So is the idea in Bluegrass that the thumb plays the melody?.
what do people think,of the four finger style[my ring is pretty strong].thumb5 .4.index 3.middle 2, ring 1.?
am Imaking life difficult myself,would i be better using a more conventional style?.
thanks for all your help.
incidentally, Icame across an old article byDave Cousins[Strawbs].he talked about something called the ripple.,the melody is never played on the first string,but on the other strings,and the player plays a pattern,i[up] m [up] thumb,a melody followed by two drone strings, ist and fifth,in a triplet to get a flowing sound,he was using sawmill tuning and calling it the English Ripple.,any thoughts/?