Videos tagged with Fingerpicking

This video provides a beginner-friendly banjo lesson on how to play Marty Robbins' "Big Iron." The instructor breaks down the song into manageable phrases, demonstrating specific finger placements and techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. The lesson emphasizes playing within a single octave and suggests resources for further banjo learning.

This guide details the performance of a traditional folk/blues song on a 5-string banjo, as demonstrated by Clifton Hicks. It covers instrumental introductions, vocal delivery, song structure, and advanced fingerpicking techniques. Hicks, demonstrating high expertise, acknowledges the complexity of the arrangement.

This YouTube video focuses on the banjo performance of "Cindy" by Clifton Hicks, who learned the tune from recordings and videos of John Jackson. The description highlights Jackson's guitar and banjo playing, his musical upbringing, and his life in Woodville and Fairfax, Virginia. Clifton Hicks provides multiple links to his Patreon, website, merchandise, and music streaming platforms for viewers interested in supporting his work or accessing tablature and courses.

This video discusses the perceived shortcomings of using tablature (TAB) for learning and playing traditional banjo music. The presenter argues that relying on TAB can hinder proper technique and overall musicality, contrasting it with other learning methods. Several links are provided for a banjo heritage course, online community, merchandise, music streaming, and donation platforms.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing the song "Sundown" on a banjo. The instrument is a copy of an 1840s William Boucher "minstrel" banjo, tuned to dGDGA (A = 432 Hz). Hicks explains his original third verse and instrumental arrangement, and demonstrates a traditional picking style he calls "up stroke" or "up picking," also known as "Seeger style." He notes this style produces a trance-like sound suitable for dancers. The description also includes numerous links to his Patreon, website, merchandise, and music streaming platforms.

This YouTube video offers a two-finger banjo lesson for the folk song "Shortnin' Bread." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, uses an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo and discusses its tuning. The description also provides historical context for the song, mentioning its publication in 1900 and potential origins in a pre-existing black folk song. The video promotes various platforms for exclusive content, music, and community engagement, including a website, Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, as well as donation links.

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 features a clawhammer banjo lesson titled 'Coon Hunt Walkaround,' with a historical context pre-dating 1865. The lesson includes details on tuning (eAEG♯B actual / gCGBD relative) and mentions the tune's first appearance in Frank Converse's banjo tutors from the 1860s. The instructor learned it at a Civil War reenactment in Florida around 1999 and developed his version by ear, noting its similarity to Converse's original notation. Links for tab, additional platforms (SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), merchandise, and payment options (PayPal, Venmo) are provided.

This YouTube video features a banjo lesson on the clawhammer style, specifically teaching the tune "Will the Weaver." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, learned the song from a 1920s recording by Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright and is playing an 1888 Cubley banjo tuned to gDGBD. The description includes the lyrics to the song, which tell a narrative story. The video also provides multiple links for supporting the creator, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Merch, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, Venmo, and YouTube members-only content.

This YouTube video is a clawhammer banjo lesson focusing on the song "Jay Gould's Daughter." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, provides historical context for the song and demonstrates traditional overhand and two-finger banjo picking techniques. The video also includes a link to tablature on Patreon and mentions various other platforms for supporting the artist, such as SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, T-shirts, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes. The song's lyrics are included, detailing a narrative about Jay Gould's daughter and her final wishes.

This YouTube video is a clawhammer banjo lesson focusing on the tune "I'm Going to Georgia," specifically learned from recordings of Lawrence Eller. The description includes the lyrics to the song, which tell a story of leaving home for Georgia and facing hardship. The uploader, Clifton Hicks, also provides links to his Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, merch store, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes, indicating a focus on music creation and fan support.

This YouTube video, titled 'Jubilee - Traditional Banjo Lesson,' features Clifton Hicks providing a traditional banjo lesson focused on the song 'Jubilee.' The description includes lyrics to the song, information about its origin from George Gibson, and details about the banjo's tuning. It also provides links to the instructor's Patreon, Bandcamp, merchandise store, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal, indicating multiple ways for viewers to support his music and access his work. The video is geared towards individuals interested in learning to play the banjo and exploring traditional folk music.