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BlueSage Looking for a new banjo style (10) RE: Looking for a new banjo style 15 May 02


You may find that combining styles might help you find a "new" banjo style.

Try a two or three finger pattern on the verses and then your frailing style on the choruses.

Try adding an up stroke with the index finger if you normally frail (down pick) with the middle finger. This can give you an approximation of a plectrum banjo style within the context of a frailing tune.

If you normally just use a "rhythmic style of frailing", try learning the "melodic" style of clawhammer. This will enable you to coax softer, almost classical, sounds out of the frailing style. Ken Perlman's books are an excellent way to pick up on this style.

Most of all, keep experimenting with your technique. Pete Seeger's style (styles?) is so engaging because he doesn't limit himself, or his instrument of choice, by sticking to only one style of playing (or one style of music!).

Keep pickin'.....Mike


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