Hello. I mostly play Scruggs style but have more recently gotten into some Clawhammer. I have the basic bumditty pattern down good, and can play several songs. I have been working on learning a song that uses some double thumbing (The Great Remember - Steve Martin) but I am not sure if they are really necessary. To me it seems that the same notes can be played using hammer-ons and pull-offs. Is there something about double thumbing that would make the notes different than HO and PO's? I would like to learn how to do double thumbing but probably on an easier song.
Thank you for any help you can give me!