Tenor Banjo (and tenor guitar) From Scratch - Lesson 6 (5 Foot 2 / Please Don't Talk About Me)

[@MrTuktuk222]

First time someone explained the circle of fifth walk anticlockwise in a manner I could use this! Great series, thanks a lot

[@mark8sc]

Great video lesson and channel! Subscribed and searching for a banjo like that.That song’s the cat’s meow!

[@BanjoPicker]

Thank you for this!!! Need more Tenor Banjo Lessons...

[@MrTuktuk222]

I also noticed, you are using a short scale tenor banjo. I actually have the same Deering model, but use it for Irish Folk. Could you recommend string gauges to tune this 17-fret banjo to CGDA?

[@PhilDoleman]

Yes, it's odd. 17 fret banjos are often called "Irish tenors", but a lot of Irish trad players use 19 fret banjos, as the low G can be a bit floppy, or sound a bit poor with the sorter scale! On the other hand, quite a lot of jazz players play 17 fret banjos. I use these gauges 9, 12, 20 (wound), 30w (wound) which is a set sold by Eagle Music in the UK. I have in the past used D'addario EJ63, which are a little heavier on the middle two strings at 9, 16, 23 (wound), 30 (wound).

[@howlinhobbit]

them nasty stretches are the secondary reason ol’ stubby fingered Hobbit decided to tune my tenor guitar Chicago style. even with that going for me the fret spacing sometimes throws me. I know what shapes I’m supposed to do, but forget I have to “open them up” a tad. things get better as I move up the neck but I still have some work to do. thanks for refreshing my memory on 5’2”! now I just have to dig through my mountain of sheets to find Ain’t She Sweet and I can recreate the mashup of the two I used to regularly perform.

[@PhilDoleman]

like Chicago tuning too (and I'll admit that the super light strings and the shorter scale of the 17 fret banjo make things a lot easier in 5ths tuning). I'm used to a full size 5 string banjo, so the tenor feels pretty titchy in comparison! Ain't She Sweet is basically the same progression but with a couple of I to V7 changes first!

[@howlinhobbit]

@@PhilDoleman - thanks again! maybe I’ll just do the “poke at it until it comes back to me” method. couldn’t take much longer than searching for the sheets.

[@marceloteofilodeurquiza8787]

Hi Phil !! I am from Argentina and I thank you a lot for you videos !! Let me tell you that the best version of Five Foot Two that I ever heard was performed by Something Smith & The Redheads, amazing banjo playing, ¿do you agree with me? Thanks again !!

[@PhilDoleman]

Hi and thank you! That is a great version, yes. Smith was a fantastic banjo player. I really like their version of "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" too.

[@niteshrdubey]

Phil... I've asked this before as well... How to learn (remember) circle of fifth? Please be kind enough to address this. ❤️ from India.

[@PhilDoleman]

Hi Nitesh, Honestly, the best way is to play lots of songs like this one, in as many keys as you can. Learning how to play the 3 big chords in every key will also help (I have a video on this, it's for the uke but the principle is the same kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4vOhp5tf5h_sKM). It' also important to notice that the left hand side of the circle is the same as the right hand side, just flattened (B E A D G C... on the right, Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb... on the left). Hope this helps, Phil

[@niteshrdubey]

@@PhilDoleman Most definitely. I never thought about it that way. Thank you so much. You are genuinely doing an incredible job. Just don't stop.