Hey Jim, great video as always. Let me relate a short story about this: a couple of years back, I was attending a banjo camp being held in a hotel conference room. During a break, everyone left the room but me. As I sat there noodling on my banjo, a hotel staff member saw me and approached. She asked if I knew "that frog song". I said, "you mean Rainbow Connection"? She said, "that's it". So I began playing the version from your video, and she started singing along, then I started singing along. It was great fun and made my day, maybe hers too. And it was all because of your video. Without that, Rainbow Connection would never have come across my banjo radar screen. You are a true asset to the banjo community. Keep up the good work.
2 picking patterns per measure, measures with one chord play twice Intro: G , C | Verse: G , Em | C , D7 | G , Em | C | Chorus: Em | Em | Bm | D7aug | C, D | Bm, E | Am, D7| This is for self reference, please notify me of any revisions. thanks for the tutorial! I'm having a great time
This is the song that made me want to learn the banjo. When I saw Kermit D. Frog play, I thought it was best thing I had seen or heard. Thank you so much!!
I love your demeaner, you voice, accent, and patient teaching style. I love that it is your own. So, if you don't mind, I think I'll name my banjo after my new favorite teacher. Thinking June Pankey, or Hanky Pankey (Hanky Pank, for short - sounds like the sound the banjo makes). I'm not much for naming instruments, but there is something about my experience with this video that was really positive, so I feel like doing it this time. Thank you for your videos!
First song I learned on my banjo! It's a family heirloom and I told myself that rainbow connection had to be the first thing I played on it! Thank you for your video!!
I got a banjo for Christmas this year at 49… have wanted to learn my whole life because of this song specifically… so magical. Thank you so much for a great lesson… life goal ;)
I’m 68, and have been playing guitar (acoustic and classical) since I was a tweener (over 50 years). Just bought a fretless banjo from John Peterson (on CZcams) and figured I’d try to learn Rainbow Connection. The banjo has gut-like strings, with moderate action, and I like the way it sounds and feels. Not heavy at all. Thanks for this video! I learned to play uke then guitar from playing songs, and feel confident your other videos are going to give me a leg up as far as leaning and enjoying playing the banjo. Takes me back to my baritone ukulele days when I played so much my fingertips bled, and I drove my sister nuts in the next bedroom leaning Peter, Paul and Mary tunes and Ricky Nelson songs. I’ve always 5-finger picked, and hope I can transition to more traditions banjo picking styles before I make that final climb over the hill.
thank you so much Jim. As a guitarist i thought i was never going to figure out this banjo thing. now i can play Cripple Creek and rainbow connection all thanks to you. I'm a 67 yr old lady and I'm enjoying every minute. oh and I'm a little in love with those baby browns you keep flashing at the camera 😊😉
I started teaching myself guitar 9 years ago using online resources and friends. Somewhere during quarantine Ive gained a fresh appreciation for the banjo and am beginning that same road of self discovery agai; and its videos like yours that makes my journey possible. I love your videos! ...and the Muppets :)
Jim, kinda like Shorty, I am 65 and just purchased a banjo, could not make it without ya. Keep it coming, your break downs are the best taught on the web for me. Thank you so much, if you're ever in NC give me a call and i'll take you out to dinner. Thanks again!!
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for this! I've played guitar since I was a kid and kinda got out of it, but recently decided to buy a banjo for the heck of it. Still getting used to the differences, but this video has helped me get the basic chords and structures down in a quick weekend! Thanks again!
Got myself a 5string about 25 years ago with the greatest of intentions. Sadly, work and life hassles got in the way. Now at 68 I've finally made a concerted effort thanks to your lessons Jim. After only a month of playing every day (it's slow but getting there), I'm so pleased at achieving what I thought would be impossible. This little song when I finally get it right will be the icing on the cake as I intend to surprise my youngest granddaughter with it. She loves Kermit songs and I can't wait to see her eyes light up! Thanks a million Jim. You're the only one on here who tries to make it easy for the likes of me!
Sir...I'm trying to learn how to play the banjo. It's hard to play when you are doing such an amazing job teaching that tears are stuck in my eyes and preventing me from learning. All jokes aside, I appreciate your channel and I am having fun with your lessons.
OH Jim, you did it again. I didn't know the song by name and it sounded familiar after the first few chords but as soon as you started singing I knew it. I was smiling from ear to ear through the rest of the video. you were trying to hold back a smile the whole time too, lol. That was great !! I could almost picture Kermit the Frog beside you. Heck, I'm still smiling and probably will every time I play it once I learn it. Who da Man ? -- You da Man !!!!
Thank you for simplifying this for me. It IS a "singing song." So the chords are all I really need at this stage in my playing. Love you for taking this seriously and giving us something removed from your tradition. Though, since you described the pattern as "ragtime," maybe it's not _that_ far removed after all.
Beautiful voice! I was thinking to myself the other day while practicing your cripple creek intro lesson "Why am I so enamored by the banjo to begin with?" Then it occurred to me that it i's because of Kermit the Frog singing rainbow connection. Such a classic! Thanks for sharing!
Second time here, relearning. I love how the banjo has all these rules! To heck with rules! Let us all use our thumbs twice and make music however our poor fingers can manage 😁. Thanks for the lesson.
The official muppet album plays at a higher key. If you out a capo on the 2nd fret, you can match their version. The chords Jim laid out here: G, C intro x2 Verse: G-Em-C-D7 (x4) Chorus: Em-Em-Em-Em Bm-Bm-D7-D7 (with the pinky) C-D-Bm-E Am-D7 (G-C intro x2) Thanks Jim!
Hey Jim, thank you for all the great work you do. I appreciate all you have done to help us mortals learn the banjo. I have one question about the modified D7 chord. I am having a hard time getting my pinky finger on the first string at the fourth fret. Any ideas for a stretching exercise? I keep trying to do the stretch when I practice with no success so far. Thank you!!! Bob
Lisa Flores and I did a series of Live Streams where we talk about hands and stretches, and she made some videos based on those exercises that are really helpful. You can find them here: czcams.com/channels/SbPYuteKqs57F5GzTa-cqQ.htmlvideos
Hey Jim, thanks for all of these videos, I'm having a bit of a learning block on my end with a certain part. Any chance you have plans to tab this one out like you have for previous videos for purchase on your site?
This video has been so helpful. I'm almost finished learning it all and I only just picked up the banjo a few weeks ago. There's just one part I wonder if you might be able to tell me the chords for so I can do the whole song: "All of us under its spell, we know that its probably magic". If you could do that for me it would be amazing, if not, it's totally fine, you've already done so much! Thanks again!
This is great, been trying to learn this one but most of the tabs I’ve found have been kind of complicated, this is much more straightforward to learn! Question about tuning, though; are you sticking to standard tuning or doing the ADGBD I’ve seen on the others? Most of them also recommend a capo and I see you’re not using one, any pluses or minuses to using it or not?
I typically select tunings that make the tune easier to play. As for a capo, you'll need that if you ever play with other people, or need to play along with recordings.
Mr Pankey sir do you have any tab on your wild jim site for this please? Now playing cripple creek and man of constant sorrow and would love to learn to play this for my sister who loves this song. Thanks sir these lessons have really helped me not a day goes by where I don't play now and still love it.
I don’t have a tab for this, and I really can’t recommend learning from tab. It’s worth the effort to figure it out by ear - especially since the video is right there.
Three “gotta’ learn the banjo” moments in history, in no particular order: 1. The Beverly Hillbillies theme 2. Dueling Banjos (Deliverance movie) 3. Rainbow Connection (the Muppet Movie)
So is there only 16 chords on the banjo? Cause if so I can almost play them all pretty well, I just need practice switching in between them, but I expect there to be more chords.
I love watching your videos. I am struggling with the c chord finger placement to get a clean 3rd string plucked (my pointer finger on the 4th string is the culprit). Any suggestions? Maybe the neck of my cheapo banjo is not wide enough?
Do you have any suggestions for the bridge and outro part? I ignore the key change but the last chord to the bridge part ("probably magic...") and then the outro doesn't sound quite right.
Replace the word banjo with piano. Would you be asking this question? No one goes into playing piano thinking that they'll need a special piano since they're left handed. You use both hands...
Hey Jim! In b minor, my finger is too small to cover the d and g string at the same time… should I lift up my finger each time or use middle, ring and pinky to cover those ?( although it feels a bit jammed ) Or any other tricks would be helpful! Thanks for being my virtual teacher!!
Thankes for teaching us.Please,may you please add some melodic scales to this wonderful song.So that this song is spiced up,like you with other songs did.Josef Detzer
Hi Jim, at about 5:00 you start calling off numbers... "Thats' our walk ... 1, 6 minor, 4, 5" I guess these are like Nashville numbers. I don't understand what to do with these numbers. Thanks!
Hey Jimbo, I was taking Banjo lessons from you for a while but it seems that cancer has raised its ugly head again, hence I stopped taking lessons on both Banjo and Guitar. I have given my Gibson guitar to my youngest Grandson and I bequeathed my Banjo to my Son. I am basically going to introduce him to you and you two can take it from there. My son's name is Ryan Paul Matthews, he will be contacting to here sooner or later after they get back from their Easter vacation with us. I truly hope you can help him out, this is the first song that he wants to learn on it. Dale Radeleff
I like the way you play, but it's hard to follow along and I can't read cords or music sheet so I do play by ear, I just can't really see your finger placement too well but i like the video very much
You can pause... you can also slow down the video. I'm shooting these videos with a phone... the real goal for you is to continue to work with your ears. You can do it.
My opinion. I think if people want to learn how to pick a recognizable style. This is too kid friendly. Learn from Sruggs , Reno, Fairchild, and other greats. Sorry but that's not bluegrass I'm use to. Thanks anyway Jim. I Know some people want to play that Kermit the Frog anthem.
Like I said before, I will always give Jim Pankey half the credit for what I've learned. I just meant that I like learning bluegrass banjo. But, I did learn Rainbow Connection. Maybe someday I will be able to play it with a guitarist or group. Thanks again for all your teachings. God Bless 🙏
Hi I’m a 42 year old cancer patient , with a banjo , I’m going to learn this thanks to you , God bless you.
I hope you are well ❤️🩹
I hope you are okay and still enjoying your banjo
Hope you’re still going. Much love and God Bless.
Hey Jim, great video as always. Let me relate a short story about this: a couple of years back, I was attending a banjo camp being held in a hotel conference room. During a break, everyone left the room but me. As I sat there noodling on my banjo, a hotel staff member saw me and approached. She asked if I knew "that frog song". I said, "you mean Rainbow Connection"? She said, "that's it". So I began playing the version from your video, and she started singing along, then I started singing along. It was great fun and made my day, maybe hers too. And it was all because of your video. Without that, Rainbow Connection would never have come across my banjo radar screen. You are a true asset to the banjo community. Keep up the good work.
Great story! Thanks for sharing, and thanks for watching.
Jim's every banjo players "brother from another mother"!!!
2 picking patterns per measure, measures with one chord play twice
Intro: G , C |
Verse: G , Em | C , D7 | G , Em | C |
Chorus: Em | Em | Bm | D7aug | C, D | Bm, E | Am, D7|
This is for self reference, please notify me of any revisions. thanks for the tutorial! I'm having a great time
Thanks for watching and letting me help you learn.
This is interesting, so do the straight lines indicate a bar?
@@s0n0fd0d yep 👍
Trent, have you got tab for this
@@alanread8468 nope!
This is the song that made me want to learn the banjo. When I saw Kermit D. Frog play, I thought it was best thing I had seen or heard. Thank you so much!!
You may not be alone. I bet a lot of folks took up banjo after hearing Kermit play. :)
Almost as good as Kermit!!
Love it
Thanks 😊
Jim I think your singing on rainbow connection was nice and smooth,,I could hear every word ,you didn't rush it,,,thumbs up.
Thanks 😊
Your singing is wonderful. Topped only by Kermit.
I just bought a banjo a few days ago, I’m trying to learn this song for my moms wedding. Thank you for showing us this.
I just bought my adult daughter a banjo (she plays a little guitar) and will definitely forward this video to her. Thanks Jim!
Thanks 😊
I love your demeaner, you voice, accent, and patient teaching style. I love that it is your own. So, if you don't mind, I think I'll name my banjo after my new favorite teacher. Thinking June Pankey, or Hanky Pankey (Hanky Pank, for short - sounds like the sound the banjo makes). I'm not much for naming instruments, but there is something about my experience with this video that was really positive, so I feel like doing it this time. Thank you for your videos!
You could always name the banjo Henry Edward. Call him Hank E since Hank is a nickname for Henry. 😊
I’m with you, just started and I feel so supported and like I just made a new friend! Thank you for your patient teaching!
First song I learned on my banjo! It's a family heirloom and I told myself that rainbow connection had to be the first thing I played on it! Thank you for your video!!
Thanks for letting me teach you ☺️
demo starts at 8:39 btw
Thanks man, super helpful. Most lessons for this songs complicate things heaps, but this was nice and simple!
I got a banjo for Christmas this year at 49… have wanted to learn my whole life because of this song specifically… so magical. Thank you so much for a great lesson… life goal ;)
Glad I could help!
I just got my banjo yesterday and this tutorial was the absolute best one I’ve found thank you so much
Glad I can help!
How's I miss this gem. I'm back to a kid watching Kermit. Thanks Jim.
😊
I’m 68, and have been playing guitar (acoustic and classical) since I was a tweener (over 50 years). Just bought a fretless banjo from John Peterson (on CZcams) and figured I’d try to learn Rainbow Connection. The banjo has gut-like strings, with moderate action, and I like the way it sounds and feels. Not heavy at all. Thanks for this video! I learned to play uke then guitar from playing songs, and feel confident your other videos are going to give me a leg up as far as leaning and enjoying playing the banjo. Takes me back to my baritone ukulele days when I played so much my fingertips bled, and I drove my sister nuts in the next bedroom leaning Peter, Paul and Mary tunes and Ricky Nelson songs. I’ve always 5-finger picked, and hope I can transition to more traditions banjo picking styles before I make that final climb over the hill.
thank you so much Jim. As a guitarist i thought i was never going to figure out this banjo thing. now i can play Cripple Creek and rainbow connection all thanks to you. I'm a 67 yr old lady and I'm enjoying every minute. oh and I'm a little in love with those baby browns you keep flashing at the camera 😊😉
thank you for your version of rainbow connection I have always wanted to learn it and you have made it easier
I got it down! I found it easier to play this song without picks. I’m going to try and bluegrass it up in a way by switching some of the chords.
Have fun!
I started teaching myself guitar 9 years ago using online resources and friends. Somewhere during quarantine Ive gained a fresh appreciation for the banjo and am beginning that same road of self discovery agai; and its videos like yours that makes my journey possible. I love your videos! ...and the Muppets :)
Thanks for watching and letting me teach you!
You really break things down and make them easy to understand, thank you.
Glad to help!
Excellent job, Jim, your videos are first rate.
thank you so much Jim. you taught me a little bit o banjo faster then anyone on CZcams has ever. SUBSCRIBED!!
Thanks for subscribing and letting me teach you!
Jim, kinda like Shorty, I am 65 and just purchased a banjo, could not make it without ya. Keep it coming, your break downs are the best taught on the web for me. Thank you so much, if you're ever in NC give me a call and i'll take you out to dinner. Thanks again!!
Glad to be a part of your journey. Thanks for the kind words. :)
This song just makes me so dang happy! 💞 Great tutorial! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Jim you are a great resource for beginners like me!
Thank you and god bless...
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for this! I've played guitar since I was a kid and kinda got out of it, but recently decided to buy a banjo for the heck of it. Still getting used to the differences, but this video has helped me get the basic chords and structures down in a quick weekend! Thanks again!
Just keep at it! You'll be figuring out all sorts of banjo fun.
Got myself a 5string about 25 years ago with the greatest of intentions. Sadly, work and life hassles got in the way. Now at 68 I've finally made a concerted effort thanks to your lessons Jim. After only a month of playing every day (it's slow but getting there), I'm so pleased at achieving what I thought would be impossible. This little song when I finally get it right will be the icing on the cake as I intend to surprise my youngest granddaughter with it. She loves Kermit songs and I can't wait to see her eyes light up! Thanks a million Jim. You're the only one on here who tries to make it easy for the likes of me!
Thanks for letting me be a part of your banjo journey. ☺️
Yes Jim I have after one year plus being 75 yo with banjo I am making progress. Thank you Jim
That’s great!
Sir...I'm trying to learn how to play the banjo. It's hard to play when you are doing such an amazing job teaching that tears are stuck in my eyes and preventing me from learning. All jokes aside, I appreciate your channel and I am having fun with your lessons.
Thanks for letting me make you smile, and help you learn!
I love your lessons! Keep them coming.
Glad you like them!
Thanks for this! You sounded great. My banjo arrives Thursday..... this song is top on the list :)
Have fun!
OH Jim, you did it again. I didn't know the song by name and it sounded familiar after the first few chords but as soon as you started singing I knew it. I was smiling from ear to ear through the rest of the video. you were trying to hold back a smile the whole time too, lol. That was great !! I could almost picture Kermit the Frog beside you. Heck, I'm still smiling and probably will every time I play it once I learn it. Who da Man ? -- You da Man !!!!
Thanks!
Thanks, best version of this song
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and this touching rendition.
Thanks for listening
Singing was just fine.
Playing was great.
Thanks
I've never heard that song before. I. Like it. and really enjoyed your singing THANK YOU 👍👍❤️🤗
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for simplifying this for me. It IS a "singing song." So the chords are all I really need at this stage in my playing. Love you for taking this seriously and giving us something removed from your tradition. Though, since you described the pattern as "ragtime," maybe it's not _that_ far removed after all.
Glad it was helpful!
Beautiful voice! I was thinking to myself the other day while practicing your cripple creek intro lesson "Why am I so enamored by the banjo to begin with?" Then it occurred to me that it i's because of Kermit the Frog singing rainbow connection. Such a classic! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, thank you!
Got a banjo for my birthday and this song is the goal of life. Thank you SO MUCH for the help! P.s. your singing was lovely.
Thanks! Happy Birthday!
This is the second real song I'm learning. (Cripple Creek was the first). Thank you!
Have fun!
I love your videos. I hope to play Rainbow Connection by the creek once it starts thawing! Thank you!!!! You are awesome!!!
Have fun!
Just lovely. Thanks
Thanks for listening
excellent work, thanks
i'm all tears man...thank you...
😊
This is an awesome video! I can play along now when I watch The Muppets Movie! ☺️
Hopefully it's in the right key with Kermit. I enjoy noodling with tunes like this. People always smile.
Thank you !!! Wonderful Video, I am picking away now.
Glad I can help!
This was very helpful! Thank you so much!
Glad I could help 😊
I love this song. Thank you! You're a fine singer. A heck of a lot better than me.
Thanks 😊
You're so funny and this is so helpful ❤
Glad I could help 😊
Love it. Thanks.
Thank you too!
Second time here, relearning. I love how the banjo has all these rules! To heck with rules! Let us all use our thumbs twice and make music however our poor fingers can manage 😁. Thanks for the lesson.
It’s not a rule... you can do what you want. As you progress you’ll see that it’s a matter of economics.
Thank you!!! That's all this newbie can say.
i just bought myself a banjo and im so excited to learn this
Have fun.
I just made a banjo songs to learn playlist and this is the first video added.
It's a fun one.
Brilliant, thanks!
You’re welcome 😊
The official muppet album plays at a higher key. If you out a capo on the 2nd fret, you can match their version.
The chords Jim laid out here:
G, C intro x2
Verse:
G-Em-C-D7 (x4)
Chorus:
Em-Em-Em-Em
Bm-Bm-D7-D7 (with the pinky)
C-D-Bm-E
Am-D7 (G-C intro x2)
Thanks Jim!
You’re welcome. 😊
Any chord progression tips on the big "All of us under its spell" section?
I love it 🎵🎶
Thanks 🙏🏼
Very nice job, Jim!
Thanks 😊
Hey Jim, thank you for all the great work you do. I appreciate all you have done to help us mortals learn the banjo. I have one question about the modified D7 chord. I am having a hard time getting my pinky finger on the first string at the fourth fret. Any ideas for a stretching exercise? I keep trying to do the stretch when I practice with no success so far.
Thank you!!!
Bob
Lisa Flores and I did a series of Live Streams where we talk about hands and stretches, and she made some videos based on those exercises that are really helpful. You can find them here: czcams.com/channels/SbPYuteKqs57F5GzTa-cqQ.htmlvideos
Hey Jim, thanks for all of these videos, I'm having a bit of a learning block on my end with a certain part. Any chance you have plans to tab this one out like you have for previous videos for purchase on your site?
Really have no plans to tab this one since it’s just chord changes
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This video has been so helpful. I'm almost finished learning it all and I only just picked up the banjo a few weeks ago. There's just one part I wonder if you might be able to tell me the chords for so I can do the whole song: "All of us under its spell, we know that its probably magic". If you could do that for me it would be amazing, if not, it's totally fine, you've already done so much! Thanks again!
it goes something like....
G D C
All of us under its spell,
C Am D D#maj7
We know that it's probably magic
@@JimPankey You're an angel. Thank you.
This is great, been trying to learn this one but most of the tabs I’ve found have been kind of complicated, this is much more straightforward to learn! Question about tuning, though; are you sticking to standard tuning or doing the ADGBD I’ve seen on the others? Most of them also recommend a capo and I see you’re not using one, any pluses or minuses to using it or not?
I typically select tunings that make the tune easier to play. As for a capo, you'll need that if you ever play with other people, or need to play along with recordings.
Mr Pankey sir do you have any tab on your wild jim site for this please? Now playing cripple creek and man of constant sorrow and would love to learn to play this for my sister who loves this song. Thanks sir these lessons have really helped me not a day goes by where I don't play now and still love it.
I don’t have a tab for this, and I really can’t recommend learning from tab. It’s worth the effort to figure it out by ear - especially since the video is right there.
I’m watching this and I don’t even have a banjo! I’m a guitarist so I wanna get the basic gist of this while I’m waiting for mine to come 😂
Keep me posted once you get your banjo!
It feels great learning from the second best banjo player, the first being Kermit the Frog.
Wow, thanks!
Thanks for the video! What is that think on the headstock of your banjo?
czcams.com/video/iC32XNCa_jA/video.html
👏👏👏👏
Thanks
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Three “gotta’ learn the banjo” moments in history, in no particular order:
1. The Beverly Hillbillies theme
2. Dueling Banjos (Deliverance movie)
3. Rainbow Connection (the Muppet Movie)
Glad I can help 😊
So is there only 16 chords on the banjo? Cause if so I can almost play them all pretty well, I just need practice switching in between them, but I expect there to be more chords.
There are more, but that’s a pretty fruitless way to learn. I recommend learning chords when you need them.
I love watching your videos. I am struggling with the c chord finger placement to get a clean 3rd string plucked (my pointer finger on the 4th string is the culprit). Any suggestions? Maybe the neck of my cheapo banjo is not wide enough?
Chances are you’re not curling your fingers enough. Get up right on the tips.
@@JimPankey Thank you. I will try.
I love you
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I appreciate this! Thank you. What banjo do you recommend for a newbie?
Recording King Dirty Thirties
@@JimPankey thanks. I really appreciate it!
Do you have any suggestions for the bridge and outro part? I ignore the key change but the last chord to the bridge part ("probably magic...") and then the outro doesn't sound quite right.
Not really… other than just use the same picking pattern thru those changes..
I really want to start playing the banjo but I’m left handed is it possible and if so could you give me some advice, thank you 😀
Replace the word banjo with piano. Would you be asking this question? No one goes into playing piano thinking that they'll need a special piano since they're left handed.
You use both hands...
Hey Jim! In b minor, my finger is too small to cover the d and g string at the same time… should I lift up my finger each time or use middle, ring and pinky to cover those ?( although it feels a bit jammed ) Or any other tricks would be helpful! Thanks for being my virtual teacher!!
You can, like some, use all 4 fingers. I just find it a bit cramped.
@@JimPankey got it, I’ll get to practicing! Thank you!!
tried learnin this from some other videos and it wasn't quite right. thanks for helpin pa
Happy to help
8:03 is the play through
Thankes for teaching us.Please,may you please add some melodic scales to this wonderful song.So that this song is spiced up,like you with other songs did.Josef Detzer
I really have no plans to do another video of this song. You can change it anyway you like though.
that was is cool
Glad you liked it!
Hi Jim, at about 5:00 you start calling off numbers... "Thats' our walk ... 1, 6 minor, 4, 5" I guess these are like Nashville numbers. I don't understand what to do with these numbers.
Thanks!
I have a lesson on the Nashville Number System
Hey Jimbo, I was taking Banjo lessons from you for a while but it seems that cancer has raised its ugly head again, hence I stopped taking lessons on both Banjo and Guitar. I have given my Gibson guitar to my youngest Grandson and I bequeathed my Banjo to my Son. I am basically going to introduce him to you and you two can take it from there. My son's name is Ryan Paul Matthews, he will be contacting to here sooner or later after they get back from their Easter vacation with us. I truly hope you can help him out, this is the first song that he wants to learn on it.
Dale Radeleff
Dale, so sorry to hear about that! Hang in there and keep me posted. Prayers for you.
Hey I was wondering was what you tuned your banjo too
Just standard tuning. gDGBD
The Only Rule... Is ... There Are No Rules!!🎵🎶🎵
Seems like a good rule 😅
Where can I find your tabs? if you have written them down. :)
I do have some tabs at www.sellfy.com/wildjimbo but I don't have this particular tune tabbed.
2:38
I like the way you play, but it's hard to follow along and I can't read cords or music sheet so I do play by ear, I just can't really see your finger placement too well but i like the video very much
You can pause... you can also slow down the video. I'm shooting these videos with a phone... the real goal for you is to continue to work with your ears. You can do it.
i know that your advice is probably to practice more but im having a tough time teaching myself to hold two strings with one finger
Without seeing exactly what you're doing it'll be hard to diagnose. I do know that you'll figure it out - everyone does.
Which one is the c cord
I cover that in my beginner series.
I really wish there was tab for this ❤
I bet you can figure it out without a tab
I haven’t had my banjo for long so I am just learning about tabs and cords and stuff 😂x I keep practicing ❤
:)
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69 comments lmao
How many now?
My opinion. I think if people want to learn how to pick a recognizable style. This is too kid friendly. Learn from Sruggs , Reno, Fairchild, and other greats. Sorry but that's not bluegrass I'm use to. Thanks anyway Jim. I Know some people want to play that Kermit the Frog anthem.
No one is forcing you to learn this, or any of my other songs. A lot of people like it.
@@JimPankey Jim you have taught me 50percent of what I know. I meant no bad feelings with my comment on Rainbow Connection. I apologize if I did.
Like I said before, I will always give Jim Pankey half the credit for what I've learned. I just meant that I like learning bluegrass banjo. But, I did learn Rainbow Connection. Maybe someday I will be able to play it with a guitarist or group. Thanks again for all your teachings. God Bless 🙏
Jim
I got my RK-R20 a couple weeks ago. That five string holds its own with slot of fives out there. Thanks for the advice. I'm happy with it.😂😀😅🤗