Re: Banjo solos /mandolin
A lot of times two instruments will split a solo. Listen to Bill Monroe's version of "Uncle Pen." For the first solo, fiddle did a verse, which was essentially the same as the intro, but the mandolin did the chorus. The second time the fiddle did it all. Third time they split it again.
While you're singing, the mandolin should chop the chords on two and four, but there is a style called "backup" in which the instrumentalist will "noodle" like a call/response or embellishment type of thing. Listen to the Stanley Brothers, and Bill Monroe and you'll hear what I'm talking about.
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