Gourd Banjo Music

Putting leather across the opened side of a gourd, adding a long piece of word for a throat with strings, and music can be played. Any experience with a guitar or ukelele can help a person jump right into a gourdy musical experience. Adam Hurt below is a master at his bottleneck gourd banjo but geez! how can a person get to playing a gourd instrument without spending the amount of time he obviously did to get this good?  Being an expert is not always preferred. Just being able to strung out a tune on the back patio is enough for a casual afternoon, right?