Sunday, 28 December 2008

drop thumbing - new tunes over xmas

Started to try and get my head around drop-thumbing. This is where you drop you thumb down and pluck one of the first four strings instead of the 5th string. It's a a technique which breaks the monotony of the constant pluck-strum-pluck rhythm.

Pickin and Grinnin (How to Play Banjo - Tim Jumper p41)


Irish Melody (same)


Here's Patrick Costello showing how it should be done.

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