Steve Caddick Demonstrates the "Do Wack-A-Do" Stroke on tenor banjo

[banjopa]

What you are describing is what I call a "snap four".

The pick hits the strings in this order: down, up, down, up.

They are played in the time value of one quarter note.

You do not have to just play them in chromatic order. You can do them inplace of a single quarter note. It is an effective stroke for single note playing.

[Banjoliope]

@banjopa Thanks, Steve! I may have had the fret order backwards. Then again, I think I've seen "snap fours" played both up and down the neck... Thanks again! I really do need to get a web cam ordered soon. Along with a larger monitor for my laptop. All I have is a laptop right now. But it shouldn't take too much longer to get it all set up... MtnBlu

[Banjoliope]

Now these are the kinds of videos that really help us noobs! Please keep them coming. I do have a request for a technique (not really a stroke), but I'm not sure of the correct name or if I could even describe it. It's played on a single string using all four fretting fingers in succession going 4, 5, 6, 7 for example. Machine gun style! I love the sound of that type of thing, but I bet it's a pretty advanced type of playing. Thanks again! MtnBlu