Smithsonian Folkways FW-08303-CCD How to Play a 5-String Banjo- instruction

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Instrument(s) Banjo.
Language(s) English.

Year of Recording 1954.

Record Label Folkways Records.

Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Credits Artist Pete Seeger ; Cover photo by Raeburn Flerlage.

101 A Basic Strum Pete Seeger 1:09.

102 Now with the left hand Pete Seeger 0:22.

103 Now with the index finger Pete Seeger 0:56.

104 The Fifth String Pete Seeger 0:43.

105 Now take that same song Pete Seeger 0:25 .

106 Hammering On Pete Seeger 1:16.

107 Here's a little bit of the Pete Seeger 0:21.

108 Pulling Off Pete Seeger 1:10.

109 Well, now, if you study the Pete Seeger 0:46.

110 Double Thumbing Pete Seeger 0:49.

111 Now, for just one more time Pete Seeger 0:23.

112 Now, not all songs, alfterall Pete Seeger 0:55.

113 Here's the song. 'Hard Ain't It Hard' Pete Seeger 0:28.

114 Frailing Pete Seeger 0:59.

115 In the G tuning, you might try Pete Seeger 1:02.

116 Now, frailing is the best way Pete Seeger 0:50.

117 Three-Finger Picking Pete Seeger 1:14.

118 Here's another devleopment of Pete Seeger 1:01.

119 Here's the song, "Cindy" Pete Seeger 0:21.

120 A Loud Strum Pete Seeger 0:55.

121 Here is a variation of the above Pete Seeger 0:48.

122 Three Micscellaneous Postscripts Pete Seeger 1:06.

123 If you ever want to play a Pete Seeger 0:46.

124 A roll is a special banjo effect Pete Seeger 0:24.

125 3/4 and 6/8 Time Pete Seeger 0:57.

126 Using this method, and a little Pete Seeger 0:26.

127 For a mor