30 Days of Banjo: Day 8 // The Slide!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

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[@myindigoblues5796]

Man, I was stuck on Day 7 for ages! Welcome back to me! Now onto the next thing. Weee 🪕🤠

[@mes252]

yeah - day 5-7 where hard for me too.

[@ArtificialFertilizer]

1 year after - do you continue playing the banjo? :)

[@yuni256]

On the 7th day you shall rest said the Lord

[@staywildsasquatch5144]

Lol, 7 days of day 7 for me. Hope u are still playing!

[@coonplatoon]

Glad I wasn’t the only one

[@FlatDevice]

Day 7 took the most practice since I've never played a string instrument before. I have short chubbo fingers so not muting strings is challenging; I have to move my left hand in the way you said never to, lol, but I'm sure I'll make it work. I know I'm not the only fat person to ever learn to play banjo. Oh lawd day 8 here I come.

[@boulderjoe1]

Me too! That D7 is crazy hard for my fat fingers and extra small neck!

[@katrinathraves1771]

Loving my lessons! I like the freedom to spread out lessons where more practice is needed.

[@adolphweich]

I restrung an old acoustic guitar to become a pseudo banjo. I love your lessons thank gou!

[@kathycamper1300]

Wow that is awesome. My husband plays guitar and had talked about doing that.

[@mitchwhitener2885]

❤❤❤ How does it sound?? Do you use picks?

[@dean-isa-fool2191]

Amazing program. Fun to follow along with. Great production value. Great explanations and general feel. What a great series!

[@paulbrunton877]

Thank you Eli, your lessons are brilliant, I have had my Goodtime 5 string for two months and your lessons are helping greatly.

[@flatbeddingoldlady]

I am having so much fun! I don't have much time to practice, so progress is slow, but your lessons are perfect!

[@the_nunon9603]

Want to thank you for a great way to start playing! Love this series so far and can't wait until I hit day 30, although it might take a while! Thank you!!!

[@motto7539]

back after waiting 2 weeks for my banjo to be repaired - this is great!

[@dr.dougdillner835]

Thanks!

[@gregbright8735]

I am loving this course, thank you Eli. Such a jump from the guitar but I love this instrument. The fingers pick finally starting to feel right. Thank you for putting the right-hand fingers to use on the tab, that has been really helpful.

[@larkymalarky9654]

Thank you Banjo Man!

[@myname7914]

Eli... my fingers on my left hand are starting to get sore! hahaha

[@butchkohn2910]

Great teaching

[@DannyMNL]

I'm having way too much trouble not muting the lower strings with my fat fingers. Not just with the slide, but also with the patterns where I have to play lower open strings while fretting higher strings.

[@killersofa]

This is the point in the lesson where I had to tape up my bloody fingers lol!

[@DanielGSantiesteban]

Hey Eli! your content it's great man. Thanks for all the videos with great tips. I just have some questions regarding the time of the techniques. when do you do eight note slide/hammer/pull off and when the sixtinth note? it sound to me that when your playing fast everithing is played as sixtinths. Also, what's the point of the eight note? I feel you can bearly hear the effect of doing the slide//...

[@PIckledeggilkley]

Anyone else had problems with finger picks tapping the soundboard (drum part) of the banjo when they are plucking? I'm still getting used to the picks, but I also find it hard to slide with them. I'm just not getting the full sound.

[@MasonCroneMusic]

That was a problem with me at first too. It got easier over time😁👍

[@donaldturner2684]

I was just asking the same question the other day at a music store, but they weren't that familiar with the banjo. But yes, my picks are hitting the soundboard.

[@loststylus7641]

A little late to the party, you might have already fixed it but what’s been helping for me is putting my fingers lower, towards the bottom. The strings are tighter there than they are up by the frets

[@redsquadairsoft3158]

Great videos. Thanks!

[@Haywood_Jablowmi420]

This is a lot of pain & stress on my middle finger. I don’t know if my banjo strings are too close together but it’s frustrating to not cover up the second string by accident, even just a tiny bit and it messes up.

[@pipski4019]

Same here, blistering too. Will try arching fingers more and keep at it!

[@Haywood_Jablowmi420]

@@pipski4019 yeah maybe I just need to build up my calluses. I’ll keep practicing.

[@kathycamper1300]

I am not really having the pain you mention, but I am having a heck of a time with covering up the second string by accident. I thought it was because I am a woman with very small hands. Good to know I am not alone. I am working on the arching the fingers more as well and I have slowed WAY down to try to force them into the right position.

[@jakekellie2432]

I used to play guitar it's normal, I have less stress now I'm learning the banjo doing it. It'll pass dude :)

[@juanfischer4813]

I tuned my banjo with a Bb instead of B to have minor chords available in the same position as majors, but this is the first lesson in which that is not helping me XD I'm going to try keeping it as I currently have it and only tune use standard tuning if it's really necessary :D

[@samuelmcmahon]

Hey Eli, loving the lessons, very well structured and progress by surprise almost every time! I’m having trouble with the finger placement only my left hand for BTCD, specifically whilst switching between the two main positions. Have you got any drills or advice that might help?

[@eugenelayton5231]

Try strumming just the chords with the thumb pick. i.e. G chord 1,2,3,4 C chord 1,2,3,4 etc. either with a metronome or along with the video. Change the chords along with the tab or video. After you can make the chord changes while strumming then move on to making the changes while playing a simple roll. I'm new to this too. Hope this helps. 👴

[@theunknowndoodler]

Oh well it is good to see other people were stuck on day 7 its been like a week for me lol

[@blazingfest5885]

Eli what is your outro song?

[@captainfsh2706]

Wow and I thought my fingers hurt before

[@stephendye6729]

Hi, just a question....I have noticed in the tabs that up until today in the last bar with the pinch, the 3rd string was picked with the index finger but now (and in future lessons) its the thumb. Does it matter which one I use? Sorry if this has been asked before!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

It's good to be able to use both, it'll change depending on the context!

[@meganmcguire3176]

day 8 woo

[@hunterbarn786]

The sound this makes on my banjo just sounds muted and I can’t find out why

[@jeremiahwright3959]

Gotta say today has to be the worst on my pointer/index finger😂

[@jeremiahwright3959]

Middle*

[@keithmorris7118]

hi, i am left handed but decided to get a right handed banjo. bit difficult not having the flex on my left hand for the cords slides etc. also finding this slide hard as i always mute second string.

[@neilfauerbach5163]

Thanks!

[@patriciapesavento2415]

Thanks!

[@the_nunon9603]

Thanks!

[@szeezy8066]

god darn, thatsa fat tip