Banjo - Technique

Technique

Two techniques closely associated with the banjo are rolls and drones. Rolls are, "right hand accompanimental fingering pattern consisting of eight (eighth) notes "Drone notes are quick little notes that are always played on the 5th (short) string and are used to fill in around the melody notes ..." These techniques are both idiomatic to the banjo in all styles, and their sound is characteristic of bluegrass.

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