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Comment by Jim Morris on March 20, 2015 at 1:47pm

Thanks Cause. Yeah, in that clawhammer category there are several sub categories. Rythmic style, melodic style and Round Peak style are some of them. The individual note on the dit is part of those variations. I like a "ghost" dit lots of times where it's like you missed the strings on that strum. Lots of subtle things make an apparently simple thing much more complex and interesting!

Comment by Cause the Blue rat on March 20, 2015 at 10:03am

AWESOME!!!!! YES! 

I've also seen it for blue grass only hitting one note on the dit instead of a full strum. Like someone playing wild turkey or other old blue grass songs. Using hammer on and pull offs on the right hand to add more notes to the strum pattern. 

There are a lot of vids on youtube from people who get the claw hammer style and Travis picking confused. Two totally different styles. 

Comment by Reeds Taylor on March 20, 2015 at 9:58am

Thanks Jim....this little bit I can certainly use....

Comment by AGP # on March 20, 2015 at 8:46am

Well done Jim, a simple explanation of the Claw Hammer style, for simple people like me.

Comment by RTZGUITARS on March 20, 2015 at 7:11am

Comment by the anonymous pick on March 20, 2015 at 6:43am

yup

Comment by Sammy Lloyd on March 20, 2015 at 5:50am

Fabulous lesson Jim, well done mate, outstanding job. I'll be keeping this for a reference for sure.

Comment by Jim Morris on March 20, 2015 at 4:05am

Thanks Nancy!

Comment by Nancy kat on March 20, 2015 at 3:40am

Good lesson Jim I like the Banjo my dad played and so does my brother~~Meeowwwwww^.^

Comment by Jim Morris on March 20, 2015 at 3:13am

Thanks Andries. Good question about fingernails. Usually it's not too hard on bare fingers but when my fingernail wears down or I've hurt my finger in the shop I'll use a plastic fingerpick made for clawhammer.

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