Mxyzptik
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Lately I've been thinking about banjo's and banjoles a fair bit so yesterday I took the drive into the city to shop. My favourite music store hadn't carried much in the way of banjoles so I was pleasantly surprised to see the Deering goodtime tenore banjoles in stock, however after playing around with everything I ended up bringing home the 17 fret tenor banjo instead. The fellow in Store put a different set of strings on it so it's the same tuning as my uke.
So I am throwing out the ask for any information to steer me in the path of success. I'll start by asking about nails. I am finding my thumb nail that I grew longer is catching on the string, do banjo players grow their nails typically or cut them. What about strings, should I have changed the tuning or learned the new chord shapes? Any other advice is appreciated..
So I am throwing out the ask for any information to steer me in the path of success. I'll start by asking about nails. I am finding my thumb nail that I grew longer is catching on the string, do banjo players grow their nails typically or cut them. What about strings, should I have changed the tuning or learned the new chord shapes? Any other advice is appreciated..