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- From: Sherman.Dorn@p6.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
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- Subject: Re: More sexy banjo stuff
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 01:40:08 GMT
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- On <20 Dec 92 10:55>, Joe Bethancourt scribbled the following to Sherman
- Dorn:
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- > SD> Of course, any jazz musician or afficionado must note that drums,
- > SD> guitars, basses, and pianos all are considered "rhythm" (and thus
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- JB> back......<grin!>....my point here is that
- JB> in the frailing/clawhammer technique you
- JB> *want* to be striking the head of
- JB> the banjo as you play, as opposed to
- JB> fingerpicking styles, which tend to many
- JB> notes and no rhythm backing at all.
-
- Ah. As one whose primary experience with banjo is Pete Seeger, I don't really
- concentrate on playing style.
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