Hey, Bill. Sorry for the delayed response, but I’m in the thick of this hurricane devastation in western Carolina. Good question! I think that, for the forward roll “The easiest Banjo Roll series,” the roll I teach is a specific type of forward roll (not all are created equal😁). I coined the “UpDown Roll because it’s more economic and clearer than Forward-Backward or Forward-Reverse. (Fewer syllables and actually tells what the melody does). The Square Roll has many synonyms: Alternating Thumb and Box Roll being two. I call it the Solid Roll because, rhythmically it has the 1-3 punch on the bass lower strings and a consistent “backbeat” rhythm with either the roll (2-3-1) or the chop. No other banjo roll has this quality (repetition = mundane BUT = solid, rhythmically speaking.) Sorry if it confused you. The traditional nomenclature will continue, I’m sure, but I’ll continue to use both, because as a multi-instrumentalist, some of my terms seem to make sense… to me anyway. Thanks for commenting!
Great lesson. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Thank you! It's on the way.
Thanks Bruce keeping me going looking forward to the next lesson
Keep it going, Glenn!
Always glad to see a new video from a brother banjo player, but I’m curious about the reason for the renaming of a few of the rolls.
Hey, Bill. Sorry for the delayed response, but I’m in the thick of this hurricane devastation in western Carolina. Good question! I think that, for the forward roll “The easiest Banjo Roll series,” the roll I teach is a specific type of forward roll (not all are created equal😁). I coined the “UpDown Roll because it’s more economic and clearer than Forward-Backward or Forward-Reverse. (Fewer syllables and actually tells what the melody does). The Square Roll has many synonyms: Alternating Thumb and Box Roll being two. I call it the Solid Roll because, rhythmically it has the 1-3 punch on the bass lower strings and a consistent “backbeat” rhythm with either the roll (2-3-1) or the chop. No other banjo roll has this quality (repetition = mundane BUT = solid, rhythmically speaking.) Sorry if it confused you. The traditional nomenclature will continue, I’m sure, but I’ll continue to use both, because as a multi-instrumentalist, some of my terms seem to make sense… to me anyway. Thanks for commenting!
@@BruceScottThrelkeld , thanks, Bruce!