Clawhammer
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title:
Clawhammer
text:
Clawhammer, sometimes called down-picking, overhand, or most commonly known as frailing, is a distinctive banjo playing style and a common component of American old-time music. The principal difference between clawhammer style and other styles is the picking direction. Traditional picking styles, including those for folk, bluegrass, and classical guitar, consist of an up-picking motion by the fingers and a down-picking motion by the thumb; this is also the technique used in the Scruggs style for
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Banjo playing style
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clawhammer
date created:
2003-03-30T19:04:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T14:24:08Z
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