How To Play Banjo For Beginners

By Mary Ross


Music is one of the best things life can offer. This allows people to escape temporarily from all the havoc and chaos brought by the world. In addition, it helps individuals to express themselves in a more detailed way through lyrics and rhymes which makes those people who are listening to it feel the connection and understanding. Lyrics are basically an informal way of communicating to someone without actually talking to them. And music, without instruments are plain boring and rhythm less. There are so many exciting instruments out there and one of which is custom made banjos that is created based on how a musician wants it to look like.

Because it can be customized the way a musician wants, it adds the versatility of its tune and melody. Apparently, it could give several flavors to almost every musical style ever named. This comes in different string numbers and for those new learners, they should make sure to choose their number of strings based on the genre they play to mark the suitability effectively.

So, the four stringed banjos are typically being used for a jazzy tune like how Irish do their music. Five string are commonly used on traditional songs because they create a folkish tune that fits perfectly on traditional song. Then, last are six strings which are perfect for those who knew how to play guitar. This basically gives out banjo quality of music but through a guitar like style of playing.

When a student has a background on playing any string instrument, they may have an easier training flow because their hands are already flexible enough. Now, when starting to play this, ensure finding a best distance between strings to fingerboard. Something which is totally suitable and easy to manipulate length.

Now, start tuning the banjo. If one does not know how to do it, ask for help from someone who knew or search on web for instructions and tutorials. There also are electric tuners that could make the entire process easier for starters. Getting one of those equipment can go a little long way.

Now, make sure to sit or stand properly before one starts playing. Posture even if other gets to neglect it is basically important when working with string instruments. Hand positioning is equally important as well, work on that precisely as possible.

Learn and study how to do picking. It usually is just a motion of sweeping fingers up and down but for newbies, this really is the most challenging part because it hurts the longer one tries. Anyway, try using the nails to make the pain a little lesser or invest on a pick to be used when plucking.

Study the basic rolls or patterns one wish to perform. Again, there are lots of sample videos on the internet that would make it easier for visual learners to learn what they want. Usually the patterns are repetitive so remembering it is not that challenging.

When the student has already learned all the basic, do not be afraid to move on the challenging ones. This is where the timing is improved along with a good and impressive picking style. Just practice more or as often as needed and enjoy making the tune and melody out of any instrument being played because music is meant to be enjoyed generally.




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