- Jim Bottorff's Banjo Page
- 4-String Banjo
Workshop
- By Dave Marty
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- Dave Marty gave
a 4-string banjo workshop at the Seattle Banjo Club 1982 Banjo
Pickers' Ball.
- Dave plays a plectrum
banjo, the topics are suitable for tenor and guitar-tuned banjos
as well.
- Following are
six videos from the workshop:
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- Video #1 - "Triplet Strokes"
(Click
here)
- Right hand strumming,
two kinds of triplet strokes.
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- Video #2 - "Arpeggio Stroke" (Click
here)
- Dave demonstrates
his arpeggio stroke.
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- Video #3 - "More Strtokes" (Click
here)
- Three useful right
hand strumming strokes.
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- Video #4 - "Questions" (Click
here)
- Questions on strumming,
tempo, tremolo, and introductions.
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- Video #5 - "Playing Tips" (Click
here)
- Tips regarding
pick, strings, tuning, endings, choking, and more.
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- Video #6 - "Sample Songs" (Click
here)
- Songs that demonstrate
Dave's strumming techniques.
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