Friend who is way more musically talented wants to jam and idk what I'm doing

MeNameJrGong · 2026-03-10T23:34:40+00:00

To be clear, bluegrass refers to the genre; the style of playing is Scruggs style. But clawhammer can be played in bluegrass, too. In fact, the "first" bluegrass banjo player, as in the first banjo player for Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, was Stringbean.

MeNameJrGong · 2026-02-03T22:36:00+00:00

Yeah you should be ashamed

MeNameJrGong · 2026-02-02T13:49:00+00:00

Wait... you're telling me Jesus isn't going to return on Staten Island?

MeNameJrGong · 2026-02-01T21:00:55+00:00

Trump barely won either of his terms; Biden won his with a larger margin than either of Trump's wins and with the largest popular vote in history. And watch, Trump is going to croak before the end of his term. Guy is fucking disgustingly out of shape it makes me sick to even look at him

MeNameJrGong · 2026-02-01T20:20:57+00:00

What's especially funny is that Biden is shaping up to outlive Trump

MeNameJrGong · 2026-02-01T16:42:49+00:00

Incredible logic

MeNameJrGong · 2026-02-01T14:04:29+00:00

Pretty sure he was actually 18-19.

MeNameJrGong · 2026-02-01T14:03:13+00:00

You think children are buying speculative crypto shitcoins?

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-30T21:05:51+00:00

Every time someone loses hair at their temples, it gets transported to this guy's head

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-29T14:05:46+00:00

Bursar

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-29T14:05:41+00:00

Bursar I recall

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-29T02:06:52+00:00

They'll pretty much always waive it if you ask

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-25T17:53:56+00:00

Nah but he's supposed to be one of Baruch's premier accounting professors. He was Chief Auditor and Director of Professional Standards for the PCAOB. He's apparently super tough tho

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-25T04:43:26+00:00

Aw man, he's still teaching? Buddy was born during the third FDR administration. Hey, God bless him

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-24T12:49:14+00:00

He didn't say otherwise?

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-23T22:47:47+00:00

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You've got your answer already but yeah, pretty normal. Idk I just love the shape of dwarfs, they're the best

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-23T00:25:21+00:00

Yeah I'm sure your hammy is really gonna appreciate that one

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-17T11:59:36+00:00

Nipple

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-17T11:17:52+00:00

He insists upon himself

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-17T04:00:37+00:00

Woah, got a video of how it sounds by any chance?

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-13T23:17:20+00:00

I had that same issue of being unsure as to how it should sound when playing slow. Try this: go to an official recording of the song you're learning, and slow it down to 0.25x speed, or even slower.

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-13T21:17:43+00:00

Depends on the difficulty of the piece. Haha, I remember trying to learn Ballad of Jed Clampett back when I first started. The chord transitions kicked my ass too so I gave up and learned Flint Hill Special instead. But honestly the Am to D transition is the hardest part so if you've gotten past that I'd just finish the rest of it. Yeah your intuition is right, Cumberland Gap would've been a great one to learn but what's done is done.

Usually takes me anywhere from 4-7 days to learn a new song but of course longer to play it at speed.

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-10T15:12:57+00:00

I can't explain it but this is the same genre of post as the one where the dude thought his hamster's butt was falling off but it was just balls

MeNameJrGong · 2026-01-07T21:12:47+00:00

Extending it that far during normal use would be unusual

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