Comment by Mike Moss on October 7, 2012 at 20:09

Well done!

Comment by German David Patarroyo on October 7, 2012 at 20:25

Thanks! I´m on the road

Comment by Alan Sims on October 8, 2012 at 9:44

keep it up German, your getting better all the time.

Comment by thereallyniceman on October 8, 2012 at 13:43

Very good indeed. Are you teaching yourself or do you have any lessons?

I think that the banjo sounds much better with nylon strings too. If I had to make any suggestion I would say that you should try not to lift the fingertips too high off the strings when moving between chord shapes. If you try to keep the fingertips as close as you can you will find that when you move onto the faster pieces they will just fall quickly into place. It is a natural tendency to lift the fingers high off the strings and it takes a lot of practice to keep them close!

Alternate Fingering Exercise

Try this exercise in alternate fingering until you can do it without even thinking about it. Make sure that you use the fingers shown for picking and you will also develop, automatically, "alternate fingering" too. Try to keep the fingertips as close to the strings as you can when you lift them off. The exercise will speed up your playing as you try more advanced stuff. 

Good luck and keep practising!

Ian

Comment by German David Patarroyo on October 9, 2012 at 0:00

Hi Alan, thanks!! It´s been amazing to play a banjo.. It was a dream from my childhood

Comment by German David Patarroyo on October 9, 2012 at 0:12

Hi Ian,

Thank you because your advise. I will definitely move to nylon strings, so I am waiting to run out my last set of steel strings. Also, the moisture here in Colombia is a problem because they get rusty too fast!.

Actually, I am learning myself. At the beginning it was hard because I did not know anything about the banjo (only its lovely sound). Also, I did not have any experience with other  musical instruments!. However, thanks to this webiste and Rob´s website I discovered the magical world of classical banjo. It´s been an amazing journey!.

Indeed, I know that I have a problem with the lifting, but I am aware that it will take a lot of practice yet!. I know the alternate fingering exercise, and I am enjoyed it since I started few weeks ago.

Therefore, more and more practice in order to share more videos.

Kind regards,

German

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