Hi, I'm fairly new to the Tenor Banjo. After seeing Gerry O'Connor on Youtube, I had to have one of these instruments too, so I ordered a Goodtime Openback 17-Fret. So far it's tuned CGDA. I ordered O'Coonor's book, but I have to confess, to me it is kind of a letdown, mainly because he doesn't indicate the pick-direction when playing triplets in fast tempos. In hornpipes, with their slower tempo and swung eight notes, you have enough time to play two eights in a row with an upstrole and thus coming back to the normal routine after a triplet has thrown you off. But in reels with their faster tempo? Here's my take on the hornpipe "Off to california" wich is also included in O'Connor's Book. https://soundcloud.com/tele1310/off-to-california Are their any other books with a more thourough explanation of the subject? Thanks for any hints.
enda scahill's books are great ,he goes into pick direction in detail. tune sounded good to me. http://www.endascahill.com/the-tutors.html
Thanks for the hint. Alas, the book is not available in Germany, so I'll have to wait till I place my next order at Elderly. From what I could see on the sample pages, the trebles are played DUD with the next note beginning with a downstroke, that is two downs in a row. I kind of master this technique in moderate tempo jigs, but reels?? https://soundcloud.com/tele1310/haste-to-the-wedding