Take up banjo?

Question

I've was never into music as a kid.I didn't play anything.I want to learn how to play something now.I was thinkin guitar,but everybody plays that.Not many people play banjo.I heard from a friend that its wicked hard to learn.Do you think Its too much to take on for my first instrament.

I was inspired by acoustic death metal

Answer 1

I started playing banjo 4 years ago. It was my first instrument. Just like your first language, it is the easiest to learn if you haven't already started playing something else. That's my opinion. It's more difficult to learn a new language after learning your primary language.

I stayed committed to practicing and listening to videos, cds, tapes, and reading books. I have been told that my playing sounds very good. You will find that as you start playing even the easiest of songs, there is nothing more personally satisfying than being able to make the banjo sing. Most people think you're an awesome player while you are simply playing basic rolls.

I disagree with guitarpicker56's suggestion that you grow your index and middle fingernails and play with those. This may work for a guitar, but with the breakneck pace of a banjo, you'll really mess up your nails doing that. Index and middle finger picks are really shaped like inverted fingernails. This give the best sound and intonation.

I could go on all day. Learn to play slowly and clearly, then add speed later. Take the road less travelled and learn a uniquely American instrument.

Answer 2

Banjo Tooie is a first-rate sequel to Banjo Kazooie. It has the whole lot Banjo Kazooie had, and fixes probably the most annoyances within the prior sport. For illustration, in Banjo Tooie you'll be able to gather notes in nests of five, rather of accumulating them one after the other. That being stated, they're much less complicated to discover. Banjo Tooie has new expertise, beginning you with the expertise you had within the prior sport (so it isn't like Metroid, wherein you have got to don't forget the whole lot far and wide once more). To upload, the humor, as continually, is fresh. The worlds are very lovely, and also you get a few solutions that you could have had within the fashioned sport. There is plenty of accumulating in Banjo Tooie, you do not have got to fear approximately that. It took me plenty extra time to one hundred% than the fashioned sport did. I take into account Banjo Tooie extra a laugh with A LOT extra to do, however the fashioned remains to be the fashioned, and I like it extra consequently. I could propose beginning with Banjo Kazooie to remind you of the fundamentals, and get you used to it. If you play them in succession, it flows well and the obstacle remains!

Answer 3

Learning to play the banjo is no different than playing the guitar. Both have their unique chord formations except the banjo chords require an emphasized wrist action.

The banjo is America's original instrument and one that requires little to no amplification. I'd recommend starting with the five-string banjo, get a chord book, a thumb pick, and grow out your right hand fingernails.

Of course, Blue Grass music is the top draw for banjo music, but the instrument can be used in other mediums as well. Go for it.

Answer 4

One correction to one of the above answers: the banjo is not America's original instrument -- it was invented in Africa, and brought over by slaves.

On to your question -- my husband is a professional banjo player, and it looks very difficult to me, but he teaches banjo lessons and his students make a lot of progress, so it's probably not as hard as it looks. Of course, like any instrument, it takes a long time to learn to play really well. Follow the above suggestions, and if you have a hard time picking this up on your own, take lessons.

Answer 5

It all what you put into it. Hard work and practice very often and you will succed in it. Look up for other who have done the same thing you are doing and you will see that you are not alone.
the very best of luck to you.