Comment by Joel Hooks on October 12, 2013 at 22:48

Far from Vess and filled with flubs, it is a fair attempt.  After all, someone had to try it!

Comment by Jody Stecher on October 13, 2013 at 0:51

Bravo! no more flubs than the typical Olly Oakley disc. This is the most "modern" banjo music I've heard you play and I'd say you really have a feel for it.  Your Howe banjo, from your description of it,  is also, in its way  " a little bit of everything". 

Comment by German David Patarroyo on October 13, 2013 at 19:41

Nice playing Joel. By the way, the set of the video is also great.

Comment by Mike Moss on October 13, 2013 at 23:02

Great performance, true to the original spirit. I guess Ossman picked up "Darktown Dandies" from when he met Morley in his 1903 tour, 110 years ago. I love the fact that these tunes are often little time capsules in their own right. Thanks for sharing.

Comment by thereallyniceman on October 29, 2013 at 10:48

How did I miss seeing this video?  

Joel plays Vess Ossman.. in C tuning?  whoa!!!!  Great playing Joel and great to see you posting again. Really superb playing, and flubs?...  what flubs?  You mean your own variations on the piece!

I look forwards to the next one. Thanks for posting this, and it is good to see that you dressed correctly for the occasion. As we all know, bow-ties are mandatory when playing classic banjo. 

:-)

Comment by Jill Margaret Peer on November 12, 2013 at 21:06

Please can someone here give me  tuition of some sort. i know other people can play banjo. i ve now watched one too many of your videos. Very clever. but not teaching me a thing . i m sorry to say.

All they do is frustrate me as they don't teach me. Where is the tuition you promise?

Comment by Mike Moss on November 12, 2013 at 21:26

Welcome Jill, you can find the tutorials by clicking on the "Learn to play" button above. Please let me know if you need any help.

Comment by thereallyniceman on November 13, 2013 at 22:26

Thank you Mike for welcoming Jill.

I hope that we can help you Jill, but am a little surprised that we are regarded as being "very clever" for posting videos of our achievements.

Jill, if the many thousands of hours of dedicated practice makes us what you regard as "very clever" a few moments of research on your part would have located the  "Learn to play videos" and maybe there you can start your thousands of hours practice?

We will help in any way that we can and will offer this all for free, so I hope that  the time and effort that people have put in to creating this resource will be appreciated.

Comment by Jill Margaret Peer on November 14, 2013 at 11:05

I looked at the videos over and over. lots of writing on history of banjo playing , but sadly it is not suitable for  a beginner. there is no simple tuition for someone like me. Just people playing beautifully for their own entertainment or even to share. But  it s too fast and complicated. I honour their studiousness. but it doesn't do what it says on the label  and help me. unless i ve missed a button somewhere. I d appreciate help . real help. 

Comment by Mike Moss on November 14, 2013 at 11:13

You seem to be browsing the video section, where our members post videos of their playing, instead of the lessons section. Follow this link:

http://classic-banjo.ning.com/page/classic-fingerstyle-banjo-for-1#...

You can use the arrow buttons to scroll through the lessons left and right. You'll find lessons for absolute beginners, such as tuning and setting up the banjo, basic fingering and chords, and a step by step walkthrough to learn a full banjo solo (Georgia Medley) in 8 lessons. Each lesson also includes a zip file with scores or text with more information. 

If you want to skip right to the hands-on lessons about actually playing the banjo, the lesson called "Playing by Numbers" (Fingering exercises and Chord shapes part 1) is a good place to start.

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