Results may differ - not all banjos will sound so ably on chords. Chords like that are where tuning that's even a smidge off, bass string not thick enough and other intonation problems, wopply tuners, and even the wrong head may truly be heard. That said, this is one of the only lessons on bluegrass-ish style comping for tenor banjo I've ever found and as such, it is priceless, even on my lower-end axes. BTW, Harlan Howard (writer of "Pick me Up on your Way Down", "Heartaches by the Number", "I Fall to Pieces", "Gone Gone Gone", "Tiger by the Tail", "Streets of Baltimore" - and many more - coined the expression "three chords and the truth" as his definition of country music. John Prine was a master of that genre though!
Playing rhythm is fun! And yes, as a former Dixieland Tenor student, I'm thinking "...up the neck! Go up the neck!" 😆 Because of my former training (Truthfully, I was never very good at it), I tend towards barre positions for the chords...but now I'm having to rethink because I've switched to ADAE tuning (thank you). I do have to say that the TB played chordally can get really, really annoying in a jam setting. They're very loud...the mandolin players will be grinding their teeth. Thus, it should be a lesson in listening to yourself in the mix...learning to back it down a bit, etc. Thanks again for a fun video!
Watched until the end! Love this idea and very practical... Look forward to practicing this. Until now I've not been exposed to any strumming/chop instruction and having this be banjo-centric is a treat.
Results may differ - not all banjos will sound so ably on chords. Chords like that are where tuning that's even a smidge off, bass string not thick enough and other intonation problems, wopply tuners, and even the wrong head may truly be heard. That said, this is one of the only lessons on bluegrass-ish style comping for tenor banjo I've ever found and as such, it is priceless, even on my lower-end axes. BTW, Harlan Howard (writer of "Pick me Up on your Way Down", "Heartaches by the Number", "I Fall to Pieces", "Gone Gone Gone", "Tiger by the Tail", "Streets of Baltimore" - and many more - coined the expression "three chords and the truth" as his definition of country music. John Prine was a master of that genre though!
Great tune❤
Playing rhythm is fun! And yes, as a former Dixieland Tenor student, I'm thinking "...up the neck! Go up the neck!" 😆
Because of my former training (Truthfully, I was never very good at it), I tend towards barre positions for the chords...but now I'm having to rethink because I've switched to ADAE tuning (thank you). I do have to say that the TB played chordally can get really, really annoying in a jam setting. They're very loud...the mandolin players will be grinding their teeth. Thus, it should be a lesson in listening to yourself in the mix...learning to back it down a bit, etc.
Thanks again for a fun video!
Agreed on all points!!
thanks a lot !
Thank you for doing this!
Hey Mike!! Great to hear from you, hope you’re well and happy
Watched until the end! Love this idea and very practical... Look forward to practicing this. Until now I've not been exposed to any strumming/chop instruction and having this be banjo-centric is a treat.
Thanks for watching!
A very complex topic pragmatically summarized. Thank you!
Thanks Alex!
I am very excited to learn this. Thank you Enda.
You are welcome!
You keep your palm completely off the top/ bridge yea?
It’s in contact with the strings behind the bridge and it does lightly brush the bridge
@@IrishTenorBanjo thanks for that👍