How to Play Banjo Hammer-Ons
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← Back to the videoStep 5 of 12 in Using Ornaments
- 2 Cripple Creek– Slides
- 3 Joy to the World- Basic
- 4 You Are My Sunshine– Slides
- 5 How to Play Banjo Hammer-Ons — you are here
- 6 Cripple Creek– Hammer-Ons Up next
- 7 Worried Man Blues– Hammer-Ons
- 8 Minor Mingle
You don't have to be a carpenter to be proficient at hammer-ons...let me show you every which way they can be done.
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Buddy Vann ·
Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.
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Theresa Nickels ·
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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Sharon Kile ·
Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.
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Katie Clark Support ·
Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.
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Nate Overby ·
The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.
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Wes Pittman ·
Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.
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Dale Hutchins ·
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.