Little Sadie. Quick banjo tutorial / walkthrough.

Hopefully this will help. Tuning is gDGCD.

[@vance7274]

You, Sir, are to be recognized for your calm demeanor whilst sitting behind a banjo. "Just enough" notes played at reasonable tempo... Friendly and first-rate instruction time and again...

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Thanks! That's really useful feedback. Good luck!

[@QuintonCenter]

I just got my first banjo, and this is the first place I went! I'm still working on it, but it's coming along. Thank you for the large corpus of banjo walkthroughs for me to learn from!

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Glad they are useful, good luck with the playing!

[@aBluegrassPicker]

Well done as usual. Always loved this tune..

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Thanks Tom!

[@chicksgrowtoo]

I love it when someone takes the time to really teach this song. ❤ Thank you for taking the time to do this. I watched a bunch of these before yours, but it was too confusing. I appreciate it! ❤❤❤

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Thanks for comment, I'm really glad you reached out to tell me this helped. 🙏🙏🙏

[@librandy77]

Thank you very much for this cool tutorial…. 🪕🪕🪕

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

No worries, hope it helps!!

[@hikrose]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Thanks for the comment, glad if this helps you!

[@zachbrautigam3179]

thank you so much, just clicks for me how you explain it!

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Glad this helps! I make the videos that I'd need if I was learning a tune. Basic melody, some idea of rhythm and right hand, buti never focus too much on the right hand. Thanks for the comment!

[@sarahriffey7837]

This is so lovely! Do you happen to have a video on strumming? I’ve always struggled with strumming at times.

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Great question, I haven't done a basic strum video actually, maybe I should. Thanks for asking!

[@scarlettifluff]

I like your voice, it is calming :O) Im English too so I think it reminds me of home, cool clear instructions too, Cheers!

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Thanks, glad to be of service!

[@scarlettifluff]

@@cerddoriaethfynyddig can I ask, what is the make of banjo you are playing? It's beautifully warm and earthy

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Hi Jack, thanks for the question. It's an English banjo, made by Will Howson. It's lovely! @wgfhowsoninstruments

[@scarlettifluff]

@@cerddoriaethfynyddig it most certainly is! Im in Australia and we don't have a good pick of banjos here sadly. I reckon Ill have to try and find one when I come home next!

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Good luck. Will is a real artisan, and he properly understands banjos and the music they can make. Thanks for the comment!

[@jazzfeline5970]

Great tutorial, there's one thing I'm confused about though. At 1:30 you play the 2nd and the 3rd string with your thumb, but the rest of the video it seems you're only drop-thumbing the 2nd string. I'm going to guess that 3rd string isn't supposed to be a drop-thumb? Cheers

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

You're right, it's just an error, that should be a down stroke. Picking slowly is harder than playing to speed sometimes! Thanks for the comment!

[@travisb1757]

Thanks a lot! I got it down I think. I just need to remember the home G chord afterward.

[@cerddoriaethfynyddig]

Thanks! Glad that this helps you!