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scruggs-less-improvised · rockwell2009-banjo-transformations
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- rockwell2009-banjo-transformations
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- scruggs-less-improvised
- Assertion
- Rockwell found that other performances of Scruggs's banjo pieces, by Scruggs himself and by other banjoists, adhere very closely to the notes and picking patterns of the original recordings, and that the possibilities for right-hand picking at those pitches, rhythms and tempos are remarkably limited; the music is thus less improvised than it may appear.
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Given the pitches, rhythms, and tempos of the music, the possibilities for right-hand picking are remarkably limited, and other performances of Scruggs’s pieces by himself as well as other banjoists tend to adhere very closely to the notes and picking patterns of the original recordings. The music is thus less improvised than it may appear
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