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How to Play a 5-String Banjo (instruction)

Pete Seeger

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Released: Jan 1954
Label: Folkways Records
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    A Basic Strum
    A Basic Strum
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    Now with the left hand
    Now with the left hand
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    Now with the index finger
    Now with the index finger
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    The Fifth String
    The Fifth String
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    Now take that same song
    Now take that same song
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    Hammering On
    Hammering On
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    Here's a little bit of the
    Here's a little bit of the
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    Pulling Off
    Pulling Off
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    Well, now, if you study the
    Well, now, if you study the
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    Double Thumbing
    Double Thumbing
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    Now, for just one more time
    Now, for just one more time
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    Now, not all songs, alfterall
    Now, not all songs, alfterall
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    Here's the song. 'Hard Ain't It Hard'
    Here's the song. 'Hard Ain't It Hard'
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    Frailing
    Frailing
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    In the G tuning, you might try
    In the G tuning, you might try
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    Now, frailing is the best way
    Now, frailing is the best way
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    Three-Finger Picking
    Three-Finger Picking
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    Here's another devleopment of
    Here's another devleopment of
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    Here's the song, "Cindy"
    Here's the song, "Cindy"
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    A Loud Strum
    A Loud Strum
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    Here is a variation of the above
    Here is a variation of the above
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    Three Micscellaneous Postscripts
    Three Micscellaneous Postscripts
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    If you ever want to play a
    If you ever want to play a
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    A roll is a special banjo effect
    A roll is a special banjo effect
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    3/4 and 6/8 Time
    3/4 and 6/8 Time
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    Using this method, and a little
    Using this method, and a little
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    For a more sustained effect
    For a more sustained effect
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    Incidentally, this type of
    Incidentally, this type of
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    Now 6/8 time is the same
    Now 6/8 time is the same
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    Blues and Jazz
    Blues and Jazz
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    Another common blues guitar
    Another common blues guitar
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    Here's a sample blues passage
    Here's a sample blues passage
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    Spanish and South American Guitar Techniques
    Spanish and South American Guitar Techniques
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    Here's one way to get a rhumba
    Here's one way to get a rhumba
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    Here's still another way of
    Here's still another way of
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    This last pattern can be
    This last pattern can be
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