Banjo Information and Trivia

• Why Our Stringed Instruments Sound Out of Tune and A Way to Help Correct the Problem
       Essay by Bill Palmer
       Essay by Paul Hawthorne
  
• Tuning the B String
• Banjo Setup
• Bow in Neck
• Chromatic
• Compensated Bridge
• Bill Monroe....This poem was written by Joe Wages moments after Bill's dealth.
  
• Earl Scruggs 1... 2... 3...
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown, the Mercury Recording
• Jazz idioms in Foggy Mountain Breakdown
• Jerry Garcia 1...    2...
• No Banjo? Then it AIN'T bluegrass.
• Intonation
• Long Neck Banjo
• Original Foggy Mountain Breakdown
• Problem Keeping Your Fingers Anchored?
• Railroad Spikes for 5th String  How to install.
• Recording Session...The Ballad of Jed Clampett
• Scales 1...    2...
• Tablature
• The 5th String
• Thumb Pick Slips?
• Should you tune your Banjo's Head?
• Tighten & Tune Your Banjo Head