Super Simple Arrangement of The Ballad of Jed Clampett
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- Here's a super basic version of the Beverly Hillbillies Theme song. You'll need three rolls, a couple of chords and some slides. If you've got Cripple Creek under your belt and you've been practicing on Foggy Mountain Breakdown, then you've got everything you need to play this version.
Hopefully this makes up for the other "simple" version of Jed that I have out here. - เพลง
You make it look so easy. Un rushed. When played slow it sounds like a jumble of notes but as it speeds up it takes on a melodic quality and pretty soon voila it is a recognizable song. It’s so cool how that works.
Thanks 😊
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I blasted through your 10 lessons on a banjo that I borrowed from my housemate. I have since bought my own from someone who can no longer play and have now got 4 songs under my belt and loving it. Such a brilliant teacher
Dan
Thanks for letting me teach you! 😊
Dear Jim, I have finally bit the bullet and am now slowly learning from your wonderful videos. I am 56 and playing acoustic and electric guitar from the age of 11. With the banjo rolls, my brain keeps playing tricks, telling me all sorts of stupid things. But with your guidance I am getting there. I intend to play the ballad of Jed C at the Christmas table. Thats my next goal. Thank you again.
Really excellent instruction for this fun tune, clear and simple as you say, with vocal as well!. 5 big stars * for this, thank you so much.
Jim, I last owned a 5-string some 42 years ago, but I now have another '75 Mastertone. I can't believe how fast it's coming back, thanks to your great videos!!!! You are a gentleman and a scholar!
That's great! Keep on picking.
Thanks for another excellent video. I've learnt a lot from your instruction.
Reading through the Discord platform and noticed your comment promoting Learn these next. Great find. I have finished your 10 beginner lessons and am happy to have these further follow on.lessons to practice. PS will keep referring back to the beginner lessons. Thanks for posting Jim.
Glad I could help!
Jim your lessons are the best in youtube! I can really understand your style of teaching and get my banjo picking without waiting ten years to do it. God bless brotheren 🙏🏻🪕
Awesome, thank you!
Hey Jim thank you so much for your great lessons they are so easy to learn very well explain I very appreciate the whole effort you put in
I’ve been searching through TH-cam with a lot of banjo players teaching no one teaches the simple way you do thank you so much I’ve now learned four songs from your awesome lessons I’ve done you’re beginner lessons One through 10 and from there I have just learned this one I would just like to say thank you so much
Glad I can help! Thanks for watching. 😊
this was super fun to learn, i really love the way you teach
Thanks 😊
I finished the beginner lessons 1-10 and i keep going back to them as i find something new like this. Great lesson, now i know an A minor and D7 chord also, but that 4th finger stretch is a killer. I'm staying at that point for a few days till i add some strength and stretch to poor little guy.
A BIG thank you for your string changing technique (that specific youtube didn’t have a “LIKE” so I thought I’d let you know here) So much easier than the other TH-cam I watched. Except I did break a string - thankfully you said “save them” - so I had a backup! Thank you for all your tips and encouragement - I’m now on to my 4th song (Jed Clampett). Not doing too bad - yes practice practice practice is the key. THANK YOU!
Glad it helped!
Thanks Jim! Just starting working on this one after doing your beginner bluegrass series. Great resource.
Awesome. Keep me posted on your progress.
your the man jim got my banjo for christmas about 4 months ago and feel like im shredding ive just recently started the 1st few old time frailing lessons now and boy its tricky but i think i prefer the softer old time sound of clawhammer hope i can get the hang of it like i am with the picks :) thanks for everything Mr.Pankey
You can do it!
Another song down thanks to you, Jim. Thank you!
Thanks for letting me help 😊
Hi Jim, love the lessons..!! Just picking up the banjo again. Received one on Christmas 2018 after not having one since December 1995...lol. Anyway, at the end of the Jed Clampett lesson when you do the ...Texas Tea slides, I slide from 3 to 5. For some reason I think it sounds good that way. Cannot thank you enough for the excellent lessons.
Wow i can play The Ballad of Jed Clampett and it took only days. Jim you're the man!
Woohoo!! 🥳
Jimmy Pankey!😀
What a brilliant name.
Suits the banjo perfectly.😃
Me to me: wow this is a piece of cake no problem
Jim: big stretch pinkie to 4
Me: 😳
You can do it, but will take practice.
Jim Pankey thanks for the encouragement ☺️
What fun! Workin' on it!
You can do it!
That was so cool! Can't wait to try it out :D
Have fun!
Hey now! You didn't use a full C' cord for the 2 demos towards the end. Man it sure is hard to type with banjo picks on. Thanks for all your lessons buddy..a life long dream slowly being fulfilled. THANK-YOU!
i love your teaching how you give us the tools in the first 10 lessons, after this i want to figure out steam powered airplane in G
I bet you can figure it out! 😊
Fantastic 😊
Thanks 😊
Congrats 100k🎉
Thanks 😊
WellThat takes the Corn off the Cob! Thanks Jim looks easy enough when you play it!
You can do it 😊
Getting close on that pinky stretch. Was actually able to pay the roll off it tonight semi-legible. Been working on it awhile.
Awesome!! It’ll feel natural soon.
Love your banjo lessons, you have been a huge help. Could you please teach us the Star spangled banner?
Thanks for watching. As much as I appreciate your desire to learn our National Anthem it’s not really something that I’d ever teach on the banjo.
Thank you for your reply, happy thanks giving to you and your family.
Love this
Hi Jim, as always a great video. I am just learning clawhammer, so I have to just get the general on this one. I really enjoy your videos but one thing I think would help viewers is if you played the song first and then did the breakdown. It might be just be me as someone that plays by ear, but I always skip to the end of the video to hear the song and go back to the start to try and learn something. You are a great banjo player and teacher, so thanks so much for your guidance.
I’m a Bass Player and just learning Banjo and you are a very good teacher, thanks for what you’re doing
I'm buying a banjo next stimulus,always been wanting One
Go for it!
I'm really struggling with this one. I've watched and can play everything from the learn to play bluegrass banjo series. What's kicking my butt is the use of my pinky finger. I'd really appreciate any advice.
I have a question, Mr Panky. I love your lessons by the way. I got a banjo for my birthday and I've been learning for a couple weeks now. At about 3:09, during the Cripple Creek slide, it looks like you're sliding from 2 to 3 instead of 2 to 4, although it doesn't sound like it. Are you doing something special there to make it fancy? Just wonderin'! Thank you sir.
Sometimes I slide to 3... I'm reckless that way. You hear it going to 4 because of the 2nd string that comes right after it - sort of an auditory illusion.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
@Jim Pankey
Hey Jim-
Love your lessons! Had a banjo for years but never played much until the past 3 months. One thing I need help on: the pinky stretch. I have small hands, but are there exercises I can do to help improve strength and stretch? Thank you!
Check out this video: th-cam.com/video/h2no3aVkACE/w-d-xo.html
There may be something there that will get you loosened up.
However, the main thing is just practice.
@@JimPankey thanks for the tips! I wish my pinky wasn't so dumb😂
@@thecommodore1128 It'll get smarter. :)
Tried learning this after the first 10 but that pinky stretch was too much for me. The pinky stretch on Cumberland Gap helped train myself and can now play this tune finally. I just learned Do Lord and there is many similarities I noticed
Awesome!
Hi, jim! Thanks so much for your videos. I finished the "Learn to Play Bluegrass Banjo" playlist, and so I'm now watching this. I do wonder though, after this song, where should I go? I don't know what to learn next.
I have a playlist named “Learn these Next”
@@JimPankey thanks so much!
@jimpankey So, what’s your opinion? Should I be striving for accuracy in playing a new song , like being able to play it with no mistakes consistently, before I trying to pick up new material? Or is it okay to be working on several pieces at one time? Bear in mind I am a beginner banjo player. Thanks.
Really depends… don’t try too hard for perfection, but rather try to understand how the songs work.
Thanks!
Welcome!
Ok. This is my next challenge.
You can do it!
ooof! That long stretchy chord is tough for my old fingers. But I'll keep working on it! Thanks, Jim!
You can do it! 😀
@@JimPankey getting closer! Still doesn't sound very pretty but I'll get there!
I think I've finally got it, Jim! What piece would you suggest next?
@@amymiller2632 Check out my "Learn These Next" playlist.
@@JimPankey will do. Thanks much!
Seven songs down and a million to go,
I got the stretch down. Drove my wife crazy. 4 pinch 3 pinch right before is when you set the stretch up. You got a little time. Stretch will come handy for next tune. Old Home Place.
Glad you got it! Yup, opens up a bunch of opportunities.
Hey Jim you are awesome. Hope you’re well and good spirits. I spent the last couple months going through your free 10 beginners lessons. Love it super beginner. It enjoying the practice. What would be the next song or two that you would recommend. Just coming off of your 10 less than series. If you could give me a list of recommended songs that would be easy to move on to next i
Looks at my playlist called “learn these next”
@@JimPankey hi again
where do i go to find
Learn to play these next?
dont see it!
any way you can list all you
songs - in groups of
beginner , Intermediate, advanced
🤠🪕❤️💪🙏
Click my name… look around a bit and you should find the playlists.
@@JimPankey found it
16 songs- are they in order top to bottom- easy to hard?
your recomemdation on what next 5 songs to work on in order
I am really enjoying your lessons and I am happy with the progress that I a making. In order to practice, I try and write out the tabs so I can turn off the video and just use them. Do you have the tabs for your version of the Ballad of Jed Clampett? If so , it would allow me to spend more time practicing and less time trying to create the tabs. Thank-you
Time spent creating a tab could be time spent getting this stuff down with tabs.
I might have this one in my tab store, but if you’ve been assimilating the concepts you really shouldn’t need a tab.
@@JimPankey Thank you Jim. I am learning the rolls but I need help to remember the notes. I'll take a look around the store.
Jim, any suggestions on alternatives to the pinkie stretch after the A minor / D section.... I actually have more dexterity in my right-hand pinkie than left. It was broken long ago (I'm 65 now) and it just will not work. If I get it over to the 4th string...it dampens the other strings, as there is no lift. Thanks.
It’s not something that you’ll just be able to do. It takes a lot of work.
You can just not put it down, but it’s worth the effort.
Mr. Jim sir I have watched all your lessons through cripple creek, janjo in the holler and boil the cabbage down. I am now trying to learn this version of jed clampett but I have an issue, i have very short fingers and it is physically impossible for me to make that long pinky stretch. Any ideas on how i can do that?
It’s not impossible. I’m pretty sure your hands aren’t smaller than some of the kids I’ve taught. It’ll just take time.
When I do the stitch with my little finger what are the string numbers of the forward and reverse roll? I know it starts on 4 then what is the sequence? Thanks so much. Your lessons are fantastic.
That’s the beauty of this... you can decide which strings. You can play 42151241 or 42151231 or 43151341 or any other pattern there you like.
@@JimPankey Hey Jim, is there any kind of "shortcut" i can use instead of doing the stretch with my pinky onto the 4th fret? I'm having real trouble stretching that far!! lol
@@JeremyBrown-zh6ic no shortcut. Just keep at it; you'll get it.
Alright, I got this one. Just need to smooth it up and get the timing better. I love the slide-3 pinch x 3 at the end. So fun to play!
Fantastic!
Yeah man!
Thanks
That little finger stretch to the 4th!! I can if I only leave the first finger on 2 and lift the others but that is as far as it has got..............for now! Your tunes/lessons are fantastic I just hope it is a case of practise practise practise and I will improve.
You'll get it! Just takes some time.
Hi Jim. I'm getting somewhere with this and appreciate all the really great lesson. The thing that is holding me back on this one - and on Wagon Wheel - is the 2-5 slide on string 4. I can do it okay, but it squels like a stuck pig and really covers up the sound of the slide as well as being very distracting. It's the nature of the wound string, of couse, but I don't hear this from real players, so do you have any tips for making string 4 slides smoother? Perhaps I just need to be wearing a Jim Pankey Tee Shirt.. :-)
That slide will sound better and better. You'll figure it out, but it just takes time. Experiment with different amounts of pressure.
Thanks. Yeah.. practice, practice. I will try putting less pressure on the string. I still think it's the tee shirt, I;m missing though - putting it on my list to Santa.
That stretch is tuff but im getting these old fingers movin
You can do it! :)
Jim, I'm looking for some banjo duets that a young friend (also a beginner) and I could play together. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks again for your lessons. My friend just got her banjo a few weeks ago and went lickity-split through your beginning 10 lessons. She's playing rings around me already and I'm so proud of her!
I never really thought about duet specific kinda tunes. Always just played tunes that we knew. Be sure to look at my backup series. That’ll give you some foundation for accompanying each other.
@@JimPankey Thank you! I will certainly do that.
is there any stretches or tricks to the D7 cord lol
Just keep trying. You’ll get it.
Hi Jim what is a miner how do I get my pinky finger to stretch
Practice…
Thanks Jim. You are my main man for learning the banjo, because you describe every step and I;m blind so.. Could you explini 'walk up' or describe exactly what you did for this song? I guess you are picking single notes on a scale?
What does it sound like I’m doing? Listen to what I’m playing more that what I’m saying. The melody goes UP. I play notes on a single string. You can see me and hear me do that. Hence the walk (common musical jargon which saves all of us a lot of time since it is so descriptive) up (direction).
Thanks Jim. I have no musical background _at_all_, so it is taking me a while to get my ear tuned in, but it is happening. I figured out that part today, by doing just as you suggest.
hi jim is there a version when you go over the chords like a minor in a more simplified version of this song? you have not covered the a minor chord in cripple creek or foggy mountain breakdown lessons and was wondering if i have missed a video out? thanks again
You’ve not missed a video. This tune is where the Am is introduced. You can do it.
@@JimPankey no worries thanks so much
JIM! I have the shortest fingers known to man kind AND a pent pinky from arthritis... is there ANY other way to doing that stretch to get the same now in a way I don't need to stretch? I really want to learn this song!
Obviously you can just experiment with other notes, but keep at it, I bet you’ll finally be able to do it.
Jim, Hoping you can help. What if your hands are too small to stretch that far? Is there anything that can replace it?
Keep trying. I know you can do it. I’ve had little kids in the past that figured it out. You can too.
Is there anything I can do to help with the stretch to the fourth fret. I can't do that chord. Jim, help me. Is there any shortcuts or advice for that? 🤔🤔🤔
You can do it. You're just going to have to keep stretching. There are no shortcuts. I promise, had there been an easier way, I'd have shown it. It's not like I'm withholding information here.
Find the first Live stream I did with Lisa Flores. It has a bunch of tips for your hands.
@@JimPankey Ok. I'll ask my dad. He's 🐝 playing 65 years. His name is Jo Jo Patton. Or he's known as Joe Patton. Have you heard the name, he's from Morganton ,NC. If you get time look up Drexel Barber Shop Picking n Trimming on Facebook. He was good friends with Raymond Fairchild since they were 16-17. Thanks for your help and time.
How do I get my pinky to stretch that far. It seems impossible. Any pointers?
Well... Mostly just keep trying. It's possible; even my kid students reach it after a little while.
Thank you, I will get it. I have loved learning from all your videos. I have just been playing about 1.5 months.
is there an alternative to the pinky stretch if you are not physically able to pull it off?
Nope... if you want that particular sound then the only option is to make that stretch. It’s possible.
I'm considering breaking and resetting the bones in that pinkie. Not really, but man that's tough at first even for someone with long fingers!
Jim, Am I correct in observing that you use the full C chord in the instruction part of the video and a partial C chord when you are playing it fast and singing? Thank you.
Maybe? I do it both ways.
@@JimPankey Ok, thanks. That’s what I thought. I’m getting a little better on this one and that pinky stretch.
Hi Jim-do you have the tab for your
Clampett song -be glad to buy it-Iam 69 beginner
Would be a little easier for me to follow your Video with your tab. Let me know what you think
I don’t offer a tab for this. It’s built with ideas from the beginner series, and it’s important to figure it out without depending on a piece of paper. Even at 69 you can do this. I do offer tabs for most of my other tutorials.
So this, or Foggy Mountain?? I have Cripple Creek down pretty well. What would be the best progression??
Did you go thru my beginner series?
Hey jim which songs should i go for after foggy mountain and ballad of jed clampett?
And by the way do u have a paypal for
donations or just patreon? :D
I have a playlist called “learn these next”. Check it out.
You can PayPal me @jimpankey
Can't find anything with "jimpankey" .
Whats the full email? :)
www.paypal.me/jimpankey
Thx. :)
I know. Practice, practice, practice. 🙂
You can do it!
Where can I find a tab for this arrangement?
I don’t offer a tab of this one. It’s important to figure it out without the tab.
@@JimPankey Thanks anyway. I really enjoy your videos.
Any tips for folks that can't do the pinky stretch?
Practice until you can.
@@JimPankey 1:36-1:40 I can't quite make out the rolls. I see the first forward roll but after that I'm a little lost. Is it a partial roll?
@@tom-green It's an alternating roll. 4251 then 4241
@@JimPankey Thanks so much! Best banjo teacher ever.
my earl scruggs book i've had for 45 years is wrong!
It's not wrong, but my way is just one way to play the song in a recognizable way. Glad you like it. :)
Jim or anyone that has had a problem with sore fingers. And then calussus tender Advice please
Play regularly, but don’t overdo it. Your fingers will toughen up.
@@JimPankey the him
Thanks Jim...but a quick demo of the tune at the very start would have been a better way to go
Sure... lemme jump in my time machine.
Seriously, I don’t disagree, but it takes a while to figure out how to do these things perfectly for a couple thousand folks. I think you’ll find that I tend to do that on my newer videos from the past couple of years.
@@JimPankey No sweat, Jim--my You Tube has buttons on there that I can use to run it forward- so that's what I did while I was was resting my pinky from the great stretch. Might do it again a time or two (or fifty!) as I progress, for encouragement. Your method spoiled me- learned a song from tablature, but it took me 10 times (at least) as long as learning more difficult songs from you. If you figure out a time machine, please do a video on it- I want to start this at 16 instead of 65!!! Well, break time is over- and I think pinky grew a little!
using the pinky finger
Sorry Jim, but my pinky doesn’t bend that way lol
It will. 😊