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Ron's Blog – April 2013 Archive (2)

I have hit upon a puzzlement, and have a question

I am learning the tune "Cotton Pod Walk Around" in Tim's Early Banjo Book

I am carefully listening to it and trying to play along.

It seems to me that the last two notes in the first full measure

do not match what I hear on the cd. Assuming the cd is correct

then the last two notes of that measure appear to be reversed.

I have carefully checked this using my slow down software and it

confirms what I feel when I attempt to play it.

Would…

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Added by Ron on April 17, 2013 at 10:02am — 17 Comments

A request for assistance

I'm trying to get the right hand movements to work on

one of the triplets on the STRIKES from the Rice Book

The area i'm needing help with is labeled FIFTH EXAMPLE: A TRIPLE

the one I need an explanation on is the last one. (102 021 sequence)

starting on an inside string is... I believe its called an "alternate string pull off)

 

I'd appreciate someone telling me which fingers are the best choice to use 

for the first two notes so that the…

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Added by Ron on April 6, 2013 at 10:43am — 3 Comments

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