The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13015   Message #107133
Posted By: Rick Fielding
21-Aug-99 - 03:02 AM
Thread Name: Learning to finger pick
Subject: RE: Help: Learning to finger pick
Hi Dani. I think I know what you mean. There's a style of banjo playing that is neither Old Tyme nor bluegrass. For want of a better term, lets go back to the 1880s and call it "Parlour" style. That was a little bit of classical with a little bit of ragtime and a little bit of Marching(yep) music.

So, a couple of questions first. Can you tune your banjo yet? Can you put it in "C" tuning, or "G" tuning?
If you can, I'll give you a couple of patterns that'll get you going. Videos can be almost as confusing as tabliture when you're first starting. I prefer the "spell it out" approach for a while.

Rick