Irish Tenor Banjo Blog

Banjo Heaven - 2016 O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat Let me count the ways.  First there was Gary O'Meara teaching banjo.  Gary p...

Polkas Polkas and slides have a special place in Irish traditional music.  They are very popular but a lot of musicians don't play the...

Enda Scahill's Irish Banjo Tutor, Volume II Volume One of Enda Scahill's banjo tutor took me three entries in this blog to descr...

Enda Scahill's Irish Banjo Tutor, Part 3 Volume One of Enda Schahill's banjo tutor is as rich a resource as you can find on the su...

How to Use Enda Scahill's Banjo Tutor, Part 2 In my last column I got halfway through ESBT1 by pointing out the important bits and usi...

How To Use Enda Scahill's Banjo Tutor, Part 1 Enda Scahill's banjo tutor is, in my opinion, the best book of its type available t...

Banjo Setup A banjo has about 100 parts, give or take a few, all of which are conspiring against you to make your banjo sound terrible.  I...