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		<title>Do You Really Need That Capo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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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>Allen Shelton: 1936-2009</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 10:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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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>Musical Genres On The Banjo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Drummond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banjos have a long history dating back to ancient Egypt, and they&#8217;ve evolved today into four basic genres.  Folk or Traditional music features a clawhammer (also called a frailing) open-back five-string banjo.  It&#8217;s usually played with the index finger and the thumb, and produces a melodious sound.  It grew in popularity during the American Civil War as soldiers strummed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banjo Tunings</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/188-banjo-tunings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are lots of banjo-player jokes.  One goes “You can drop a shoe on the banjo and make music,” due to the “open G” tuning that is standard among bluegrass banjoists.  Unlike a guitar or mandolin, which must be fretted to make a proper chord, merely strumming the open strings of a banjo (or dropping [...]]]></description>
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