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Bill Rogers - Posted - 01/12/2023: 20:50:33
from former prodigy Victor Furtado. You may have seen it. I had not.
campandstrum - Posted - 01/12/2023: 21:50:37
Thanks for posting, I had not heard of him before. I enjoyed a bunch of his videos.
KCJones - Posted - 01/13/2023: 05:36:53
Did he just invent a new style of playing? Not trying to be hyperbolic but this could be revolutionary if other people pick it up too.
Seems to be doing a lot of double/drop thumbing, but it looks like he's playing with his index and ring fingers separately to create 3-finger type rolls using downstrokes. Never seen or heard anything like that before.
banjoy - Posted - 01/13/2023: 12:33:45
In 2019 Victor Furtado won Steve Martin's Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Award, which came with a $50,000 check from Steve.
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/m...tory.html
bluegrasstoday.com/victor-furt...jo-prize/
Victor's been on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour several times.
I'm surprised Victor is not on more people's banjo radar. It's not like he's been under a rock. He's terriffic! Another young person moving the music forward, in my opinion.
Edited by - banjoy on 01/13/2023 12:35:15
restreet - Posted - 01/14/2023: 06:51:00
Here's a good video of Victor Furtado's playing style:
youtube.com/watch?v=BjnBRS8w_NQ
CW Spook - Posted - 01/14/2023: 08:22:26
Victor Furtado on Deering Live...
youtube.com/watch?v=n-jkr_kxnR4
Lew H - Posted - 01/14/2023: 16:47:43
Yep. That looks like 3-finger clawhammer. Mark Johnson has been doing this for maybe two decades. I wonder if Furtado learned about it from Johnson?
Parenthetically, Victor's Sister, Gina, is an astounding bluegrass banjo picker.
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