Decided to pick up the banjolele I had purchased a few years ago. I was initially excited for the possibility of a tiny banjo like musical instrument one drunken night and purchased it on Amazon. When it arrived I spent about a week learning to play it and then ended up with a random injury on the pinky finger of my plucking hand. It was a just a scratch in my opinion, but over a few weeks became very infected and uncomfortable. It sort of became a saga of it's own leading a journey of recovery that lasted months. But enough about fingers, this is a post about banjolele's for those interested.
So after what seems like an eternity of lacking inspiration, I picked up the little fella this week and decided to learn a few tunes. There's lots of great content online to teach you songs and proper methods to practice and I also have an eBook to dust off (Clawhammer Ukulele: Tabs and Techniques By Aaron Keim). It's a great book on the clawhammer technique which gives the banjolele the unique banjo twang. Some enjoy it more than others, although it's much different than playing bass. Still fun to play and unique in it's own way. The finger picking style used for banjo maximizes the notes you can play in a strum sort of like playing triplets with a bass.
I don't plan on becoming an expert at it, but knowing how to strum a few tunes made my week extra nice. Until next week, keep on doing your things, and just be happy!
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