I'm taking banjo lessons
8This 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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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.
@harrison Thanks, I’m going to use this one at bed times.
/giphy deliverance
also, Wildwood Flower is always a good banjo tune
Probably not what you’re looking for, but “Ballroom Blitz” is surprisingly easy to play on the banjo.
I’ve heard ‘Cripple Creek’ is an achievable beginner song
/giphy Banjo Kazooie
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
@Pavlov Same guitar as the one the guy in Nirvana played.
YEAH for noise that means to be music someday!
/giphy music someday
Foggy Mountain Break Down
@0Wise1 Steve Martin is the only banjo player to ever play that song. ever.
@capguncowboy https://meh.com/forum/topics/im-taking-banjo-lessons#57ca972c535a333003dd35d1
The ballad of Jed Clampett