@@foxy663 Thank you! 😊

@@nocaldsm He’s way out of my league, but thanks! 😊

@@shazmah Thank you! 😊

Thank you! 😊

@@itsshushan9397 An in-person teacher is the best way to start, but if you don’t have access to one, an online teacher (via Skype or Zoom) is the next best option.

@@firecrest8154 Thanks! At the time this was recorded, I had been playing banjo for 6 years, but clawhammer style for a little over 2 years.

@@banjogranny9156 Wow that's really impressive!

This one was partly from a former banjo teacher, and partly my own. I am in the process of tabbing these out, but it’s a slow process.

Thank you! 😊

@@tcieslewicz152 Thanks! I can’t take credit for the arrangement, as it is by Bill Knopf.

@@stevefeatherston4977 Thank you so much! 😊

@@burrelsk Thanks!

Thanks! It's not bad for a freebie (although it cost me $200.00 to get it restored!) But it's really handy for when I'm teaching, so that I don't have to heft my heavy Bishline around. And I guess if I ever want to take a banjo along when I fly somewhere, it will come in handy for that. But why am I explaining all of this to a fellow banjo player?! There is never an excuse needed for acquiring another banjo!

@@banjogranny9156 Thanks for talking ;-) I had a Harmony a few years back...it had a twisted neck, I gave it to a niece.

Thank you!

Thank you! 😊

@@mdarrenu Thank you for your nice, diplomatic way of making a suggestion. Some have admonished me to “smile!” but that feels awkward and forced. I will try to work on occasionally looking at the camera. 😊

@@banjogranny9156 My wife would be surprised I was being diplomatic - well, like most husbands, I am with everyone but your wife. Best.

Thank you very much! 😊

@@chuckpatch1230 Thank you so much! You’re welcome to say it as often as you’d like! 🤣

Clever comment! 😉 🕰️

Thanks!

@@frisco3338 😂 I love it!

I wish! But thank you! 😊

@@mouravieff66 Thanks! 😊

Thanks. Yes, here are the lyrics: My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the old man himself Though it weighed not a pennyweight more It was bought on the morn' of the day that he was born And was always his treasure and pride But it stopped. short. never to go again When the old man died Ninety years without slumbering His life seconds numbering It stopped. short. never to go again When the old man died My grandfather said that of those he could hire Not a servant so faithful he found For it wasted no time and had but one desire At the close of each week to be wound And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face And its hands never hung by its side But it stopped. short. never to go again When the old man died It rang and alarmed in the dead of the night An alarm that for years had been dumb And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight That his hour for departure had come Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime As we silently stood by his side But it stopped. short. never to go again When the old man died Ninety years without slumbering His life seconds numbering It stopped. short. never to go again When the old man died

​@@banjogranny9156 Oh, the clock is his heart.. And his heart was as big as himself.. :(( oh, what a beautiful song - Thank you so much for your time, finding the song text for me.

Thanks 😊

Thank you! 😊

@@martinmonfee7974 Thanks! Yes, I learned this one a long time ago, but it’s still a favorite!

@@dalevancleefsr Thanks for listening!😊

Thanks. It's weird how bluegrass music sounds much more complicated than it is, and clawhammer is much more complicated than it sounds. Thanks for taking the time to learn about it and appreciate it more! 🙂

@@Clicker3 Thanks!

@@TB-303 Thanks! But I can’t take credit for the arrangement. It’s by Bill Knopf.

@@etherjazz Thank you!

@@RhiRhiCampbell I agree on both points! 😊

Thank you 😊

@@fredjonestowns4213 Thank you! What a lovely compliment! And don’t assume your stuff is “run of the mill.” We tend to be our own worst critic.

@@BryanS-s9i It is a combination of arrangements - parts are from Lukas Poole’s arrangement, plus a little from Dave Hum’s arrangement, and some of my own originality.

@@banjogranny9156 Well done! It's beautiful.

@@BryanS-s9i Thank you!😊

@@peter4Flags Thank you so much!😊

@@BryanS-s9i Thank you! 😊

@@russellpaddon2982 Thanks! 😊

Thanks!😊

@@nyuzoo I’m afraid that reference is lost on this old lady. 🤣👵🏻😳

@@martinmonfee7974 Thank you!

Thanks! Yeah, I need to work up a few more variations so that a longer version wouldn’t be too repetitive.

@@banjogranny9156 i dont mind repetitiveness though

Thank you! 😊