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Reply to re: buying a banjo
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re: buying a banjo
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posted by:
MOZART601
@ 1:30:19 AM
· 9/24/2003
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BRANDI ,
WHETHER IT'S A 4-STRING TENOR OR A 5-STRING , A GOOD QUALITY BEGINNER BANJO WILL PROBABLY COST YOU BETWEEN $300 TO $500 . I STARTED PLAYING THE 5-STRING ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO . I BOUGHT A GOOD AMERICAN-MADE ,SOLID MAPLE BANJO FOR AROUND $400 AND SOME FINGER PICKS . THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO GET USED TO IF YOU CHOOSE A 5-STRING ARE THE FINGER PICKS . PUT THEM ON AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON MAKING GOOD CONTACT WITH THE STRINGS . ONCE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PICKS YOU CAN PRINT TABULATURE OFF THE NET TO LEARN ROLLS . STARTING OUT SLOW . SPEED WILL COME AS YOUR FINGER SEQUENCE IS PROGRAMMED TO YOUR BRAIN . TWO PIECES OF ADVICE IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT LEARING : 1: BUY A STAND FOR YOUR BANJO SO IT IS ALWAYS IN VIEW . IF YOU ARE SITTING IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR WHEREVER YOU KEEP IT , YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO PRACTICE MORE THAN IF YOU PUT IT IN ITS CASE AND STUCK IT IN THE CLOSET . 2: BE PERSISTENT . DON'T GET DISCOURAGED . ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY . TO FIND A TEACHER , GO TO BLUGRASS SHOWS IN YOUR AREA AND IF IT A LOCAL BAND , ASK THE BANJO PLAYER IF HE TEACHES . CHANCES ARE HE WILL GET YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK FINDING YOU A TEACHER IF HE HIMSELF DOESN'T . I DON'T BELIEVE LEFT HANDED BANJOS ARE ANY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN RIGHT HANDED SO I WOULDN'T THINK THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE . GOOD LUCK .
TIM
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