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The Brainjo Jam podcast consists of classic clawhammer and fingerstyle banjo songs, as well as musings on all things related to learning to play a musical instrument, including the science and principles behind The Brainjo Method of instruction. 

Josh Turknett


    • Oct 4, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 4m AVG DURATION
    • 261 EPISODES

    4.8 from 70 ratings Listeners of The Brainjo Jam that love the show mention: turknett, banjo, clawhammer, tunes, josh, rate, song, playing, best, thank, great.


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    The Brainjo Jam podcast is a true gem for banjo enthusiasts. As someone who is learning to play the banjo, this podcast has been an invaluable resource in my musical journey. Each episode is filled with a variety of clawhammer songs and tunes, making it the perfect tool for learning and practicing this unique style of playing. The ability to download the songs and listen to them at any time adds convenience and flexibility to the learning process. What sets this podcast apart is the exceptional talent of Josh Turknett, who not only plays the banjo flawlessly but also provides spot-on encouragement and enthusiasm for all things banjo.

    One of the best aspects of The Brainjo Jam podcast is the wide range of songs and tunes available. With an extensive catalog at his disposal, Turknett caters to all skill levels – from beginners looking for simple melodies to more advanced players seeking complex arrangements. The fact that all videos and tabs are offered for free is simply remarkable, as it allows aspiring banjo players to access high-quality resources without having to break the bank. Moreover, Turknett's teaching style is clear and concise, making it easy for listeners to follow along and learn at their own pace.

    While there are numerous positive aspects about The Brainjo Jam podcast, it must be noted that there are a few downsides as well. Firstly, some listeners might find that the episodes tend to focus more on showcasing Turknett's prowess as a banjo player rather than providing in-depth instruction or analysis. While this can be inspiring in its own right, those seeking detailed explanations or tutorials might be left wanting more information. Additionally, although Turknett's enthusiasm shines through in every episode, some individuals might prefer a less exuberant teaching style.

    In conclusion, The Brainjo Jam podcast is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning clawhammer banjo. Josh Turknett's expertise and passion make each episode enjoyable and educational for banjo players of all levels. Despite a few minor drawbacks, the podcast offers a treasure trove of songs and tunes that will keep aspiring banjoists motivated and excited to continue their musical journey. I highly recommend giving this podcast a listen – you won't be disappointed!



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    Rove Riley Rove (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 2:26


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab rove clawhammer banjo
    Been All Around This World (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 2:56


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab clawhammer banjo
    Why Perfect Practice Is Anything But Perfect (Brainjo Bite)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 14:35


    The Brainjo Bites episodes now have their own dedicated podcast feed. To listen and subscribe to them, click here! Click here to pre-order "Anyone Can Play Music: How to Unlock Your Musical Potential with the Laws of Brainjo"

    laws bite perfect practice
    High On A Mountain (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 2:17


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    mountain tab clawhammer banjo
    Wildflowers (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 2:52


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab wildflowers clawhammer banjo
    Ignition (clawhammer banjo original)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 2:59


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    original tab ignition clawhammer banjo
    When I'm Gone (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 2:46


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab clawhammer banjo
    The Train That Carried My Girl From Town (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 2:27


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    girl train tab carried clawhammer banjo
    Sing Song Kitty (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 2:13


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    song sing tab clawhammer banjo
    Paradise (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 2:35


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    paradise finger tab banjo
    Hills of Georgia (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 2:25


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger hills tab banjo
    Tom Dooley (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 2:40


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

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    "I'm Troubled" (2 finger thumb lead banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 2:35


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger troubled thumb tab banjo
    Bury Me Beneath The Willow (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 2:40


    Lead vocal performed by Julienne Ellen. Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    beneath bury tab clawhammer banjo
    "House of the Rising Sun" - clawhammer banjo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 2:44


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab rising sun clawhammer banjo
    "Let Me Fall" (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 2:45


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger tab banjo
    Is Playing Music Hard? (Brainjo Bite)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 11:08


    For more on how to apply neuroscience to practice smarter, check out the book The Laws of Brainjo: The Art & Science of Molding A Musical Mind Click here to join the Banjo For Adult Beginners Facebook Group.   To learn more about music courses based on The Brainjo Method, head to brainjo.academy  

    laws bite playing music
    "Soldier's Joy" (clawhammer uke and 3 finger banjo duet)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 3:03


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    soldiers finger tab banjo duet clawhammer
    A Banjo Christmas Medley (Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, Frosty the Snowman)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 2:05


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    christmas tab banjo jingle bells medley frosty the snowman good king wenceslas
    "Morning Flower" (clawhammer banjo and fiddle)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 1:58


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    flower tab fiddle clawhammer banjo
    Our Town (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 4:30


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab clawhammer banjo
    Dead Skunk! (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 2:34


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab skunk clawhammer banjo
    Newt Payne's Tune (clawhammer banjo and fiddle)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 1:52


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

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    Wreck of the Old '97 (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 3:24


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger wreck tab banjo
    The Myth About "Discipline" (Brainjo Bite)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 12:31


    For more on how to apply neuroscience to practice smarter, check out the book The Laws of Brainjo: The Art & Science of Molding A Musical Mind Click here to join the Banjo For Adult Beginners Facebook Group.   To learn more about music courses based on The Brainjo Method, head to brainjo.academy  

    discipline myth laws bite
    Old Paint (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 4:26


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger tab banjo old paint
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #11

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023 3:41


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveaway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway.

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #10

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 3:36


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #9 (3 finger)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 3:31


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways finger banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #8

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 3:52


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Medley Giveaway Medley #7 (2 finger thumb lead)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 3:15


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways finger thumb banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #6

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 4:04


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 4:01


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #4 (piano)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 2:51


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways piano banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 1:42


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    The "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 4:33


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    "Name That Tune" Banjo Giveaway Medley #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 3:15


    To learn more about the "Name That Tune" Brainjo Banjo Giveway and to register, go to: brainjo.academy/giveaway. 

    giveaways banjo medley name that tune
    Been All Around This World (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 3:24


    Played on a Bob Thornburg gourd banjo. 

    played clawhammer banjo
    Nine Pound Hammer (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 4:09


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger tab banjo nine pound hammer
    Red Prairie Dawn (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 2:56


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    prairie tab clawhammer banjo
    Will The Circle Be Unbroken (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 4:29


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger tab banjo circle be unbroken
    Learn Songs Or Learn Skills?? (Brainjo Bite)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2023 9:45


    For more on how to apply neuroscience to practice smarter, check out the book The Laws of Brainjo: The Art & Science of Molding A Musical Mind Click here to join the Banjo For Adult Beginners Facebook Group.   To learn more about music courses based on The Brainjo Method, head to brainjo.academy  

    songs skills laws bite
    Boatman (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 2:10


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab boatman clawhammer banjo
    Forked Deer (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 2:25


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    deer tab forked clawhammer banjo
    Greasy String (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 1:40


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    string tab greasy clawhammer banjo
    Stop Comparing Yourself (Brainjo Bite)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 6:26


    For more on how to apply neuroscience to practice smarter, check out the book  The Laws of Brainjo: The Art & Science of Molding A Musical Mind Click here to join the Banjo For Adult Beginners Facebook Group.   To learn more about music courses based on The Brainjo Method, head to brainjo.academy  

    laws bite stop comparing
    Shuffle About (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 1:58


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    shuffle tab clawhammer banjo
    Bury Me Beneath The Willow (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 4:21


    Tab and tutorial available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger beneath bury tab banjo
    Music For A Found Harmonium (clawhammer banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 3:52


    Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    music tab harmonium clawhammer banjo
    Bile Dem Cabbage Down (clawhammer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 3:55


    Tab and tutorial available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour  

    tab cabbage bile clawhammer
    Long Journey Home (3 finger banjo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 4:10


    Tab and tutorial available in the Breakthrough Banjo course for fingerstyle banjo: https://fingerstylebanjo.com/coursetour  

    finger tab banjo long journey home

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