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Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on March 23, 2015 at 1:09am

Please excuse the singing in this video.  It is a practice session I saved.  Still working on it.  

I've tuned this 5 stringer to Gmin and alternate up-picking the D or B flat string.  Thumb hits the bass note on the quarters.  More of a guitar strum sound than banjo.

Comment by Jim Morris on March 22, 2015 at 1:59pm

Hm Eric, that sounds like it would work out to pretty much the same feel. It would work ok on a 3 or 4 string git where you'd get a bass note first with the thumb but probably not on a 5 string banjo because you'd be getting that high 5th string first. There's lots of ways to do stuff and now I gotta go try thumb, strum, up pick on the banjo to see what happens!

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on March 22, 2015 at 12:54pm

Man, I've been bummin' with my thumb.  I'm going to have to try and switch it up.  I have the same rhythm, but thumb, strum, up-pick with a finger. 

Comment by Jim Morris on March 22, 2015 at 3:41am

Cool Unc, I think this is a style that can be used with just about any number of strings and tunings. I prefer to use it with open tunings but it works with regular 6 string standard tuning too.

Comment by Uncle John on March 22, 2015 at 2:08am

Jim, I tried the slow speed bum dit tee on a GDg and yeah, that works pretty well.  Also tried it on my old DGB White Owl.  Not a banjo sound of course, but certainly a multi-use picking pattern.

Comment by Jim Morris on March 21, 2015 at 2:56pm

Thanks BUG. It's not so tricky as working in a sausage factory!

Comment by BUGGY (C) on March 21, 2015 at 12:38pm

Sounds sweet...thanks for the bum ditty lesson ...looks tricky

Comment by Jim Morris on March 21, 2015 at 11:06am

Thanks Rob. Hey, I don't know if you saw the vid of the 4 string with your scroll saw work on it. It's an original called "Would Ya Let Me"

Comment by Jim Morris on March 21, 2015 at 11:03am

Ha, Eric. I thought you'd relate to that comment. I need to be more careful in the shop! Usually though it's a cramping problem that prompts me to switch fingers. When I have a hammer accident it usually only affects the fretting fingers.

Comment by Jim Morris on March 21, 2015 at 11:00am

Cool Unc. That half speed is about where I start folks off if I'm teaching them. The speed takes a little while but hey, like I said, nothing wrong about splitting the stroke into 2 beats. I'm fixin' to do a demo of claw on 3 string tuned GDg with that thumb drone on a low note. Sounds totally different but I like it. I think it would work with that gDB tuning as well since it's all about the rythym.

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