The video of the Irish players is good too, if you like that sorta
thing...

Tater O'Bug

On Feb 2, 11:14 am, Pat Murphree  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Finally got a chance to watch the Bill Monroe film last night. A couple 
> things struck me:
> -The economy of motion in Monroe's right and left hands. He barely raises his 
> fingers above the fretboard and the pick only travels as far as it needs to.
> - He rarely goes up the neck. Usually just to hit a higher note on the E 
> string, not to show off.
> - When he hits extra open strings or double stops on a melody it sounds 
> right. When I do it, it sounds like a mistake!
>
> I'm sure there's more to learn from that film. I need to watch it again 
> several times.
>
> Murph
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tud Jones" <[email protected]>
> To: "Taterbugmando" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:46:43 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Thought this might be of interest
>
> http://www.folkstreams.net/film,210
> Lots of other great stuff up there as well if you browse around.
> Banjo Spirits:http://www.folkstreams.net/film,183has Don Stover
> doing a beautiful version of "Things in Life".
> Enjoy!
>
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