From the course: Banjo Lessons: 2 Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
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Standing position
From the course: Banjo Lessons: 2 Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Standing position
(banjo plays) - You may notice me standing. This is something that really needs to be addressed, especially for beginners, I think mostly because there's a tendency just to be sitting when you're playing. If you're sitting around the house and you're watching videos, and working with a slide or just sitting and playing in front of the television or whatever, a lot of people just sit. At some point, you may need to go to a jam session and suddenly you've gotta put on your banjo and be standing. It's just a whole other thing, standing. When you're sitting, your neck tends to be angled up a little more like this, generally. You can look at the fingerboard, you can see the frets, you can see the inlays and you have a better idea of what you're doing. As soon as you strap it on, the whole thing changes. And, really you can just about see only the dots on the neck. (banjo plays) It's a whole different thing, especially if you're up the neck. Down here it's not as much of an issue. The whole…
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