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A lot of banjo players find themselves stuck playing tunes and songs in the exact same way each time, relying on well-worn patterns and habits, and unable to react to the music happening around them. Most intermediate players want the freedom to play both known and new songs in any jam, whether it’s a straight-up old-time jam, folk, bluegrass, songwriter, or backing themselves up on original material. In this intensive workshop, Evie Ladin will teach you how to move beyond familiar positions and playing by rote to a more fluid, intuitive way of playing clawhammer banjo, all while using common tunes and songs. Working with movable chord shapes and finger patterns in G tuning, you’ll discover practical ways to connect the banjo neck, recognize musical patterns, and build the skills you need to play with greater freedom, confidence, and versatility in any musical setting.
Learn how to move your clawhammer banjo playing beyond familiar positions and rote playing to a more fluid, intuitive way, and the ability to use clawhammer style to play any music. With instruction on movable chord shapes and patterns in G tuning to help you connect the entire banjo neck, and lots of practice time and tips.
In her Clawhammer Banjo subscription course on Peghead Nation, Evie has taught some lessons that lay the groundwork for what she will focus on in this Fluid Clawhammer Banjo workshop. Below, registered workshop participants can prepare for the live sessions by taking her "Movable Chords" lesson and her "Demystifying the Banjo Neck" workshop. You don't need to master these lessons, but they will help give you a grounding in some of the tools that you'll use in the coming weeks.
In Evie’s Zoom workshops on demystifying the banjo neck, she presented her helpful process for envisioning the neck of the banjo and using movable chords and shapes to play any kind of music on the five-string banjo.
