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		<title>Pearls of Songwriting Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/272-pearls-of-songwriting-wisdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pete Seeger once said that &#8220;all songwriters are links in a chain,&#8221; and his body of work defends that statement. Known as a legendary folk singer, Seeger turned to roots music and storytelling tradition as sources for inspiration. He helped bring classic American spirituals back into the public consciousness during the 1960s. Along with fellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful Sounds of Old Ireland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing you will find that is popular in the Irish capital is traditional folk music. By going around the streets of Dublin like the Whelan&#8217;s in Camden Street, you will surely find traditional and folk music. This is one exciting spot has the best of Ireland&#8217;s talented folk performers.
A vast array of instruments are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for the Struggling Songwriter</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/265-help-for-the-struggling-songwriter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the computer age, upstart songwriters had it tough. Options for laying their music down on tape were extremely limited. They had to scrimp and save just to afford some studio time to lay down a few tracks. Alternatively, they could utilize a four-track recorder to capture their work in grainy low fidelity. The rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woody Guthrie&#8217;s Lasting Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/262-woody-guthries-lasting-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there are many folk heroes of the American music scene, Woody Guthrie was a true titan among men. He grew up in dire poverty on the Oklahoma prairie and began collecting the regional songs he heard older people performing. This marked the beginning of Guthrie&#8217;s legacy as both a songwriter and a musical historian. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Really Need That Capo?</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/254-do-you-really-need-that-capo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bluegrass (5-String Resonator Banjo)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A capo is an essential tool for the bluegrass banjoist, but don’t automatically reach for it just because a song isn’t in the key of G.  Remember that a capo is there not to make it possible to play in a given key, but to make it possible to play in a given key in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice, Practice, Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, that is how you get to Carnegie Hall.  Practice (or &#8220;time on board&#8221; to the fretted instrument player&#8211;the fingerboard) is necessary if you&#8217;re to reach any of your goals as a musician, whether you&#8217;ve taken up banjo, guitar or any instrument.  The discipline of practice when playing an instrument should be fun rather than a chore; approaching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Overview of the Dulcimer</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/237-a-brief-overview-of-the-dulcimer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/237-a-brief-overview-of-the-dulcimer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those unacquainted with the dulcimer, the first line of business is to point out that two distinct instruments carry the moniker. An Appalachian dulcimer, also referred to as a mountain dulcimer, is a stringed instrument that was highly popularized in American music during the 1800s. Typically, the instrument is played by placing it on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allen Shelton: 1936-2009</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/243-allen-shelton-1936-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all those in contention for the title “The Banjo Player’s Banjo Player”, Allen Shelton is generally considered among the favorites.  The Reidsville, North Carolina native, who died of leukemia last November, was noted for his “bouncy” rhythmic feel and integration of a more sophisticated jazz- and pop-flavored chord voicings into a generally “straight-ahead” bluegrass approach. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 5th-String Capo</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/241-the-5th-string-capo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 10:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clawhammer (5-String Open-Back Banjo)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The five-string banjo presents a unique problem when using a capo.  Since the fifth string doesn’t start until the fifth fret, capoing the four long strings at the most common frets (two, three, or four) leaves the fifth string unaltered.  A number of solutions have been devised over the years.  Simply re-tuning the fifth string is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Instrument of Instruments</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/instruments/234-the-instrument-of-instruments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think at one point or another, we&#8217;ve all thought about learning to play the guitar. But no matter who you are, when you start playing the guitar you&#8217;re terrible, and it takes a lot of time, dedication, and practice to get better. When I was about 13, I told my parents I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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