From the course: Banjo Lessons: 2 Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
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Using the capo: Part 2
From the course: Banjo Lessons: 2 Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Using the capo: Part 2
- Some people like to use a fifth string capo, which is a metal bar that goes along the side here and is a little metal piece that slides along it and you can tighten up the little screw on the side. Let me get off this for a second. And you bring it to the seventh fret and then tighten the screw on the side. Or you can do B flat if you go up a half step, or one more fret higher to the seventh fret here, for B. Or one more to C. And in a way, it's very easy, because it just slides right along, and you just tighten it down wherever you want to place it and you're not drilling holes in the fingerboard here, but along the side, you put a couple of holes along the side to drill in the fifth string capo. A lot of people use this. Personally, I don't care for it because it's extra stuff you have to do to bring your thumb around like this because there's this metal bar here. And also because sometimes the Scruggs back up you'll have your thumb wrapped around the fifth string. And with that…
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Separation of notes: Part 14m 52s
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Separation of notes: Part 21m 16s
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Hitting the head with the picks1m 59s
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Keeping a positive attitude2m 18s
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Playing with others: Part 12m 33s
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Playing with others: Part 2, beginning backup4m 50s
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Playing with others: Part 32m 30s
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Using the capo: Part 14m 40s
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Using the capo: Part 23m 51s
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Metronome4m 54s
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