Here's a CD track I played on with
Jerry Rockwell, one of the finest Appalachian dulcimer players in the US. There's a lot of crosspicking in the long third part of the suite, although it isn't strictly the D-U-U pattern.
https://soundcloud.com/jerry-rockwel...en-on-mandolin
In the first part of the track, there's some of my
acoustic wah-wah technique (although it was given some filtering processing (but not volume wavering) in the mixdown to make it sound more like a synth), but the actually playing was totally acoustic without any effects boxes. The mandolin playing in the second section was highly influenced by the guitar playing of John Renbourn.
For whatever it's worth, I've pretty much abandoned the D-U-U right hand in favor of a
pick+middle-finger approach
D-M-U. I prefer the softer attack/volume on the top string I get with the finger pluck. Also it is
vastly more fluid (for me) and
much faster speed on the rolls is possible if needed. I
do not (usually) want to sound like a banjo when I can sound more like
the BYRDS. That said, I'll often will play like a clawhammer banjo (using pick+fingers).
Pick+finger across-the-strings adapts quite nicely for Japanese
koto style runs! (as well as some Billy Gibbons-y blues!)
There are some crosspicking pieces (both McReynolds style, as well as Bill Keith melodic banjo sounding) in my instructional book/CD
Hot Licks For Hot Picks, available from Elderly Instruments, if anyone is interested.
Niles H
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