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PaulQuinn |
Experience Level: Novice
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Gender: Male
Age: 50
My Instruments:
5-string Banjo, fiddle
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Country Gazette, Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Keith, Bill Monroe, Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck, Johnson Mountain Boys, Roland White, Byron Berline (and many others).
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Created 1/8/2012
Last Visit 1/9/2012
I am 35 years old. When I was 12, my dad first taught me the basics on playing the 5-string banjo. Since then I have gone through numerous cycles of abandoning it then taking it up again. At the moment I have been practising regularly for over a year. I have taught myself many tunes, mostly from Earl Scruggs's book: "Earl Scruggs and the 5-string Banjo" book, and also a few melodic tunes from Tony Trishcka's "Melodic Banjo". A couple of years ago I also took up the fiddle. The main reason I took it up was because I wanted to play American-style bluegrass / old-time fiddle tunes. At first however, I was restricted to learning Scottish and Irish style tunes, as that was all my teacher was able to teach me (try finding a fiddle teacher in Scotland who plays fiddle American-style, I wasn't able to find any!). I have recently however began learning some bluegrass fiddle tunes from a book. The banjo however remains my main instrument.
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