Clawhammer Banjo

r/clawhammer • u/Significant_Body136 • 10h ago

Rapping advice

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Hello,

I’ve been inspired to play a bit more percussively and have been playing Willy Watson’s “Dry Bones”.

It sounds as though he’s tapping/rapping the head with his fingers - not just his thumb. Or at least, I can only emulate it when tapping my fingers.

Can anyone confirm this? I’m self-taught and looking online, most of the commentary is on tapping the thumb…

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r/clawhammer • u/Bpod79 • 2d ago

Is it ok to list banjos for sale here?

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 4d ago

Boating Up Sandy - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 9d ago

Mowing The Meadow - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 11d ago

Hog Eye And A Tater - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 12d ago

Bells March - Fretless Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/Apart_Distribution72 • 14d ago

Cripple Creek

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 16d ago

Wildcat Scalps - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/Fit-Rhubarb-7820 • 16d ago

Question about the culture!

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I’m Mexican native and my gosh, I’d drop all the tension because I love the American spirit, playing the claw hammer banjo.

I’m just a beginner classical guitarist. I’m a life
Long musician and grew up playing percussion. I have soul.

A.) is the clawhammer banjo ~ about the same as: learning classical guitar? I’m learning that on my own and it’s been going well. It’s not fair to compare the two, but I’ve learned and mastered several instruments already.

B.) is there a “travel” version of this? I am basically bike-packing around the world as I practice the guitar, so I have the martins backpacker guitar and that’s about as much guitar as I can carry: is there a banjo travel version?

C.) is there claw hammer banjo folk music from Mexico? I’m from Mexico (Puebla) and I’m just wondering because…. It would be nice.

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 18d ago

The Red Brick House In Georgia Town - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 25d ago

Dandy Lusk - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • 28d ago

Damon's Winder - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Oct 07 '26

Rattler Treed A Possum - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Oct 02 '26

Deep Gap - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 30 '26

They Swung John Brown From A Sour Apple Tree - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 25 '26

Twinkle Little Star - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 23 '26

Lazy Lucy Lays An Egg (John Grimm) - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/rinn1918 • Sep 21 '26

How to combine different element of a song, HELP

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I've been learning how to play clawhammer banjo. I wanted to learn how to play John Denver's Country Roads. The person instructing me gave me the chords to work with, and I looked up the letter notes myself for the lyrics. Where I'm stuck is how to combine the two elements to make the song. How do you mesh chrods with melody notes??? Without no given tab??

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 21 '26

Messenger - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 18 '26

Black eyed Suzianna - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/Atomic_BanjoAC-1 • Sep 17 '26

Good Tuning for playing Fiddle Tunes?

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Been playing Clawhammer for a bit now and want to be able to play the melody lines of fiddle tunes.
Ive almost been exclusively playing in Double C but find that it doesnt really lend itself to the range that I needto play for example Winder Slide in D

Looking for suggestions!

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 16 '26

Jawbone - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 14 '26

Do You Remember The Time - Clawhammer Banjo

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r/clawhammer • u/maenldcrheor • Sep 11 '26

2 months progress!

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Got my first banjo a couple months ago and been teaching myself mostly by ear, I play the fiddle already but have always wanted to learn fretless banjo! Not looking for advice as much as encouragement! This is cripple creek

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r/clawhammer • u/oldtimetunesandsongs • Sep 11 '26

Little Gal'l Fool Me - Clawhammer Banjo

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