Comment by Steve Harrison on November 22, 2013 at 9:57

When I began classic style, I first played with picks having been a melodic/folk player for many years. When I bought my first proper classic banjo, a Weaver, the picks sounded scratchy on nylon or nylgut strings so I made the decision to play with bare finger tips. For the first few months I felt like a novice, it was frustrating having difficulty playing tunes I could play well with picks. Once I'd cracked it, not having to rely on picks was very liberating and I can still get a tune out of a steel strung banjo with bare fingers.

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