Banjo progress

This week, my banjo instructor had me doing a new drill: take the right hand, move to the left shoulder, and pat. I not only have the melody going strong on all three of my songs, but I'm even beginning to get somewhere with strumming. Hooray!

Next week, an new song. Don't know yet what it will be: either Red River Valley (oh, I hope so) or Kumbayah (all the better for campfire sing-alongs). I was surprised, actually, at how quickly I seemed to get "Oh, Susannah" even with the interruption of the car accident. Woot!