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Never having blogged before, I guess spit and polish won't be my forte. Just a word to say that because a clawhammer banjo lover can't learn (or has a difficult time) by ear, doesn't mean he/she should be excluded from the traditional "old time" jam. It seems that in some circles you aren't a real "old timer" unless your ear is instinctively tuned to the sound and the beat. (Not so, says one politician.) In my case, I was brought up by two classical musicians, learning how to read music at an early age but never encouraged to follow in my parents musical footsteps. The post Great Depression years for them were not kind to New York musicians and neither parent wanted their little boy to rely on music as a profession. So be it - I still have problems with hearing (to learn, that is . . . not to enjoy) a tune and being able to quickly play it on the banjo. Maybe it will come, but right now, I like to use tab as a musical starting point or guide to the basic tune. So it was written; so it was done.
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