Classic-Banjo

"Yes, I do have nails since I like to have a little bit of options for sound, but I prefer very short nails, and I always play with a combination on flesh and nails. I don't like hash sounds!"

"Right hand looks okay to me.  You seem to be keeping your thumb forward and not doing the thumbnail picking thing that Spanish guitar RH has morphed into with long fingernails, post…"

"Oh thank you for the suggestion! Yes, I have a degree in classical guitar, I guess my right hand is a bit unusual ! "

"Never mind I found them"

"Where can I find these scale exercises by Parke Hunter?"

"I have not, nor do I, consider bass elevated "cheating".  It is perfectly legitimate auxiliary "tuning" or scordatura.  I will criticize no banjoist for doing it.For me,…"

"I play SP without raising the 4th.  Instead of the open D, I play octaves of the melody note.  That said, I don't play that piece very often so when I do, it is not worth the trouble…"

" I wouldn't attempt Spanish Fandango without raising the 4th string. Playing D at fret 2 of the bass string at the same time as B at fret 9 of the 1st string is a stretch that exceeds the…"

"Yes, I think so."

"I see... I guess I could have understood better if there was a separation between the bulk of the paragraph and the "removal of the 4th". At any rate, I am lazy and can't be bothered…"