Master banjoist pioneered 3-finger picking
                                
                                
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                                    Earl Scruggs, the master banjoist whose three-finger power picking propelled the instrument from mere prop directly to center stage and the heart and sound of bluegrass, died yesterday of natural causes, reports the  New York Times . He was 88. Scruggs came to prominence in the 1940s with guitarist and longtime...