

[@brjplummer9415]

@@BigTony-bf5jr Yea Right !! 🪕!or maybe its Down up Down up🎶

[@ironphil62]

G'day tacam thanks for the tutorial you Legend, but could you please explain the strumming pattern? is it DUDUD D - DUDU D or am I way out. I'm just new, been playing only 10 weeks and have never played a musical instrument in my life at 55yo.

[@ryranthe1st]

Having a hard time seeing that g chord any chance u could just list out the fret numbers for me thank you

[@paulmilazzo1067]

Isn't the note on the 10th fret of the E string a D?

[@ottooldenhardt]

Getting the run up to sound clean is the hard part

[@la196]

So being someone that typically plays bass, would the tuning you use be the same as a ukulele?

[@tacarn]

I think it is the same as a baritone uke.

[@danacampbell5459]

Thanks for your tutorial. That was very informative & interesting. It really sounded like the real deal when you played it. I play the 5-string banjo, Bluegrass Style. This appears to be a resonator Banjo Ukulele. I have a banjo ukulele, not as nice as yours, a Gold Tone & I've been wanting to try to play "Sweet City Woman" on it for a while. Your tutorial will help me get started. Thanks so much! :)

[@CassidyPalladino]

Does this work for a 5 string banjo?

[@tacarn]

Not really.

[@onusgumboot5565]

That's only the way you tune a guitar if you tune it backwards. From the skinny string up it would be E B G D. E A D G is from the fat string down.

[@ufo69691]

wouldnt it be better to tune your banjo like the bottom 4 strings of a guitar, DGBE?

[@tacarn]

I always refer to the strings and neck position in terms of pitch, not elevation. This is the general convention, I believe. Here is an example: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EB2215?adpos=1o1&creative=55397720281&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&product_id=EB2215&gclid=CLv56fzYutMCFYVffgod3VgITg So, yes the banjo is tuned from highest to lowest (pitch): E B G D

[@stephenaustin8153]

he must have meant that, but that's not what he said

[@onusgumboot5565]

@@tacarn How do you do that without breaking a string? That G is impossible on my banjo.

[@bububutakealookatyou]

does your banjo only have 4 strings?

[@bububutakealookatyou]

and how would having a 5 string banjo change how you play this song?

[@tacarn]

bububutakealookatyou Five string banjos are generally played with finger picks. You could take off your fifth string re-tune your banjo and strum your 5 string like this if you wanted.