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#16

Welcome to “Taters”

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#17

What is Taters?:thinking:

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#18

@Archie , yes you‘re right… thats great! :+1:

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#19

Taters

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/intro-to-potatoes-banjo

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#20

This is such a great topic - I too have this problem but I take it as another challenge - My goal is to get my playing levels to a point where crashing and burning, both on and off camera rarely happen. I do not think this should be a chore though, have fun while you improve, that is what music is about right?

I am ready to accept it might take a few years but we can all get there. I see some posts here from 8 years ago, so Banjo Ben has been on to it for a while, we all need to follow down the same path

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#21

Ahh… ok thanks

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#22

That is also the problem for me, as soon as the camera is running, my banjo is getting nervous :blush: and I think it would be useful to many if one also took up exercises that somehow become normal when the camera is running. and if you say it’s just an exercise, it doesn’t matter if you make a mistake, like me …:slight_smile:

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#23

Oh man, do I share your camera phobia. First I’m playing like Randy Scruggs, then I turn on the camera and play like Conan the Barbarian. I suppose I could just let the camera roll and edit it down to just the good parts, but that’s starting to sound like work, and I’m opposed to that.
Oddly enough, here’s what’s helping me. I sit on my front porch and play where occasionally the neighbors can hear me. They haven’t complaint yet, I’ve gotten a couple curious questions and I’ve become more comfortable with making a mistake while other ears can hear it. Turns out it’s not that big of a deal since they are not paying money to hear you do it right.
BTW- It does disturb some people when they see me picking on the porch & I ask them if they remember that kid from “Deliverance.” If they say yes, I tell them “Well, I’m all grown up now!”

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#24

Ditto

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#25

Hi @Severin I should clarify my earlier post. At the end of the first solo you play a melodic walk up the neck then a shave & haircut ending. In the second solo Mountain Dew you end the solo with harmonic chimes. These are not on Bill Nesbitt’s lesson. Where did you get these licks from? Did you just figure them out on your own. hat_wave

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#26

oh, I think I copied something similar from @banjoben, and changed it a little … :blush:

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#27

Thanks @Severin

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#28

Great picking!

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#29

Thank you Gunnar!:cowboy_hat_face:

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#30

Hi @Archie

Here does @banjoben something similar with chimes. At 2:42

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#31

I love that pickin’!!

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#32

Yeh @BanjoBen I recorded that one if you recall. If not I can easily re-post it.

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#33

Thank you @BanjoBen! And i love your lessons!

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#34

That’s sounds awesome, Severin!! You have made a lot of progress.

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#35

Thank you @JohnM! Thanks for the compliment!

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