Learn to Play - Ground Speed - Bluegrass Banjo

[@JimPankey]

Tab is here: sellfy.com/p/nDt0/

[@WV5513]

Jim I’m a 24 year old coal miner from southern WV. Your videos help me learn how to play the banjo and keep a tradition alive in my area that is slowly fading away. Thank you for what you do.

[@countrookularich4493]

Hey Ty C. Sorry to hear this type of music is fading away in what might be considered the Headquarters for Bluegrass and Old time. Need more youth like yourself taking an interest to keep it going. Glad you're doing your part.

[@astro781]

Jim Pankey, prince among men, teaches us Groundspeed....big Hearts and Flowers to ya...so happy...thank you sincerely and from the bottom of my heart

[@JohnBerthoty]

You're an excellent teacher! I started playing over 50 years ago but put the banjo down about 20 years ago. I'm inspired to pick it back up now. Thanks Jim!

[@JimPankey]

Glad you’re picking again!

[@paulfoytack5267]

Thanks Jim! Nicely done. Who the heck would dislike this? Maybe they thought the price for the lesson was too high.

[@hokris3939]

You are the best banjo teacher out there Jim! Thank you a lot for your videos,.

[@marknaden1080]

Thank you Jim! You’re a great teacher, i bought a banjo on a whim at the start of lockdown, i live in the UK and have never played a string instrument and im totally hooked. Your lessons are the only ones that work for me. This one took me a while but i got it down eventually.

[@JimPankey]

Thanks for letting me teach you ☺️

[@EllsBellsNC]

Love this arrangement! Another winner, Jim! Thanks!

[@JimPankey]

You're welcome!

[@DaveS-b8k]

Another tune, I've really enjoyed learning. Thanks so much for putting these videos out.

[@JimPankey]

Thanks for letting me be a part of your banjo journey 😊

[@gp-banjo]

I've been playing the banjo for almost a year. I've gotten pretty used to making my own breaks, but I just couldn't figure out ground speed. This is a good base, I'll be modifying it to make it my own. Thanks Jim 🤠

[@JimPankey]

Awesome. Glad I could help 😊

[@kmac7423]

Once again Jim thank you for your fantastic demos and lessons. By far the best on the INternet and possibly best teaching style anybody could try. I have probly turned about 6 people onto your channel now to help them learn. Keep it up.

[@peterbates3973]

Hi Jim I love watching your videos, my wife likes them too , and she has no interest in banjo. Ha ha Have been trying to get “ground speed” for about three weeks , and I’m about 90% there , persistence, patience and practice 3ps. Watched your video over and over and the tab helped also Thanks Cheers from Sydney Australia

[@JimPankey]

Thanks for watching and letting me teach you 😊

[@lynweatherson927]

Hi Jim. Lyn Weatherson’s partner here. Thanks for the reply and the recommendations on what to attempt next. Love your work. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos. They are very much appreciated. Kind regards. Mark.

[@bartholomewblack33]

I can’t believe how great this is I love it !

[@JimPankey]

Thanks!

[@rb.867]

Nice that you explain what your doing

[@stratega91cai91]

Buddy thnx so much im from spain and i trying to learn play banjo i starts with your videos again thnx so much

[@wildbanjoman99]

Just got this one down, I did some slightly different variations that were a bit easier for me to play on the "B" part of the first break. Very nice breakdown with room to insert other licks, loving your breakdowns of these classics Jim!

[@JimPankey]

Glad you learned this one!

[@johndillon3942]

Jim, Jus want to say thanks. I'm not a finger picker, Im primarily a frailer (Jenes Cottrell, Art Saxe style) lWIth your style of teaching it makes it easier if need to learn a new tune in my style, so I can jam with them bluegrass folks. Ohio John

[@JimPankey]

Glad I can help!

[@nathaliefournier4385]

Oh dear! I’ll be practicing that one for ever!

[@wildbanjoman99]

I thought that about fireball mail from billnesbitts video, finally got it all up to speed then jim made his video on it

[@bartholomewblack33]

Jimbo, Fantastic? Great teaching

[@JimPankey]

Thanks!

[@smillpupstick4323]

You need to make a video about you.

[@paulineyliney]

Hi Jim! Thanks for all your videos, I just finished your beginner's first ten lessons and feeling like I'm on a roll with my banjo playing woohoo! Commenting here to see if you could do a tutorial on Scotland the Brave, I know a simple version of it clawhammer style but would like to learn a more intermediate version of it to play, clawhammer or bluegrass either one. Thanks for all the videos you put out, I look forward to diving in!

[@JimPankey]

That's not a song I reckon I've ever played... probably wouldn't be a good idea for me to try and teach it. :)

[@averythurston2407]

Keep up the good videos!

[@stevepawluk4129]

Required 4 or 5 days to sound like a tune, but worth the effort. What fun!

[@JimPankey]

It’s a fun one!

[@thefamily2707]

Awesome thanks 🙏🏻

[@JimPankey]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@MrBrewster2008]

Thank you sir for this!

[@owenbrondo]

Hi mr pankey, you said in one of your vids , you were taking requests, would you think about doing , I wish I was a mole in the ground, I think it would be a great tune, for us newbies! Thanks Jim ! As always you’re awesome!😎

[@ToolsAreToys]

Thanks Jim!

[@JimPankey]

You’re welcome!

[@danigarcia9243]

Yeahhhhh...!!! Excellent..!

[@JimPankey]

Thanks!

[@regismontvernay3369]

Thank you Jim for this video but I have trouble keeping up. there is no tablature.

[@JimPankey]

Correct, no tab. It’s worth the effort. If it’s still too hard then come back to it later. 🙂

[@kohlfixari]

KZbin lets you slow down the playback of the video

[@kelleymoon8191]

Hello Jim , love all your videos. Question! Have done a lesson with tab on dueling banjos? I have watched one with you and I believe Roy, and love the way you play the strumming interpretations

[@JimPankey]

I really don’t have any plans to tab that one... you really can figure it out. I promise.

[@johnbaker5937]

Hey Jim, you gonna be at the bear on the square in dalonaga Georgia this year.?

[@JimPankey]

Not sure yet...

[@samuelhorner6200]

Jim pankey. I heard about that. I’ll probably be there

[@cedrus8200]

Hi Jim, I got a couple questions if you don’t mind. First I gotta say that I’m trying to learn this fresh out of your 10 lessons, you are my sunshine, and foggy mountain breakdown, so it might be that Groundspeed isn’t for someone who’s only been playing for 3 months, but I’m gonna keep at it regardless. So off to the 2 questions I had: 1- when you were teaching ‘Cripple Creek’ in your lessons, the main slide was an alternating roll, 3-2-5-1. In here when you refer to the slide, you play it as 3-5-1, with the slide on the third as a quarter note. Is that the non-beginner way of playing it? (Because the fourth fret on the third is the same note as open second?) 2- Sorry if this is a silly one, but when we’re moving down the neck on the first two strings in the initial run, we move from 9th and 8th frets to a pinch on the 5th and 3rd frets (which isn’t easy to so fast for a beginner.) Now I noticed that that pinch is the same as doing a regular pinch on open 1st and 5th strings. So the silly question is, why not do that instead? Last, thank you very much, Jim. Your channel’s been an invaluable resource. If you ever decide on doing virtual classes, one-on-one or group, I’d love to sign up.

[@JimPankey]

Question 1.... it’s just a different sound. Try not to over think it. Question 2... we do that pinch there based on economics for the right hand and where we’ve been and where we’re going. Plus, we can control exactly how long those notes ring. Thanks for watching! Yup, Groundspeed isn’t the most friendly tune for you at this point, but take your time, you’ll learn a bunch in the process.

[@cedrus8200]

Jim Pankey great, thanks again!

[@frepa791]

I absolutely love this song and thanks so much for the video - but I’m having some trouble getting the number of bars right. When I’m trying to play along with Scruggs I’m missing a bar near the end (in the “second B part” if that makes sense) where you play a 3-2 pull off, move to C and then wrap up. Am I crazy or is this a different number of bars from the recording? In my mind I want another bar there (G7, to be specific). It’s not that I can’t add my own lick there to be inline with the recording but I want to make sure I’m not losing my sense of rhythm here.

[@JimPankey]

Yeah... so toss another measure of G there pretty much any standard lick will work. :) Being that I didn’t play thru it a second time I didn’t bother to talk about that in the video. Glad you noticed it while practicing. :). kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4bEXmaXfNyjoMk

[@tobypritchard6095]

Love this Jim! At the end are you pinching all three strings when you slide down the neck? Big love

[@JimPankey]

For the ending? Probably. Anywhere else most likely just two.

[@tobypritchard6095]

Jim Pankey cheers, it’s fun to play around with it anyhow. What’s the easiest way to make a donation btw, is it PayPal on your page?

[@JimPankey]

Toby Pritchard easiest is to probably grab a tab book at www.sellfy.com/wildjimbo

[@drakonyanazkar]

I see your strings bending a lot more than mine when you pulloff them. Are they light gauge? I use medium. Or is it just your experienced calloused fingers bending them effortlessly? EDIT: Forgot to thank you for yet another wonderful tune! You're a hero, Jim!

[@JimPankey]

I use a 9.5 set on the RK35. I do push them around pretty roughly though.

[@drakonyanazkar]

@@JimPankey Thanks for the reply. I use D'Addario medium (EJ61) and they get rusty pretty quickly. It's very hard and expensive to get banjo strings in my country. I wonder how often you have change them up there in Georgia.

[@JimPankey]

I "should" change my strings about once a month, but I usually wait a little longer. Keep your strings wiped down when you finish playing so they'll last longer

[@nathaliefournier4385]

Jim Pankey That’s a good tip,I dint know we had to changes the string so often.I’ve noticed some kind of deposit on mine,also didn’t know we had to wipe them down. So Ive been playing( more like practicing,lol) since December,when I first bought my banjo,I should probably change my strings then?

[@drakonyanazkar]

@@nathaliefournier4385 I bought mine in April last year. So far I've had 4 sets (stock, medium, custom medium and medium again). I changed it about every 3 months. But then again, they are quite expensive where I live. One trick I've used for half a year now is to about once a month clean them with a bit of mineral oil. It helps take the rust crust out (probably the deposit you're talking about) and give it a clean tone again. It might be me, but I think the strings even get softer. EDIT: if I could pay 5-10 dollars for a nice set like most places in the US, I'd proably change it every month. But instead I pay the local equivalent to 60 dollars for an average set.

[@iamvonimmel]

If you play it at 1.5 speed, it sounds like hillbilly chasin music!

[@glennevans2525]

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[@davidstanich9369]

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[@KunchangLeeMusic]

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