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Awesome stuff. Just saw him play live with Sam Bush in Taos.

I'm having a hard time with my ring finger on this one are we holding down the first and the second fret at the same time? If we are what could be wrong because mine does not sound like yours

Billy Failing was the first player who made me really appreciate the banjo. It was always my least favorite part of bluegrass music. But there’s something special about his playing that’s hard to describe that’s really easy to listen to.

I was struggling to get the note to ring right. My fingers seemed to do what they had to but the sound was all wrong. In all the efforts I was putting in I realized I was accidentally touching my 1st string with my grounding pinky! Not sure if anyone else had that problem, but if youre trying this and the sound is muffled make sure to check!!! Love these lessons <3 Thanks Eli!

❤ love this saved!!!

Do you also play Claw Hammer?

Thank you!

Banjo out of tune

So today i have officially picked my first strings ever. Never played guitar or anything other than harmonica wich i kinda suck at but can play some older songs. First 10 minuets of playing with your lesson plan and i have nearly mastered the day 1 lesson. I commented once before and i do apologize for the lengthy texts here. I better stick with 1 or 2 lessons a week. That being said i notice my figers kinda laying down on the head little and its more comfortable but is it a bad habbit?

I have been taking violin lessons for about 1 year. I am also interested in banjo. I don't have one yet, but will get one. Your instructions are SO VERY CLEAR I know I'll have success playing the banjo. ONE thing I like is that you make each lesson DOABLE -- not too many notes to follow. Thank you!

These videos are so encouraging and helpful! Thank you!

Thank you so much for this, your lessons are fantastic!

Please make more banjo series like this!

Do you have the tab for this available on your Patreon page?

Outstanding tribute to Terry! Your videos are fabulous Eli!

Hey Eli, can you make a video going over the song dueling banjos?

I've been playing for 2 1/2 yrs and have felt a bit lost recently as to what I should be working on. Now I know! Thanks for a great lesson. I appreciate your bluntness in explaining what it will take to move forward.

This one deserves a slower version. More guidelines please! Otherwise, great content!

i've always loved the sound of banjos and for the past 6 months, i've been toying with the idea of getting one and learning how to play. i got a banjo secondhand and cleaned it up and put on new strings, and now i'm so excited to learn! your lessons are so amazing and really inspire me to keep learning. you're a great teacher, eli! thank you. :)

DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. For some reason, yesterday, I was feeling overwhelmed and struggling through this lesson. It's like my fingers just wouldn't move the way I wanted them to so I decided to put it down and pick up tomorrow. Well today, I restarted the lesson and it came very naturally. Sometimes we need a rest day or an extra day to get our heads in the right spot!!

so good!

Just learned it! As always thanks for the vids Eli

Came for the banjo, stayed for the Weiss Distribution Technique. Baristas and Banjos… amiright?

Could you recommend a banjo for a short woman who has never played?

AWESOME

Slowed down (A) 1:50 - 1st 1/2 2:22 - 2nd 1/2 (B) 2:53 - 1st 1/2 3:29 - 2nd 1/2

Great video Eli, I completed your 30 day program a few months back, definitely gonna give this a shot. Namo Sanghaya

Great video Eli, appreciate your presentation so much. On my way for coffee and my banjo 🪕

Well, that explains why you don’t have one of those “buy me a coffee” links on your videos. Good stuff, as always. ☕️

Eli, your videos are killer! Including this one.

Are you supposed to pick down with the thumb when doing a pinch? I guess you do as that’s what the name implies but I’m not sure . Also is picking up and down with the thumb, say on the 5th string, is that preference? Or is there sometime you would want to go up and some down?

So much to learn

I'm getting a banjo next week and I want to learn as much as I can

What a great tune!

10 days ago I hadn't even held a banjo before - today I can play a song. I'm still a little slow but I'm trusting the process and I'll be practicing every day! Thank you Eli!

I'm having so much fun with this but my fingertips really hurt and it's getting on my nerves. How long do you think it will take for them to get used to fretting? I think I saw slides for tomorrow on the pdf and I definitely can't do that right now.

These videos have helped me so much as someone who never picked up a banjo before!

Awesome stuff!

Could you please do the intro to Carroll County Accident? THANKS!!

You talk too damn much without playing a note!!!

I needed this.

Love it!

I got my banjos 2 days ago for a school play let's see how good I can get

This was really hard. The D7 piece especially. How do you get fat fingers on this tiny fretboard?

I so appreciate these videos. Thank you! ❤

Sped up 0:00 - 1st 1/2 0:09 - 2nd 1/2 Slowed down 1:44 - 1st 1/2 2:13 - 2nd 1/2

what’s your head tuned to? thanks!

Hey I have a question about this lesson.... when you add in the ring finger ... is it only on the 2nd string 2nd fret or are you also holding down the first string on the 2nd fret? Also when you say on the fret... does that mean all strings your finger reaches over... or just the string you are playing? Just to clarify as mine seems to sound different when I play with my ring finger involved and I wanna get it right... uoure lessons have been so helpful so far... so thank you. 😊

So I plan to get a banjo and I found you.... You remind me of the guy that taught me harmonica JP Allen. My plan is 60 days each video for 2 days. So that I can understand well. Harmonica is currently the only instrument I can play and I'm not great at it because it's hard to practice without driving people nuts. I'm always tapping with those three fingers so I figured banjo is best for me. I hope you keep this video up for a long time. Great content.

it should be called Crunchy Blackberry Blossom