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Seppo Sillanpaa - Posted - 03/09/2024: 10:06:44
Hi,
I'm quite excited to go back to finger picking after being more of a clawhammerist since the beginning of this century:
I did even play bluegrass banjo for living in the late 70s but haven't played 3 finger picking much since then.
This is my 4th YouTube upload of Soldier's Joy (3 banjo versions & 1 ukulele campanella version)
I'm just curious how I should call this mixture of finger picking styles.
youtu.be/c742Hy8tpjA?feature=shared
Edited by - Seppo Sillanpaa on 03/09/2024 10:58:13
mike gregory - Posted - 03/09/2024: 10:32:41
Hey, some guys got their names immortalized as the developers of Scruggs Style and Seeger Style.
Call it SEPPO STYLE, and, who knows... a fifty or a hundred years from now, the Banjo HangOut may have people arguing over which way is the only PROPER way to play Seppo style!
Bill Rogers - Posted - 03/09/2024: 10:51:30
MIke’s right. Among players, traditional and revival, there have been any number of such idiosyncratic styles over the years. All are legitimate, if unnamed..
Alex Z - Posted - 03/10/2024: 08:38:22
Nice version in the video link.
The "style" is often referred to as "old time 3-finger." The player plays whatever notes that fit the melody. There are no standard fills, licks, or "rolls."
Sometimes the same sounds can be made from 2 fingers
janolov - Posted - 03/10/2024: 12:43:16
Why not call it "kolmisormi"?
R.D. Lunceford - Posted - 03/12/2024: 18:03:56
There was a time and place when individual, idiosyncratic personal styles were the rule rather than the exception.
Just pickin' the banjo.
Nice playing, BTW.
