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Beginner Clawhammer Banjo Crash Course - The Basic Strum

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Gosh Josh, you are yet going to get that banjo back in my hands and on my lap! Time is coming soon! You keep me inspired I love your light and cheerful approachbrDaulot
Comment from : @DaulotFountain

I cant even get the boom to work
Comment from : @cmasailor

"That aircraft carrier moment"😂
Comment from : @Tom_Swiss

Can you show us what it looks like when a banjo is launched off an aircraft carrier?
Comment from : @kevin_A613

I struggle with the boom note consistently but this makes me want to try it again Ive been having fun learning 3 finger but my soul wants clawhammer
Comment from : @xXdarkestlightXx

Mannnn this was so helpful thank you so much!
Comment from : @coltoncarey7042

probably could have started the video at 15:20
Comment from : @mikec2660

Long winded
Comment from : @danhamilton1920

You are a phenomenal instructor! Thank you
Comment from : @themrbeacher

This is a fantastic, comprehensive look at a basic style Very useful for this here beginner
Comment from : @nickolaistefko7744

Danke ❤
Comment from : @atVivo

Thanks I enjoyed learning from your video
Comment from : @Bonnie-sg7ox

Love it but man, just play through the whole boom-chick-a at a medium pace at some point so I know what I'm shooting for
Comment from : @sundaynightdrunk

Now I know how the claw hammer strum works Thanks
Comment from : @danielaruta8816

Love you videos very well explained😛🙂🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
Comment from : @ledzacian7656

Thank you very much for slowing down that motion and the close up pictures in the video and I will try to find more of your videos to learn this style thank you for this
Comment from : @howeybunch133

Great pacing and explanations Thanks for the help!!
Comment from : @trevinpasta2780

I watched quite a few vids on this and your is the best! Well-spoken descriptions and the analogies with the thumb helped me turn the corner Very well done I've subscribed Thank you for taking the time to do this :)
Comment from : @jazzdog49

Lovely banjo!
Comment from : @MountainRaven1960

Great video! However I would consider burning that fedora!
Comment from : @WillEverson

Thank you very much !!
Comment from : @eddiekent1997

So slow But wouldn’t have it any other way Made mistakes as described Best instruction vid ever Thankyou
Comment from : @MickBeck-o9e

Thank you!
Comment from : @nickburrows3844

Great lesson! I use my index finger but I wished I learned with my middle finger because it sounds so much better The index finger sounds so harsh at times because of the angle of attack Trying to learn with the middle finger now Love your music BTW
Comment from : @DanDDirges

Thanks for this great video!
Comment from : @williamduncan791

I taught myself wrong and now I have a hard time not strumming with my middle do my fingernail ends up being in pain I'm trying to readjust but it's hard
Comment from : @TROBassGuitar

Very helpful! I just finished building a gourd banjo and although I’ve been playing guitar and ukulele for decades, this is completely alien to me I’m tuned in Old Time, GCGCD, but I think you are in standard GDGBD This is going to take some work, but I’m looking forward to it!
Comment from : @trackie1957

Thanks for taking some of the confusion out of this!
Comment from : @jamespg565

I think this is the first time ive ever heard the word onomatopoeia used in an actual sentence outside of a classroom
Comment from : @danegoodwin3057

Hey there, this is excellent! Lovely clear descriptions and demos to work frombrbrI'm a little sad, I had the course open on my phone for a bit, but ended up closing the tab, and now the link in the description doesn't work Did something happen? Is there still any way to access the course?
Comment from : @ToolNumber19

Love the Aircraft carrier analogy
Comment from : @robertglenzer9682

What is your banjo tuned to in this?brbrThanks… just trying to learn something
Comment from : @tennesseetakeover

Merci pour cette vidéo très facile à comprendre pour le clawhammer je m abonne😊
Comment from : @marcbousquier8056

When you brush down, do you use more than one finger?brbrI use index finger for the “boom”, so do I use all my fingers… (maybe not include the pinky) … to brush down, or just the index finger only to brush down?brbrThanks
Comment from : @gcgcd5

painfully slow instruction could be consolidated significantly
Comment from : @danikai2562

Thanks
Comment from : @eddiephilp1719

If an excerpt is this tedious and padded out I can't imagine the monolith of drudgery the whole lesson is Pass
Comment from : @TheBigMclargehuge

This tutorial was very useful I’m able to play clawhammer banjo now! Thank you!
Comment from : @therealdoctorstrings

So how are you able to hit one string at a time with all of your fingers bunched up like that?
Comment from : @1995Braxton

My hand is dumb, maybe I need to do this 3600000 more times
Comment from : @laurameeks8653

Thanks!
Comment from : @blindmac1

Thank you The closeups down the neck really help I was having a lot of trouble visualizing the hand position
Comment from : @augustasugarbean3348

I feel like this is not a good thing to watch as a beginner learning why would you demonstrate it differently than they would be doing it or from how you do it on a day to say basis
Comment from : @evilynlestrange1623

D/
Comment from : @ThePablodog

1:02 the word is "onomatopoeia" that you defined Thanks for the lesson
Comment from : @dreamsR4real

Haha same problem I have with guitar I can play fingerstyle at an advanced level, but my strumming is garbage This feels odd
Comment from : @timthetoolpool

Boom!☺️
Comment from : @TomClarkSouthLondon

Holy crap this is the best beginning vidya for banjo on youtube THANKS much!
Comment from : @ChessDiagnostic

Can you do this style without fingernails?
Comment from : @robertjohnson1246

Best instruction I’ve seen!
Comment from : @dongin01

thats a beautiful banjo
Comment from : @emilytorine

pretty cool thank youit works
Comment from : @ronbond8419

Great lesson!
Comment from : @MrBlueskysmiles

I just gave a THUMBS up! lol Banjo is one of my FAV sounding instruments! I prefer the Scruggs-type picking over the claw though! Flatt and Scruggs were a great team! See: Theme song of the Beverly Hillbillies
Comment from : @mrblackhawk142

Thanks so much for your video! I can’t wait to get started!
Comment from : @juliegammons7914

That's a beautiful banjo! Thanks for finally helping me get it right!!!
Comment from : @JohnSims3

That's a Brooks, isn't it?
Comment from : @adifferentbanjoguy9603

Is this claw hammer for slow people? 5 minutes to pick one note?
Comment from : @fredflintstone2077

Boom,,,,,Boom,,,,Is it Benny Hill?
Comment from : @fredflintstone2077

Hmm I thought the basic stroke on the string was an upstoke That's how I do it on guitar
Comment from : @timtravasos2742

Great videos! I have absolutely no music experience and picked up a banjo to try and learn during this quarantine, and your videos have made it way easier than expected! I do have a question, I can't get my banjo strum to sound nearly as nice as yours I have made sure it is tuned correctly and the bridge is in the right spot, does it come down to the quality of the banjo?
Comment from : @cordongregory8123

Enjoyed that Love the aircraft carrier annalouge
Comment from : @wolfiepower8103

Nice one Ryan, I've had my Banjo for a week now, and you've done the clearest explanation I've came across, I feel way more confident in my learning now, Thank you
Comment from : @camberdived6457

I love the wood and brass on your banjo, beautiful
Comment from : @Hillcapper1

Little bit of a jump scare with headphones at 4:00 Wow Nice video though I thought someone was behind me for some strange reason
Comment from : @808orion

got my banjo yesterday Spent hours on boom chicka boom Very frustrating to start with but ,Im determined Thanks for the assistance
Comment from : @billmacaulay

Great video One of the best I have seenand I have watched a lot of them Thank you!
Comment from : @shellydianenovascotia3914

Beautiful banjo
Comment from : @Stringman1950

Is it OK to extend my index finger? Will I pay for it later if I don't correct it
Comment from : @Coorsgood10

Good stuff, thank you!
Comment from : @brittain522

Thanks, this will help a lot, great starter course!
Comment from : @pwb0511

Man I LOVED your analogies on the thumb picking, helped me out so much
Comment from : @guiltypeperami4283

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Comment from : @samuelknox2288

Chris Eliot is a great teacher Wish I saw this years ago
Comment from : @daviskevin82

Excellent method you are teaching Ryan I honestly think you are an excellent instructor You hit all the important points I like your methods very much Can you tell me if your banjo is a short scale? I try to play my Deering Good Time but, the neck length is just not very comfortable to me(too long) and I think that may be why I do not work with it as much as I should
Comment from : @f1948s

I didn’t know Clem Kadiddlehopper taught banjo
Comment from : @Chance-ry1hq

Thank you very much for this It's clear, friendly and really appealing--and I say this after checking out a lot of such intros Cheers!
Comment from : @DavisDuck

booom booom boooom
Comment from : @miclai0316

Great teacher
Comment from : @hikrose

What is your banjo tuned in, I'm at open g will this work
Comment from : @ethanwilliams3582

great video thank you !
Comment from : @Oekeali

This is super awesome! Thanks! I'm new on this so I'm toying a bit between this and Bluegrass and your videos are really good!
Comment from : @uptagetnamn

When i touch the frets it doesn’t make a different sound than an open string, just got my banjo today and want to know what’s wrong with it, can you help me
Comment from : @lightbulb5642

Thanks! was just what I needed today!!
Comment from : @emmarhoads6146

Haven't tried it yet but looks like the best vid I've ever seen on this You are so awesome dude
Comment from : @stevehuff723

oh yeah, and played a lot with Garth Lewis and Greg Miles up in Estes In Montana now Cheers
Comment from : @daveellis8499

This is sweet man, good to see you My lady is Kate McGrath who knew you in Winter Park days I took some mando from Greg Scochet (sp?), and you and I picked one at Mary's Lake Lodge once Probably more of a memory for me Cheers man, thanks for this
Comment from : @daveellis8499

nice course!brthanks for your help!brgonna go boom-chicka now!
Comment from : @stanleysteele6653

Have to agree with everyone herethis is the best place to start I had a hard time getting started, years before the net , and afellow named Walt Lysak at the Winnipeg Folklore Center gave me this sage advice "it should take as long to do this ,as it does to do this " in other words it should take as long to do "boom" as it does to do "chucka" That was my breakthrough momentkeep up the good work
Comment from : @clayhepburn8599

"" BOOM--CHICK--AHH--BOOM"" DON'T YA JUST LOVE IT??? brreminds me of a song from the early 70'sbrAlso, very nice vid, very comprehensive
Comment from : @zarbond21

great video, thank you for posting it :)
Comment from : @bjwmorgan

You should have separate videos that are condensed because I couldn't sit through 6 minutes of waiting to learn to just hit the third string with my middle finger I'm not attacking you, but maybe a pointer if you're doing videos; gather some charisma or don't seem so boring and monotone Just couldn't sit through it man; moving on to a different teacher
Comment from : @TheShakey99