Fretless banjo? Sounds like trouble...

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^wow. Thanks for that video. It sums up (love it or hate it) where I am with music. No little "speedbumps" along the way. You go all in looking for a note, and you can hear the search along the way,

This is something modern music doesn't have. Too polished. Too produced. That dude "sproings" into the note.

Nearby where I live, we have an "antiques road show" music guru. We talk of this often. I can't wait to meet him some more to speak of of this video. It clarifies what Nashville autotune country popular product misses. :)

Ps- wait for next week's Banjo thread! :)

Just one more thing. My guitar teacher told me that string (quartets for example) sound sweeter because they can play more perfect notes by ear than with frets. There's always a bit of imprecision with fretted instruments.

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