Happy Friday. This week's Food For Thought is inspired by Dr. Josh Turknett's book on how to learn the banjo (it's great for any instrument – not just banjo). If you haven't read it I highly recommend it. To give you an idea of how good this book is, Bryan Sutton recommended it to all…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to Daley's Reel and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of Bb at 75 bpm. backing track starts at 00:30 Don't…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to Daley's Reel and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of Bb at 75 bpm. backing track starts at 00:28 Don't…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to Daley's Reel and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swapping. It's four times through in the key of Bb at 75 bpm. backing track starts at 00:36 Don't…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to the classic tune Daley's Reel. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the tune, or just want to be able to listen a few times to the…
Read MoreHi everyone. It's Friday, which means another Food For Thought episode. This week I've been listening to the excellent The String podcast, in particular the recent episode with Bela Fleck talking about his new album My Bluegrass Heart. In it, host Craig Havighurst says: “I really hope folks will sit with the booklet so they'll…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to Arkansas Traveller and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of D at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:29 Don't…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to Arkansas Traveler and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of D at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:26 Don't…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to Arkansas Traveler and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swapping. It's four times through in the key of D at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:49 Don't…
Read MoreThis week we're jamming along to the classic tune Arkansas Traveler. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the tune, or just want to be able to listen a few times to the…
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