I’m learning to play banjo like this in 7 months
One of my online students sent me this nice message and also an MP3 recording of his progress. I think he is doing well so I sent back some encouragement and some tips that might be helpful to my blog readers as well. Here is the letter.
I bought a banjo the last week of March this year. I’ve been amazed at how far I’ve come since then thanks to books like yours (I’m entirely self taught). I attached an mp3 of a song I just recorded today. I’ve got a friend who plays guitar and I was recording it so he could practice with it. Thought you might like to hear what someone with your books and 7 months of practice can do.
Great job, you are completing all your measures and keeping the rhythm going very well, that’s huge. Many students at your juncture are playing choppy phrases and not piecing a whole song together without stopping.
You can improve what you have a lot by working with the metronome, especially on your forward rolls.
Keep up the good work! thanks, Ross
