Reddit reviews The Complete 5-String Banjo Player
We found 3 Reddit comments about The Complete 5-String Banjo Player. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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That's controversial, most people prefer it but you can see that Bela Fleck's pick blades stick out while Trischka's are tight to his fingertips. I can play both ways but i have to have the thumbpick match the fingerpicks, length and soundwise
see @ 1:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEp04tuBKU
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-5-String-Banjo-Player/dp/0825603552
The idea is that you're supposed to get a softer catch and release instead of slapping at them and picking the strings down, not sideways.
If you want to read a detailed analysis, Hatfield's "Exercises for 3 finger banjo" is excellent but you'll have to buy it.
Books;
Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo: Revised and Enhanced Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0634060430/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_H.ArDbGBY9Q57
The Complete 5-String Banjo Player https://www.amazon.com/dp/0825603552/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_laBrDbDE9THKJ
Or
Tony Trischka Master Collection of Fiddle Tunes for Banjo https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0109O79WS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_EaBrDbRF753TS
Videos:
YouTube BanjoBen
YouTube Homespun banjo lessons
Site:
Banjohangout.com for lessons, info about banjos, tabs, and more.
Technology:
TablEdit is a free tab editor where you can find lots of downloads for songs on the previously mentioned website
Tony Trischka's the complete 5 string banjo player is great - its basically a text book - really accessible - starts with the real simple techniques and tunes and ends with some note for note tabs/recordings of a few songs by our banjo heros - its comprehensive - nearly 300 pages long - also comes with a 96 track cd to play along with and has additional web content - throughout the book there are also plugs to other books, dvd's, or recordings if you want to expand on a certain technique - i.e. on the section that applies merle travis guitar picking to the banjo he notes that Bela's first album on Rounder records used this technique a lot - really can't go wrong with this book