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#181: Flight cases and packing a banjo for air travel
#180: Hot Rize voting system
#179: Tuning problem with D tuning
#178: Not clutching at jams
#177: Metronome for Beginners?
#176: How to start banjo
#175: Singing while playing banjo
#174: Ambitious players preparation strategy
#173: Best Basic D Chord
#172: Songs for first gigs
#171: Guitar-banjo and left-handed issues
#170: Best jamming keys
#169: Jam etiquette re breaks
#168: String gauge choice
#167: The Year of Good Tone
#166: Getting in a good band
#165: Learning to improvise breaks
#164: Choices in recording banjo
#163: Faking solos on guitar
#162: Banjo choice
#161: Bluegrass vocal harmony
#160: Portable banjo amp
#159: Can’t use right arm
#158: Start with banjo camp or jam camp?
#157: Finding and Working In Melody Notes
#156: Breaking out of the Intermediate rut, and Learning to play in D
#155: Clearer bar chords
#154: Learning from records without tablature
#153: Developing the Groove
#152: Which Version of Stoney Creek?
#151: More on the Elban, and Playing Electric Banjo
#150: How to Let Go
#149: Grace in Choosing Band Members
#148: Right Hand Control
#147: Masters of the Five String #2
#146: Paying for Song Use
#145: Better Band Rhythm
#144: Reorienting a Teacher
#143: Is Masters of the 5-String Banjo Worth $60?
#142: Finger Disability Problems
#141: Learning Banjo Without Lessons
#140: Direction for a 9 year old mando player
#139: Best tone ring and the prewar sound
#138: Amount Of Practice Time
#137: Guitar Player Learning Banjo
#136: Is the Banjo Hard To Learn?
#135: Tailpieces
#134: Hearing Chord Changes
#133: Controlling Flying Finger
#132: Acquiring Syncopation
#131: Wedding Gigs
#130: String Buzz
#129: Tricky Roll Choice
#128: Which Jamming DVD Should I get?
#127: Tab for Breaks on DVDs
#126: Best Mic for a Banjo
#125: Harmonica in Bluegrass
#124: Tuning on Colleen Malone and Nellie Kane
#123: Blending melody notes into rolls
#122: Rolling with the Slow Jamming video
#121: Music reading in bluegrass
#120: Advanced camp assignment
#119: Tightening the banjo head
#118: Thumb pick hits wrong string
#117: Why the emphasis on the key of G?
#116: How important is it to know songs?
#115: Asking for tablature
#114: Waldo Otto
#113: Playing along with a jamming DVD
#112: Recording to a click track
#111: Choices in banjo backup
#110: Multi-Instrumentalism vs. Mastery
#109: Day Jobs Tangential to Music
#108: Banjo Pickups?
#107: Best Use of Practice Time
#106: Compensated Bridges
#105: Changing Chords More Quickly
#104: Frailing and Bluegrass
#103: A 6 string banjo
#102: Memorization tips
#101: Career as a banjo player
#100: Clip-on mic and amp for stage
#99: Improvising movable licks
#98: Teenage bluegrass band plans
#97: Rules of jamming
#96: Banjo picker taking up Dixieland banjo
#95: Thumb pick catches
#94: Starting banjo with a big head start on guitar
#93: Starting a festival
#92: Armadillo Breakdown - the REAL STORY
#91: Vamping
#90: Band arrangements: predictable vs. unplanned
#89: Banjo in non-bluegrass contexts
#88: Playing in D using G tuning
#87: Listening ear skills
#86: Mics for banjos
#85: Electronic tuner product review: the new Korg AW-1
#84: Is fingerpicking guitar OK to use in bluegrass?
#83: Hand Position question
#82: Hearing your banjo in a crowd
#81: Jimmy Martin CDs
#80: Practice direction and focus for intermediate and advanced players
#79: Restringing
#78: Motivating beginning banjo students
#77: Banjo angst
#76: Remembering new chord progressions while jamming
#75: Memorized songs vs. "real playing"
#74: I can't sing
#73: the banjo was too #$* loud
#72: The key to learning backup
#71: The 2-3 slide
#70: Pick noise
#69: Dealing with too-advanced jams
#68: NO bluegrass near me
#67: Making and sharing amateur recordings
#66: Mutes
#65: When to avoid the 5th string
#64: Words of wisdom from past Jamcampers
#63: Banjo jammer critique
#62: Picking harder
#61: Not learning from memorization
#60: Teaching basic timing
#59: Thumbpick material
#58: Pick noise
#57: How to get in a good band
#56: Beginning advice
#55: Bounce or machine-gun spacing of notes
#54: Bending picks
#53: Haywagon gig
#52: Playing while singing
#51: Crisper tone
#50: Basic D chord
#49: Playing in F
#48: Hearing chord changes
#47: Getting crisper tone
#46: Feedback when playing with loud bands
#45: What next after "Get Rolling"?
#44: Playing when sick
#43: Should lefties pick righty?
#42: Middle finger control
#41: Crowd control at the jam
#40: Practice & "Noodling"
#39: Finding chords and melodies
#38: Jam etiquette re percussion/loud players
#37: Radiused fingerboards
#36: More about contests
#35: Better soloing and playing up the neck
#34: When to change strings
#33: Hand cramping
#32: Anchoring 1 or 2 fingers
#31: Banjo contests
#30: Beginner's video, or Bluegrass Banjo book?
#29: Finding and using a phase shifter
#28: 5th st capo vs. spike
#27: Physical limitations and playing speed
#26: Flying with your banjo
#25: What makes it bluegrass?
#24: Playing not-typically bluegrass music
#23: Learning licks
#22: Novice questions
#21: Chord theory for beginners
#20: Playing while singing
#19: On banjo sound
#18: Playing with picks, and playing with your spouse
#17: Teaching beginners
#16: Beginning videos
#15: Hot Rize
#14: Ruthie
#13: Picking smoothly at fast speed
#12: Planting one or two fingers on head
#11: Reading tabs
#10: Getting started, and playing non-bluegrass music on banjo
#9: Thumb pick hits head
#8: Easy solos and tabs
#7: Electric banjo
#6: Phase shifted banjo
#5: Jamming questions
#4: Tonal Evenness
#3: Sound checks at gigs
#2: Playing in different keys
#1: Practice Habits