Earl Scruggs
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Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-fin
Scruggs in 2005
Finger picks on thumb, index and middle finger
Bill and Charlie Monroe, c. 1936
Scruggs (left) in 1949
Bluegrass music
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Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass B
Earl Scruggs
…was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played. This new style…
A bluegrass band
A 5-string banjo
Bluegrass artists use a variety of stringed instruments.
Ralph Stanley on April 20, 2008, in Dallas, Texas