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Awesome teen girl banjo player – “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”

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September 25, 2017, 05:42 PM
Pipe Smoker
Awesome teen girl banjo player – “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”
Search for "Teen girl The Banjo Nation" on YouTube. First video found. You'll be impressed. She doesn't even break a sweat. GREAT music.

ETA – Enhanced thread title.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Pipe Smoker, February 14, 2021 09:03 AM



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September 25, 2017, 08:42 PM
henryaz
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Search for "Teen girl The Banjo Nation" on YouTube. First video found. You'll be impressed. She doesn't even break a sweat. GREAT music.

Picks are cheating. Real banjo players don't use picks. Smile
 
September 25, 2017, 09:18 PM
tanksoldier
quote:
Originally posted by henryaz:
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Search for "Teen girl The Banjo Nation" on YouTube. First video found. You'll be impressed. She doesn't even break a sweat. GREAT music.

Picks are cheating. Real banjo players don't use picks. Smile
 


She must be an imaginary banjo player....



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September 26, 2017, 05:37 AM
DubiousDan
I did enjoy that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEn5G65LOQ


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September 26, 2017, 10:07 AM
henryaz
quote:
Originally posted by tanksoldier:
She must be an imaginary banjo player....

I wouldn't say that. She is talented, but 3 finger picking makes it easy to put out a lot of notes fast and sound flashy. Foggy Mountain Breakdown is the epitome of flashy 3 finger picking.
 
September 26, 2017, 10:23 AM
jhe888
Earl Scruggs was as real a banjo player as ever lived, and he used a thumbpick and two fingerpicks. He practically invented that kind of playing.

That girl is very good and a pleasure to hear, but she isn't extraordinary. HenryAZ is right, three finger picking sounds faster than it is, because three fingers are doing the work. I'm not saying it isn't impressive, but any good fingerpicking banjo player can do that.




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September 26, 2017, 10:46 AM
46and2
Yep, she can play the banjo.

Smile
September 26, 2017, 09:33 PM
6guns
I'm impressed with all of them!




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September 27, 2017, 10:32 AM
henryaz
 
Foggy Mountain Breakdown, clawhammer style: ETA, updated because the original embedded video now requires a login. Here it is clawhammer style, on a fretless banjo no less. He starts out 3 finger picking, Scruggs style but without picks, then switches over to Clawhammer.
 

 
Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADgKHO5UuNI
 

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September 27, 2017, 02:58 PM
tha1000
She's not a teen any more.


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February 14, 2021, 08:50 AM
Pipe Smoker
This old thread deserves a Sunday morning bump!



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February 14, 2021, 09:28 AM
sigfreund
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
This old thread deserves a Sunday morning bump!


Yes, just what I needed on a cold and snowy morning. Smile




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February 14, 2021, 09:47 PM
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