Why Two-Finger Banjo Matters

The Banjo Gathering 2024

Lansing, Michigan

 
  1. It is accessible

  2. In some musical communities, it is the default.

  3. It compliments singing

  4. The dyads. The dyads!

  5. It encourages syncopation

  6. It’s an option when three-finger is not

  7. It’s great in a group, but shines solo.

 
 
 

Two-finger is accessible

Benton Flippen

 
 

It is the default (for some)

Will Keys

16:31-18:35

 
 

It compliments singing

Nora Brown

13:25

 
 

Cedric Watson

 
 

Allison de Groot

26:14-30:02

 
 

The dyads. The dyads!

Roscoe Holcomb

 
 

It encourages syncopation.

Paul Brown

 
 
 

It’s an option when three fingers are not.

Nick Hornbuckle

6:33-9:41

 
 
 

It shines solo.

Omer Forster

 
 
 

 

Wade Mainer