[Dixielandjazz] 6 string banjos

[Plectrum Joe]

Add an extra two legs to a man and he can outrun a horse

that's my theory - I'll play it safe with 4 strings

Plectrum Joe


stridepiano@tesco.net wrote:

>An American friend sent me a VCR tape of a banjo player named Bela Fleck (a
>Yank?), recorded from a TV programme. Ye Gods !! It takes a little while to
>get into the unfamiliar stylings of his group - I found it impossible to
>categorise the music - but it is the most accomplished banjo playing I have
>ever seen or heard.
>
>The guy even plays unaccompanied Bach pieces and there is a segment on the
>tape with two people together playing one banjo - one of the fast classic
>banjo breakdowns with Bela doing the strumming and another guy doing the
>fingering. Astonishing stuff, catch it if you can.
>
>John Farrell
>stridepiano@tesco.net
>http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
>
>
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