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guitarbanjoman - Posted - 11/19/2025: 04:34:10
Thanks to Omeboy in the previous thread for providing us the link for viewing the McNeil plectrum method…
archive.org/details/ChordSyste.../mode/2up
I don’t want to hijack that thread so I’m starting this one…
The McNeil method helped me a lot when I was first getting started, however I found it only helped me develop my left hand and not my right.
Page 85 and 86 provide a plethora of strokes in musical notation, but I’m ashamed to admit that my music reading is so limited that I’m unable to tell what most of them actually sound like.
I have great respect for McNeil, so I feel sure that there are some great musical ideas included in there.
Is there any smart person out there who could help me by posting some recordings of those strokes?
Thanks,
Will
Edited by - guitarbanjoman on 11/19/2025 05:25:11
Joel Hooks - Posted - 11/19/2025: 05:50:17
When I scan and upload a banjo document that has plectrum banjo content I will put "plectrum" in the search terms.
I have a number of plectrum methods, though most are what I call "transitional" and are combined with fingerstyle.
I was also in the process of scanning all of Walter Kaye Bauer's manuscript arrangements, but that has been paused for now.
Link to the search "plectrum" in my uploads:
archive.org/details/@joel_hook...=plectrum
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