I'm reading and agreeing but I think we are drifting off what I'm trying to say.

Playing wise, I have few problems (I tend to be regarded as pretty reliable in this department - more so than hitting the right notes - and when I'm playing at my best, I am heavily rythmical - I can almost use the banjo as a percussion instrument...) but although I could reproduce a few beats tapped out by someone else, if someone asked me whether this tap was longer or shorter than the preceding one, there would be a fair chance of me answering incorrectly.

Jon