Banjo week 6

Well this week was kind of rough. However I'd say it was because Jonas wasn't there. Instead we had another guy, he primarily teaches clawhammer style but he got us started on bluegrass style, which is with 3 fingers. Can I say I am not fan? Perhaps it was because I was lost most of the class with this instructor. I am a very visual person and this guy wanted us to play Groundhog by using different frets that I have never played. In addition to that, he basically just told us the notes/frets to play verbally. My memory sucks. I need visual aids!!! So I was pretty annoyed the whole time and was able to play a few notes here and there. However, we did practice clawhammer and 2 finger style so that was a good refresher. He also talked a lot about other banjo players and well I felt like that class overall was disappointing. Turns out a few of my other classmates felt the same. We all collectively said: "yeah totally spent the class lost and basically winged as much I could. Thank goodness for so and so for being such a stellar player, he drowned all of us out." Our last class is this Thursday and I am hoping Jonas will be there to clear out our confusions and maybe bluegrass won't be so bad. I'm feeling nostalgic about intro to banjo coming to an end. I can't believe how fast time has passed. It's funny a lot of my friends are just finding out about my banjo adventure and everyone says: Why the banjo? Really?-I love that they are perplexed by choice of instrument. Yet, the banjo changed me in ways no one could imagine. What started as a crazy idea has led me to go out and do other things for myself.  It's hard to do things when others don't quite necessarily support you or pass it off as a joke. This is the one time I feel somewhat accomplished.  Seriously the whole "do what makes you happy" hasn't rang more true than it has at this instant. Yay me!

Also, cause I've been promising and I finally gave up on my computer so instead I uploaded a couple of videos of me playing...if you follow me on Instagram you have already seen these.  

https://youtu.be/sAHQPyYwpcA

https://youtu.be/kd7HOCFV-0A

-A.