I'm taking banjo lessons

JerseyFrank thought this was worth mentioning said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 3:36pm ET

This isn’t the setup to some hillbilly joke. My first banjo should be delivered on Sunday (traditionally the day of deliverance), and I start lessons on Thursday. My goal is to be able to fake my way through a folk song or two by the end of October. Suggested tunes?

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capguncowboy said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 3:38pm ET:

/giphy deliverance

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- also, Wildwood Flower is always a good banjo tune
  
  capguncowboy said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 3:41pm ET
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harrison said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 3:43pm ET:

Congratulations, you’ve brought back memories of my dad repeatedly trying to play the first 8 or so bars of the Flintstones theme before eventually giving up. Thing was loud, too. He shoved an old t-shirt into the drum and my mom still made him practice outside on the back patio.

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- @harrison Thanks, I’m going to use this one at bed times.
  
  JerseyFrank said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 3:59pm ET
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dannybeans said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 3:49pm ET:

Probably not what you’re looking for, but “Ballroom Blitz” is surprisingly easy to play on the banjo.

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compunaut said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 4:10pm ET:

I’ve heard ‘Cripple Creek’ is an achievable beginner song

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f00l said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 4:23pm ET:

YEAH for noise that means to be music someday!

/giphy music someday

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carl669 said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 9:45pm ET:

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ELUNO said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 9:58pm ET:

/giphy Banjo Kazooie

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thismyusername said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 10:01pm ET:

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RiotDemon said Fri, Sep 2nd 2016 at 10:16pm ET:

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Garfield43 said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 5:24am ET:

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Garfield43 said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 5:26am ET:

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Pavlov said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 7:03am ET:

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- @Pavlov Same guitar as the one the guy in Nirvana played.
  
  SSteve said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 10:06am ET
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0Wise1 said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 8:24am ET:

Foggy Mountain Break Down

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- @0Wise1 Steve Martin is the only banjo player to ever play that song. ever.
  
  capguncowboy said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 3:59pm ET
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- @capguncowboy https://meh.com/forum/topics/im-taking-banjo-lessons#57ca972c535a333003dd35d1
  
  thismyusername said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 9:36pm ET
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beavsco said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 1:12pm ET:

I started playing mandolin about a year ago and found several great sites with free mando tablature. I hadn’t yet learned to read music, so the tabs were really helpful.

Here are three good sites that have free banjo tabs . . .

Banjo Tabs
ezFolk
Banjo Hangout

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Bingo said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 5:21pm ET:

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Smitty2525 said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 9:30pm ET:

The ballad of Jed Clampett

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- thismyusername said Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 at 9:35pm ET
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