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Issue #670

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Jumpstart Your Banjo Progress

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Eric Schlange
BHO Webmaster

Greetings, one and all. It's Thanksgiving week here in the States, and I'm thankful for so much this year... including the blessing of being a part of the Banjo Hangout community. You are all a fun bunch, playing the world's finest musical instrument!

See below for some of my favorite recent videos and forum topics...

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Jumpstart Your Banjo Progress (Clawhammer)

Tom Collins recently posted a lovely little video lesson demonstrating a clawhammer phrase you can use to jumpstart your clawhammer practice session.

The phrase basically encompasses hammer-ons and pull-offs (2/3 of the left hand's techniques), but he goes on to show how to use that phrase to work on speed (crucial for the clawhammer player), dynamics (also crucial, but less discussed), and rhythm (it changes everything!).

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