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Banjo Ben's "Teach Me Something" Contest!

#117

Here’s my submission out there in YouTube land! :smile::star_struck:

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#118

welcome to 'BanjoBen 's Forum Jade. May the force be with you. I was never much of a Trekkie

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#119

Great lick @seventeen.tons Julian, Kinda sounds like something Don Reno might play.

loveit

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#120

What great entries! Will announce the winner/s next Thursday night at 7pm central!

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#121

Love it, kiddo! Well done. Putting that sweetheart in my guitar lick toolbox!
mr g

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#122

I can’t wait! (But I guess I’ll have to).

#123

I’m a @Lucy_L fan, I follow you on YouTube. :+1:

GREAT lesson! I’m really excited to try this!

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#124

@todd2 Me too!!

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#125

@Mr_G Thank you! I first picked that one up from Zeb Snyder.

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#126

Well please don’t interrupt Sam Bush’s HOF induction speech or performance :slight_smile:

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#127

Nice message @bassnbanjo

#128

@Stuart.Gamble :smile: I don’t think I’ll go to the Awards Show this year. Some of us went last year, just to say we did it once, but it’s 4 hours long and I’d rather jam!

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#129

Hey Hunter, that’s not baaa-ad!

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#130

Jade, I love the GWhiz chord. I think Ben’s introduction to the competition said he wanted to be inspired to pick his instrument up. I dunno about him, but I was inspired. Unfortunately, with my anatomy and/or a wide neck mando, I can’t get the middle two fingers in the right position. Still, mission accomplished! I picked up the mando!

As a side note, people often ask if there is any downside to a wide neck mandolin. I guess we found one!

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#131

Nice lick @Flatpickin_Libby! Do you normally end it on 3? You could easily shift it to end on 1 as well.

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#132

I tried it as well, but instead of blaming my mandolin neck (I don’t know if it is a wide neck or not), I blamed my fat fingers. It is difficult and I will need a little more practice.

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#133

I tried to sorta fake-green screen my video against this photo, but never could get it to work well enough…

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#134

Yes it starts on the “and” of 4 and finishes on beat 3. I should have said in the video to start on an upstroke. No time in one minute… :joy:. It sure could be shifted around to different beats though!

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#135

Thank you! :joy:

#136

Hi Todd you need to mess around with the layers. Push Ben’s photo to the back of the stack. Also getting the lighting right can be a bit of trial & error

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