I occasionally dep with Steamhead, whose banjo player Malcolm Webster plays 5-string banjo, and. unusually, sometimes flat picks it. And now I come to think of it he often fingerpicks 4/4 tunes, but always uses the flatpick on jigs. I've never thought about this till I read this thread. That certainly supports the theory that finger picking banjo doesnt suit jigs. i must ask Malcolm when I see him.