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playing-in-the-style-of · newton2022-machines-and-music

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playing-in-the-style-of
Assertion
Because banjo styles are named after individual players (Scruggs, Keith, Reno), Newton describes playing in one of these styles as asking how that player and banjo together would navigate a passage, even one the original player never played.
Quote
To play Scruggs style (or Keith style or Reno style) is to ask how Earl Scruggs and his banjo, together, would navigate a passage.
Quote language
en
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