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Dec 3.2024

The Artisan Elephant Goodtime Banjo - Giving Tuesday 2024

If you have had the chance to speak with Deering’s CEO, Jamie Deering, you may have heard about her love of South Africa, African wildlife, and especially the...

Topic Post : banjo playing tips

Aug 1.2017

5 Tips To Make the Most Of Your Banjo Lessons

Banjo lessons from a qualified teacher will accelerate your progress much faster than learning by purely trial and error. To make the most of your banjo...

Jul 31.2017

How To Read Banjo Tab

Banjo tab or tablature is a way of reading and writing banjo music that has similarities to standard musical notation, but is much easier to read, and gives...

Mar 27.2017

Overcome Your Ear Training Aversion on the Banjo

5 practice tips to help you actually use and benefit from ear training when you’re just starting out.

Ear training has gotten a bad rap

When you’re first...

Mar 15.2017

4 Great Ways To Learn To Play the Banjo

Learning to play the banjo these days is easier than ever. With the popularity of the banjo and acoustic music growing at a record pace, there are more tools...

Mar 10.2017

5 Tips To Help Inspire You When Learning Banjo

Have you ever looked up the definition of “inspiration?” Here it is: stimulated to do the process of being mentally or feel something, especially to do...

Mar 5.2017

The Zen of Banjo

To me music is a representation of life. It can be portrayed and represented in so many ways, however in it's purest forms it is an extension of one's...

Feb 14.2017

What Is the Most Important Part Of the Banjo?

So much is written about the materials and precision needed to craft a beautiful sounding banjo that we often forget to remind ourselves what the most...

Jan 12.2017

Multiple Banjos?

One of the greatest aspects of my job is getting to talk with people from all walks of life and from many different enthusiasms of the music business. It’s...

Dec 30.2016

A New Year’s Resolution For All Banjo Players

While we all make New Year’s resolutions that are relevant to our own lives, I would like to offer a suggestion for a New Year’s resolution relevant to all...

Dec 15.2016

Learn Melodic Style 5 String Banjo With G Scales

When I was learning how to play 5 string banjo, there were 3 main styles of 3 finger playing - Scruggs Style, Reno Style, and Melodic or Keith style. Today one...

Kristin Scott Benson chooses the Deering Golden Series banjos
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