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		<title>Practice, Practice, Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/252-practice-practice-practice/</link>
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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>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>Gibson Musical Instruments &#8211; A Very Short History</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/190-gibson-musical-instruments-a-very-short-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choosing A Banjo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tenor Banjos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebanjoguru.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No brand name looms larger in the bluegrass banjo world than Gibson.  The company’s story goes back to the late 1800s when a young man named Orville Gibson, son of an English immigrant, moved from his native New York to the rapidly-growing industrial town of Kalamazoo, Michigan (“Yes”, said the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Advent of the Electric Banjo</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/175-the-advent-of-the-electric-banjo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/175-the-advent-of-the-electric-banjo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NiceSounds</dc:creator>
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Many people—myself included—think of the banjo as being a traditional instrument that has seen little modification over the years. Just as with guitars, there are several different options for the number of strings that are on your instrument, but this is usually where the deviation in banjo designs ceases. While it is true that the [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Banjo Setup]]></category>
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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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		<title>Eddie Adcock</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/180-eddie-adcock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia native Eddie Adcock first came to prominence as the banjo player with the groundbreaking Washington-D.C.-based Country Gentlemen during the 1960s.  His overwhelming technical ability and blending of Scruggs, single-string, and Travis style were essential ingredients in the Gentlemen’s sound, and seminal recordings such as Sunrise and Pallet on the Floor earned the Country Gentlemen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5-String Bluegrass Banjo Parts and Setup Vol 1</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/instruments/banjo-setup/91-5-string-bluegrass-banjo-parts-and-setup-vol-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/instruments/banjo-setup/91-5-string-bluegrass-banjo-parts-and-setup-vol-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Bramlett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first in a mini-series devoted to parts and setup of a modern five-string bluegrass banjo. In this post, we define the major assemblies of the banjo and each component within those assemblies. In future posts we will expand on each of these and on the role each part plays in the setup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Your Head Right</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/47-getting-your-head-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banjo Setup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choosing A Banjo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banjos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We banjo players have a luxury unknown to players of other stringed instruments-the sounding board of our instrument is a drum head that can be replaced easily and inexpensively. That enables us to experiment with different sounds. Once upon a time, all banjo heads were made of animal hide (usually calfskin). The warm tone of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What About Plating?</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/40-what-about-plating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Earnest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of metal in a quality bluegrass banjo. Plating type should be a consideration when deciding what banjo is the right one for you. The most common type of plating is nickel. Nickel looks great when new and oxidizes as it ages, taking on a slightly softer, warmer look. Gold plating is common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiddle Cliches</title>
		<link>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/15-fiddle-cliches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebanjoguru.com/music/15-fiddle-cliches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiddles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it is commonly believed to be a specific instrument, fiddles can be any bowed string instrument. A violin, viola and cello, all a part of the violin family, may sometimes be referred to by their players as a fiddle.
Over the years, there have been a number of clichés used to describe the differences between [...]]]></description>
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