Videos tagged with Banjo Tutorial

This YouTube video focuses on music, specifically banjo performance and related resources. The description provides extensive links for tablature, online courses, merchandise, music streaming (Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), and donation options. It highlights a Patreon page and SubscribeStar for exclusive content and a Banjo Heritage YouTube membership. The title, 'The last time I seen you walking down the street,' suggests a song title or theme, further reinforcing the musical nature of the content.

This YouTube video, titled 'How to Get Better BANJO Slides,' features Clifton Hicks providing instruction on improving banjo sliding techniques. The description highlights that Hicks explains these techniques for both fretted and fretless banjos. It also heavily promotes his Patreon page for exclusive tablature, photos, and forum access, as well as his 'Banjo Heritage' online course, merchandise, and music streaming platforms (Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), and donation options via PayPal.

This YouTube video focuses on the fundamental setup of a traditional banjo, covering essential components like the bridge, head, tuners, strings, and tailpiece. The creator emphasizes the importance of these setup skills, noting they are often overlooked by beginner and intermediate players. The description also includes extensive promotional links for the creator's various platforms, including Patreon, online courses, merchandise, music streaming, and donation options, all related to banjo heritage and music.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the banjo piece "Going Up North" (also known as "No Letter From Home"), learned from John Jackson. Hicks demonstrates a percussive picking style, suggesting it was developed for accompanying dancers. He plays on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned below gDGBD. The video also promotes Clifton Hicks' Banjo Heritage online course and merchandise.

This YouTube video is a banjo tutorial by Clifton Hicks, focusing on Dock Boggs' song "Brother Jim Got Shot" (also known as "Hard Luck Blues"). Hicks explains he learned the song from two Dock Boggs recordings, one from the 1920s and another from the 1960s. He plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to eBEG♯B (relative gCGBD). The description includes extensive links to the creator's Patreon, website, merchandise, music streaming platforms, and donation options, promoting their banjo education and music.

This YouTube video is a clawhammer banjo lesson for the tune "Sally Goodin" (also known as "Rooster Crow"). The instructor, Clifton Hicks, learned the song from various sources including @CousinErn, Hiram Stamper, and Uncle Dave Macon. He details his instrument, a Terry Bell minstrel banjo reproduction, and its tuning, which Eddie Haggard referred to as "No Finger C." The video also mentions the use of Aquila's NEW Nylgut strings by Joel Hooks and provides numerous links for further engagement, including online courses, Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp music, merch, streaming platforms (Spotify, iTunes), and donation options (PayPal, Venmo, YouTube membership). The video utilizes hashtags like #cliftonhicks, #banjo, and #bluegrass.

This video features Joel Hooks demonstrating or discussing a banjo mute, an accessory for the banjo. The description provides numerous links for purchasing banjo accessories, enrolling in a banjo heritage online course, supporting the creator via Patreon, SubscribeStar, or direct donations (PayPal, Venmo), downloading music on Bandcamp, streaming music on Spotify and iTunes, and joining the YouTube channel. Hashtags included are #cliftonhicks, #banjo, and #bluegrass.

This YouTube video focuses on teaching viewers how to play the banjo tune "Death and the Lady." The description highlights a specific tuning (f♯DGAD) and the use of an 1888 Luscomb banjo, suggesting a focus on historical or traditional banjo playing. The creator, Clifton Hicks, provides multiple links for fan support, merchandise, and other platforms like Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, indicating a professional musician and content creator.

This video is a clawhammer banjo lesson featuring the song "Old Tar River." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, plays an 1880s Fairbanks & Cole short-scale banjo tuned to gCGBD. The description provides historical context for the song, attributing its composition to Joel Walker Sweeney and mentioning early performances by Frank Brower and Dan Emmett, as well as its first print appearance in Elias Howe's "THE COMPLETE BANJO PRECEPTOR" (1851). The description also includes various links for supporting the creator's work, such as Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and merchandise.

This YouTube video is a clawhammer banjo lesson for the song "De Boatmen's Dance" (also known as "Boatman"). The instructor, Clifton Hicks, explains he learned the tune from a recording of Melvin Wine playing it on fiddle. His instrument for the lesson is a custom 1867 Dobson banjo tuned to gDGBD. The description also includes numerous links to support the creator's work through various platforms like Patreon, Bandcamp, and merchandise.

This YouTube video, titled "Alabama Bound - Clawhammer Banjo Lesson," provides a tutorial on playing an original banjo arrangement of the song "Alabama Bound." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, demonstrates both two-finger and clawhammer techniques. He references his inspirations, including "Papa" Charlie Jackson, Henry Thomas, and Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. The video details the instrument used (an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo) and its tuning (fCFAC ~ gDGBD), as well as the strings (La Bella nylon) and bridge (Joel Hooks). The description also includes various links for supporting the artist, purchasing merchandise, and accessing his music.

This YouTube video features a clawhammer banjo lesson with William Hall, teaching a rare Anglo-American ballad from Orgus "Gran" Hudson of Knott County, Kentucky. The instructor, Clifton Hicks, plays a 1920s Washburn "Donut" banjo with a converted neck. The description also includes links to the instructor's Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, merch store, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, Venmo, and YouTube channel membership, promoting his musical work and offerings.