[Dixielandjazz] Apologies in advance....

[Richard Donelan]

Rob:

Try joining this group:

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fourstringbanjo

There are folks who post there who can point you to a teacher in your 
area.  I also highly recommend Bud Waechter's Homespun videos on 
learning tenor or plectrum banjo.  You can easily fudge your five 
string into a plectrum by removing the fifth string, but you can buy a 
decent tenor for a relatively good price.  If you're serious, get the 
best quality banjo you can afford;  your fingers and loved ones will 
thank you.

Noel Induni's site is Shangri-La for the jazz banjo set: 
http://4shelties.com/banjos/.  Noel is list moderator for the 
"fourstringbanjo" group mentioned above.

Richard Donelan
Tallahassee

On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 06:20  PM, Skypilot98 at aol.com wrote:

> Hello all. 57 year old here who has decided to learn to play the 
> banjo. I'm
> in Belleville, Illinois, 25 miles SE of St. Louis, MO. To prepare for 
> this new
> adventure I visited my local music shop and bought the only banjo they 
> had in
> stock, a Dean 5 string BW-3.