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Microtonal Blues Practice with Ringo the Cat
This went on for ten minutes, but I limited this video to three meows. Ringo wanted to go outside but it was late. No cats were harmed in the making of this video.
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Damien O'Kane & Ron Block - HAPPY CHAPPY/MARINIE'S MELODY from new album BANJOPHONICS, OUT JULY 1st.
มุมมอง 1.6K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Banjo Brothers-In-Arms, Coleraine's Damien O'Kane & California's Ron Block are back with their brand new second Bluegrass/Irish, pioneering banjo album BANJOPHONICS. This is Track 2 'Happy Chappy / Marinie's Melody' from the album featuring two of O'Kane's compositions. They continue on from their highly acclaimed first album BANJOPHONY (2018) with a real treat for banjo and music lovers worldw...
Two J.D. Crowe Licks
มุมมอง 9K2 ปีที่แล้ว
This was the video I did for Bluegrass Today's J.D. Crowe series. I couldn't pick a favorite because J.D.'s playing is so iconic, but these two are ironclad.
Ron Block - Guitar: "Sitting on Top of the World"
มุมมอง 2.9K4 ปีที่แล้ว
I was sitting in the studio last night messing around with my '38 Martin D-28 and good mics, and figured I'd turn on the camera while I was at it. I've always loved how Mike Compton does this song, and this is very (very!) loosely based on thinking about his version. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private guitar and banjo lessons each week and will continue through 2020. I'm usual...
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: Why Scales?
มุมมอง 2K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a short bit from a lesson today on why I like to study scales on the banjo. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private guitar and banjo lessons each week and will continue through 2020. I'm usually booked a couple of weeks out. The sign-up link is here: ronblock.com/product/550615 We can talk about anything you'd like, from getting a strong tone, developing steady timing, taste...
Ron Block - "I'll Never Shed Another Tear" at the Party Barn
มุมมอง 2.6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
A bit of fun yesterday at our Party Barn. I've been enjoying giving Skype/Zoom lessons lately - click here for more info: ronblock.com/product/550615
Ron Block: Soldier's Joy in the Party Barn
มุมมอง 7K4 ปีที่แล้ว
It was a beautiful day today so I went up to our Party Barn and recorded this short version of Soldier's Joy on my 1926 Gibson Granada. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private guitar and banjo lessons each week and will continue through 2020. I'm usually booked a couple of weeks out. The sign-up link is here: ronblock.com/product/550615
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: String Control & Expression
มุมมอง 8854 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a short bit from a lesson with an advanced student who asked about "string control," which led to a discussion on expression. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private guitar and banjo lessons each week and will continue through 2020. I'm usually booked a couple of weeks out. The sign-up link is here: ronblock.com/product/550615 We can talk about anything you'd like, from gett...
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Music as Speech
มุมมอง 8464 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a two-minute lesson on dynamics and expression - music as speech. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private guitar and banjo lessons each week and will continue through 2020. I'm usually booked a couple of weeks out. The sign-up link is here: ronblock.com/product/550615 We can talk about anything you'd like, from getting a strong tone, developing steady timing, taste, how I st...
Ron Block - Banjo Lesson: "Wild Bill Jones" & "Gut Level" Playing
มุมมอง 9K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's part of a lesson from today about the difference between "gut-level" playing versus "head-level" playing, using the AKUS version of "Wild Bill Jones" as an example. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private guitar and banjo lessons each week and will continue through May and June. The sign-up link is here: ronblock.com/product/550615 We can talk about anything you'd like, from...
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: Attention to Detail
มุมมอง 1.1K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a short bit from an intermediate banjo lesson on the importance of attention to detail from today's lesson. The player improved this aspect of his playing immediately; sometimes we don't notice what is holding us back until someone kindly points it out. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private lessons each week and will continue through May and June. The sign-up link is here:...
Ron Block - Guitar Mini Lesson: Intent & Approach
มุมมอง 7294 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a short bit on intent and approach from yesterday's lesson. It's crucial to approach our instrument with a good amount of hope, expectation, respect, and joy. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private lessons each week and will continue through May and June. The sign-up link is here: ronblock.com/product/550615 We can talk about anything you'd like, from getting a strong tone,...
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Shift Points
มุมมอง 8864 ปีที่แล้ว
Here's a short bit of a lesson from today as we were talking about how I approach the neck in my peculiar slide-y way. I've been enjoying doing a limited number of private lessons each week and will continue through May and June. The sign-up link is here: ronblock.com/product/550615 We can talk about anything you'd like, from getting a strong tone, developing steady timing, taste, how I study t...
Ron Block - This Is My Father's World
มุมมอง 9K4 ปีที่แล้ว
I played this on a streaming show and also recorded through ProTools and at 4k with the video camera. I've got an album of peaceful original music like this called "A Light So Fair: Peaceful Guitar Instrumentals" on my website in cd and download here: ronblock.com/album/1226294/a-light-so-fair-peaceful-guitar-instrumentals
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: "Dynamic Sass"
มุมมอง 1.1K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: "Dynamic Sass"
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Melody and Improvising
มุมมอง 8K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Melody and Improvising
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Economy of Motion
มุมมอง 1K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Economy of Motion
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Rhythm
มุมมอง 8424 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Rhythm
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Dynamics and Expression
มุมมอง 7754 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Dynamics and Expression
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: The Rest Stroke
มุมมอง 1.4K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: The Rest Stroke
Ron Block - Guitar Mini Lesson: Expression & Intervals
มุมมอง 3314 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Guitar Mini Lesson: Expression & Intervals
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Attitude and Approach
มุมมอง 6414 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Guitar Mini-Lesson: Attitude and Approach
Ron Block - Beginner Banjo Mini Lesson: Right Hand Position
มุมมอง 4.8K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Beginner Banjo Mini Lesson: Right Hand Position
Ron Block Private Guitar Lesson Excerpt - Shifting Demonstration
มุมมอง 3614 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block Private Guitar Lesson Excerpt - Shifting Demonstration
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: Timing, Bends, and "Swagger"
มุมมอง 1.9K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: Timing, Bends, and "Swagger"
Ron Block - Fingerpicking Guitar Lesson Excerpt - Delight, Ease, and Accuracy
มุมมอง 1.8K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Fingerpicking Guitar Lesson Excerpt - Delight, Ease, and Accuracy
Ron Block: Fingerpicking Guitar Lesson Excerpt
มุมมอง 6144 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block: Fingerpicking Guitar Lesson Excerpt
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: Clarity and Note Separation
มุมมอง 6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - Banjo Mini-Lesson: Clarity and Note Separation
Ron Block - When the Power Goes Out
มุมมอง 5004 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - When the Power Goes Out
Ron Block - The Quarantinin', Haircut-Needin', Low-Down Isolation Blues
มุมมอง 5K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Ron Block - The Quarantinin', Haircut-Needin', Low-Down Isolation Blues

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  • @kylesmith9519
    @kylesmith9519 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you Ron, always loved JD. I got to meet him & Earl once. Earl was signing autographs, I was the last in line, the autograph session went for hours & hours. He’d laid down his pen & snatched it up as I walked up. I told him I wouldn’t ask him for one for anything after all he’d signed. I told him I just wanted to shake his hand & tell him how much his music meant to me, my voice started to crack & I started to shed some tears 😢. He told me thank you so very much & means so much to me. Just as you’d expect from such a kind wonderful soul. JD, exactly the same, class acts.❤❤❤

  • @wiggsan
    @wiggsan 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nicely done and I love the man cave!!

  • @lucienne66
    @lucienne66 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very helpful. Thanks, Ron.

  • @lucienne66
    @lucienne66 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, Ron! Do you also play more over the sound hole when you’re playing the slow sweet stuff, as opposed to playing just behind it for the faster stuff?

  • @williamsumner4485
    @williamsumner4485 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful

  • @haroldhaugaard410
    @haroldhaugaard410 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are one of the top guitarists in the USA, bravo ! Have you ever herd Gabriella Quevedo play guitar ?

  • @flatpicker9
    @flatpicker9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just wanted to write "damn, you sound exactly like Ron!" but then I realized it's really you.

  • @amycountiss1356
    @amycountiss1356 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely beautiful!!! Well played!! Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @turbotubesteak
    @turbotubesteak 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And I'd like to play the banjo like you Ron !! Love your style .

  • @dawntie
    @dawntie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fresh!

  • @heavymetal9330
    @heavymetal9330 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome

  • @danielcole1513
    @danielcole1513 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome job y’all 👍🏻🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸

  • @ahxmbs
    @ahxmbs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is wonderful. Thank you & thank you for writing songs which have absolutely meant the world to me.

  • @larrycortner2210
    @larrycortner2210 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i like the way teach, feel and melody and good tone. thank you! i like that style .

  • @TheLPfunnTV
    @TheLPfunnTV 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was doing it wrong and wondered why i didn't get a good sound / got a sceatch noise when picking wrong as the pick "sludes diagobally" - horrible Thanks!

  • @BlueBanjoGrass
    @BlueBanjoGrass 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Km54 diaphragm taking a beating 😂😮

  • @paulwooton4390
    @paulwooton4390 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the help. The ring finger is part of my problem. It wants to move along with the middle finger. I bind it to the pinky and corral it with a loop from a lower bracket. It looks and is ridiculous.

  • @larrypeek-it7yo
    @larrypeek-it7yo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Ron When it comes to playing the Banjo you are the absolute BEST. Your style and technique cannot be matched. You are the JIMMY PAGE of the BANJO world

    • @RonBlockAKUS
      @RonBlockAKUS 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Larry. 😄

  • @Hugh.Dequiedt
    @Hugh.Dequiedt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much Ron I am starting to learn flatpicking this lesson is awesome. for those who would like to play it I transcribed this lesson into a tab. Here: th-cam.com/video/UyuO5GPY3As/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-FWZig_XyJto50F2 Ron I hope you don't mind or even enjoy it.

  • @Hugh.Dequiedt
    @Hugh.Dequiedt ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderfull !

  • @daveduncan8004
    @daveduncan8004 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, JD Crowe is good and so is Earl Scruggs but if you were ever own A record album or CD and people listen to it and they go. Oh that’s jd Crowe they will say his name and not your name so you need to change it up to where people go That’s you and not him

    • @RonBlockAKUS
      @RonBlockAKUS ปีที่แล้ว

      This was a post for Bluegrass Today about J.D. Crowe. Imitation is really important. Babies learn to speak by watching and listening to their parents. Even in higher education, scholars read and study authors and poets - what they did - and often imitate as an exercise. A key thing is to not imitate only one player, but to have a variety of influences. I have quite a few banjo influences, Scruggs and Crowe being at the top, and my guitar influences are myriad. I doubt anyone would say I'm a clone of anyone.

  • @benperea8483
    @benperea8483 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!

  • @benperea8483
    @benperea8483 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always awesome 👌 👏 👍

  • @benperea8483
    @benperea8483 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just plain awesome!

  • @HumanPatientAssn
    @HumanPatientAssn ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful, Ron! Thank you. God's richest blessings be upon you.😊

  • @chelseynavarro7442
    @chelseynavarro7442 ปีที่แล้ว

    Genius!!!!!

  • @buxnmax
    @buxnmax ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this is an older video but can someone tell me the name of the song he plays at 2:08 or is that just a lick. Thanks

    • @RonBlockAKUS
      @RonBlockAKUS ปีที่แล้ว

      It's "Gonna Settle Down" by Flatt & Scruggs.

    • @buxnmax
      @buxnmax ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RonBlockAKUS thanks so much, I really appreciate it

    • @user-qw1et7yo4m
      @user-qw1et7yo4m 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ron, That sounds more like Cabin In Caroline to me. Gonna Settle Down has the hammer-ons instead of pull-offs. Eric 😮

  • @BrantleySmithNC
    @BrantleySmithNC ปีที่แล้ว

    Son!

  • @jackdublanica
    @jackdublanica ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Ron for sharing. Jd is one of my favorites also.

  • @mrsweettater
    @mrsweettater ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm just playing guitar along with this and I believe I'm breaking the fun barrier!!!

  • @lopezvilchez7073
    @lopezvilchez7073 ปีที่แล้ว

    ¡ Buenisimo !

  • @nateldredge9538
    @nateldredge9538 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ron is the least known of the big four in Union Station but is equally talented.

  • @canadasue
    @canadasue ปีที่แล้ว

    A fitting delight to see George MacDonald titles among the visual images.

    • @RonBlockAKUS
      @RonBlockAKUS ปีที่แล้ว

      I collect antiquarian copies of his works, plus British, Scottish, and Irish ballad books, and a few others. The setting for the album photoshoot and video was inspired by the opening of Phantastes, where Anodos wakes up in his bed, and it's suddenly outdoors, and a stream is running nearby, and vines are growing. We set up in a dry creek bed next to our property with all the props.

  • @TheMICMusicInspirationChannel
    @TheMICMusicInspirationChannel ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess my guitar isn't quite right. It's not like talking to a baby; it's like screaming at a giant.

  • @TheMICMusicInspirationChannel
    @TheMICMusicInspirationChannel ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of the best videos on TH-cam get fewer than 10k views. Gems are worth the digging. 💎

  • @garyhighley9022
    @garyhighley9022 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my favorite banjo players ever.

  • @aalupatatooo9927
    @aalupatatooo9927 ปีที่แล้ว

    Twoook noice.

  • @cre8509
    @cre8509 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ha! Awesome.

  • @benperea8483
    @benperea8483 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣👍

  • @tinman8518
    @tinman8518 ปีที่แล้ว

    Purrrfect Pitch!!

  • @GuitaristPat
    @GuitaristPat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well explained Ron love it man you are a very knowledgeable musician 🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸😊👍👍👍👍

  • @richardslater677
    @richardslater677 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice. Well played

  • @dortesandal4303
    @dortesandal4303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For Peter, with whom a 20 minute busride, turned into a life time ...of love

  • @jasonodell79er
    @jasonodell79er 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb

  • @brunbjerg88
    @brunbjerg88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing. Agree, very calming and wonderful at the same time. I thank you Ron!

  • @lovett3194
    @lovett3194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ron is the best guitarist in bluegrass

  • @elisabethemory
    @elisabethemory 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aww, that was beautiful!! I would love to learn these!

  • @lynnturman8157
    @lynnturman8157 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think they just invented a new genre: banjo funk

  • @cawarnick
    @cawarnick 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmmm, whatcha readin', Ron? Looks interesting ...

    • @RonBlockAKUS
      @RonBlockAKUS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris, the book was "Lyric Gems of Scotland." I have a small collection of antiquarian books - ballad books, George MacDonald, et cetera.

    • @EdSileo
      @EdSileo ปีที่แล้ว

      "Watcha readin', Ron?" That question has never failed to elicit a valuable response.