OK guys - I don't want to clear the room by using this word. But when beginners have asked for *banjo* advice, they were (kindly and gently, I'll grant you) sent to videotapes that really assumed a lot of musical knowledge. Now, I am a RANK beginner, and would like to play the kind of music you all are discussing on the *banjo*. I'm not interested in bluegrass or old-time styles. Where, oh where to begin?