Playing Advice: Clawhammer and Old-Time Styles

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First Lessons - Clawhammer Banjo

Covers the basics of reading tab, right hand, and other elements unique to clawhammer.

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Thumb nail and clawhammer by Hugh Walter Jennings

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614 reads

115 days
by AndyW

tuning methods by Kayjay

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by janolov

Tennessee Waltz Clawhammer Style by olddreamer

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by RG

TOTW 4-17-2020 - Sally Will You Marry Me by carlb

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by stevewva

Drop thumb and Double Thumb: feedback and advice by Eoin_Mac

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by Eoin_Mac

Cornbread and Butterbeans by mnwalleye

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by BrooksMT

TOTW, 6/5/20, Mulberry Gap by JanetB

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by watercarving

RD Lunceford Drop Thumb CD by DroneAlone

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by banjo bill-e

Using a capo (or not!) in higher turnings by andrewcarter

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321 reads

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by andrewcarter

Looking For A Turnaround by pickn5

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317 reads

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by pickn5

Tab reading. What does "snap" mean? by Andyrhydycreuau

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691 reads

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by Andyrhydycreuau

popular tunings by mjbrennan

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by Bill Rogers

TOTW 7/24/2020 Gospel Plow (among other Names) by Gentleman From VA

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608 reads

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by BelfastFiveString

Dead south snake man pt1 and pt2 by JTEriksen

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by JTEriksen

Missing Clifftop? Enter the Online Old Time Banjo Contest by Cathy Fink

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281 reads

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by Cathy Fink

What are the chords in most of these clawhammer tunes? by Jack Baker

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by johnedallas

TOTW_John Lusk's Apple Blossom 7/17/2020 by Stephen Rapp

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530 reads

134 days
by WVDreamin

Percussive claw hammer triplet? How? by etisdale

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515 reads

134 days
by etisdale

Dock Boggs – Hard Luck Blues – Tuning? by paulmorstad

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272 reads

134 days
by paulmorstad

new free lessons & tab at twofingerbanjo.com by brownsdream

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567 reads

136 days
by Schmidtrock

Help identifying a tune by Becks

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240 reads

138 days
by Culloden

My first Tubaphone is just plain weird to me by Eric A

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by Fallingwater

The Clifton Hicks Controversy by Bill Rogers

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by Bill Rogers

Jimmy Triplett's web archive of Lee Hammons by atleson

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by hoodoo

Tab reading. What does "galax" mean? by Andyrhydycreuau

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