A gem of a film for analysing right hand movement.
Pathe silent film of Alvin D. Keech playing the banjulele/banjo ukulele/banjolele. Close-ups of the instrument being played in slow motion; a fast fox-trot is played to demonstrate the “feather” stroke and a waltz to demonstrate the up-drag motion.
Matthew Richards plays David Smith’s original 78rpm record – December 1926 – on Alvin Keech’s Banjulele and Ukulele instruction:
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