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Perfect ! If you check out any of the older instruction material for banjo, mandolin or guitar you'll see that you are doing naturally what they tell you to do. If you ever pick up a flat pick...

Jordan,

I'm sorry i'm so late in responding to this. $50 for that strap is a great price. (He won it ... doesn't want it ... could use a quick $50.) I have a Dogwood custom strap and love it. ...

"I can play MUCH faster and much more accurately if I just do it the way it feels right to me but I'm wondering if it's going to cause me problems down the road."

Stop the stress and just make...

A Huber Workhorse is well within his budget .... he could even get the pot upgraded to the Truetone.

Ryk

Eric,
I'd suggest you stay away from scooped fretboards unless you want the banjo to double as a clawhammer instrument. Why limit your upper range? Some of the classic pieces i've seen take you up...

..... and another thing. You can try a search for the paperback book "Riley's Routines for Better Banjo" by Jim Riley. It is loaded with priceless information and is by my reading chair. I go...

Eric,

All Ten-Thumbs-Up for the Cynthia Sayer idea and i'm embarrassed to not have thought of it. There are some brief YouTube videos of her teaching and some great performance videos as well. ...

1927 B&D Silver Belle No 1. Love it! Got it last week and haven't done too much Irish on it yet.

Ryk

Eric,

Check out Don Van Palta for plectrum books. Don has some videos up on YouTube. Here's his site: http://www.plectrumbanjolessons.com

Ryk

I'm liking the Siminoff Straight up strings in medium on my 5-string.

Ryk

Hi Martin,

Why not? I'm trying something very similar on my plectrum. It seems to me that it all boils down to a demanding single string approach and grabbing a chord or double stop along the...

It came today! Looking through the work the two subtitles offer the best description: The Real Experience of Playing in a Traditional Jazz/Hot Jazz Band and For All Musicians An Authentic Early...

I like them on both Lynne's mandolin and on my 5-string. I put the heavies on my Stelling and like both how they feel and how they sound.

Ryk

Thanks Eric ... that's the Pietsch. (Pronounced peach ... and it is!)

If you think you're going to get serious about the plectrum, you might want to keep an eye out for David Frey's Ultimate...

Eric,

I play plectrum and own a Deering Deluxe and a custom plectrum made by Norbert Pietsch. I have no experience with any of the inexpensive plectrums you've mentioned. But i have played and...

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I have long appreciated Cynthia's music and now can see why ... her thoughts on the plectrum are the same as mine. It's a fine instrument period without all the...

Good god!!! ... videos of me! Perish the thought.
They're great for all types of fingerpicking ... being a Vermonter i had to learn Maple Leaf Rag. Basically i play whatever moves me or in a jam...

Why yes Mizz Belle ...
I too play a 6-stringer and enjoy the variety it gives me from my plectrum or 5-string. Playing a lot of trad jazz a la Johnny St Cyr it does something the plectrum doesn't...

Cynthia,
Many thanks for chiming in on the Cafe. It's wonderful to have another plectrum player hanging around.
All the best,
Ryk

JAK,

You may find the answer in this video Bill Mills did with JD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4fxjdjYwwA

Ryk

Then there is this guy .... Alan Munde. He seems to have the ability to "move it along."

Ryk

Here's David Holt reviewing 5 Vega~Deerings ... included is the Old Tyme Wonder. If you can't play before you pay this might help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6wRhlSZZSU

Have fun and good...

Thanks for that Reser video ... and any others. The piece he plays at the end is Tiger Rag ... here's Sean Moyses doing it, along with Temptation. The joy of banjo playing is obvious from both...

A new site devoted to this style of playing has been put up by Rob MacKillop: http://rmbanjo.com. It's an excellent source, as is BMG Magazine from England: http://www.bmgmagazine.net.

Tony...

Many thanks Mike & Charlie!

Ryk