Performers who use dynamics in clawhammer 5 string
I like Old Time and even listening to gourd banjo music sometimes. I think it is a great thing to be able hear the past like that. But I also think the banjo and in particular the clawhammer style...
View ArticleDon Stover
I really would like to learn Don Stover's "Things In Life'. Does anyone know what tuning he is using? TIA
View ArticleFirst post and introduction
Hello, my name is John, my screen name is the city where I was born, Pasco, Washington, USA. I'm 53 and now live in Southern California. Been lurking here for a bit more than a year so I figured it...
View ArticleO Cumberland River - OCMS, clawhammer ??
I think i pretty much figured the intro for O Cumberland river from Old Crow Medicine Show, but watchin different way Critter fuqua play it live, is it a clawhammer style of playing? Thank You !
View Articleseeking info on steel string fretless banjo and players
I have a Menzies Tackhead low tuned Nylgut fretless, and love it, but listening to and getting this Round Peak book/CD has peaked my interest in steel string fretless tuned to standard pitch. My...
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"The Year of Jubilo" - Clawhammer Tunetorial for 3/22/15
Watch a preview video >aka Kingdom Coming aka Lincoln’s GunboatsKey of D – Double D Tuning -aDADE In this, Tunetorial Dan "Clawdan" Levenson teaches The Year of Jubilo aka Kingdom Coming aka...
View ArticleNeed Clawhammer Lessons in West Michigan
Is there anyone in West Michigan area that can teach or allow a newbie to hang out and learn by doing? I need more than videos, and its helpful to have a live person to claw with. I'm thinking that a...
View Articlecrowe bridge
OK I have been practicing learning to play with the banjo claw hammer style for about a year now. I m still having troubles with my drop thumbing technique. I were 2XL work gloves. I also have a wood...
View ArticleBUY Passports, Visa,Driver license,ID Cards,: simonmosi@yahoo.com
BUY Passports, Visa,Driver license,ID Cards,: simonmosi@yahoo.com purchase registered and unregistered passport of all countries.visas,biometric passport,degrees,drivers license,I.D cards.Training...
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TOTW 3/27/15 Indian Eat a Woodpecker
Chances are you haven’t heard this tune very much yet, but perhaps this thread will help promote Indian Eat a Woodpecker. It’s one of several tunes about an Indian who feasted on a small game animal...
View ArticlePre-War Revenants Collection (Fahey)
All: This may not be the most logical place to post, but I'm looking for an affordable copy of Fahey's Pre_War Revenants Collection, Vol 2 (1897-1939) which is blues focused. Anyone have a copy they'd...
View Article'Dead Hand' or 'Dead Man' style
Since my recent attempts to relearn how to play the banjo, I have been reminded of the following story.Back in the late 1960's some of my classmates and I used to do a lot of stomping around in the...
View ArticleLee Sexton Shady Grove
From You Tube I found him playing Shady Grove. On 2ftlbanjer (great site) I found a tab to learn with. On the video he plays up the neck, but this is not on the tab. He plays fast, I am a slow...
View ArticleTablature Question
Howdy folksLong time lurker, 1st post. This is probably a pretty basic question, but on the clawhammerbanjotab UK site, the tune I am working on (John Hardy) has a part A,B,C and D. I am a bit...
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"Fortune-Old Molly Hare" - Clawhammer Tunetorial for 3/29/15
Watch a preview video >It’s a Two-fer! Fortune and Old Molly HareKey of D – aDADE In this, tunetorial number 40, Dan "Clawdan" Levenson teaches not one, but TWO tunes! Fortune and Old Molly...
View ArticleWanting advice for a 'home banjo camp' week
Hi all. I can't get to a music camp this year so I thought, while my family was away for part of July, I'd devote some of each day over a week for more intensive than usual practice. I'm looking for...
View ArticleDwight Diller -- Contests, Concerts, Workshops, Retreats
My name is Lew Stern. “Brooklynbanjoboy” on BHO. I’d like to ask for your assistance on a project of mine. I am writing a biography of Dwight Hamilton Diller, who as you certainly know is a 68...
View ArticleCan anyone tell me the picking pattern for this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cepMo9mdAEI'm having trouble identifying they picking pattern on this song.
View ArticleHelp please
I really like the way Hunter Robertson does this song.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQikpvdrs00He seems to play boom-a-chuka-boom-a-chuka boom-chukka-boom-a-chukaand it looks like he gets the "a"...
View ArticleNorwegian Wood
I'm gonna ruin my reputation as an old-time stickler, but oh well. Does anyone play this song on the banjo? I thought it would sound good with a dulcimer type tuning, but always seemed to run out of...
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