How to Play a 5-String Banjo (instruction)

Pete Seeger FW08303 / FI 8303 / CRB 2

Country(s) United States
Keyword(s) Folk songs--United States; Instructional; Spoken word
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

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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 more sustained effect	Pete Seeger	1:37
128	Incidentally, this type of	Pete Seeger	1:13
129	Now 6/8 time is the same	Pete Seeger	1:05
130	Blues and Jazz	Pete Seeger	1:04
131	Another common blues guitar	Pete Seeger	0:38
132	Here's a sample blues passage	Pete Seeger	0:28
133	Spanish and South American Guitar Techniques	Pete Seeger	0:50
134	Here's one way to get a rhumba	Pete Seeger	0:55
136	Here's still another way of	Pete Seeger	1:36
137	This last pattern can be	Pete Seeger	1:00

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