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Next Steps
Now that you've gotten some experience switching chords, we'd like to offer you some advice on where to go next in your banjo journey. If you haven't checked out Getting Started with Clawhammer Banjo, definitely check that out. That series helps you learn all the basics: tuning, holding the banjo, posture for both hands, and the bum-ditty rhythm pattern.
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Getting Started with Clawhammer Banjo
These online beginner Clawhammer lessons will help you get started with the basics. You'll learn about tuning your banjo, the correc...
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If you've already been through that series or if you have some basic bum-ditty experience, check out Clawhammer 101. In that series you'll learn a lot. There's a review of the bum-ditty rhythm pattern, an introduction to playing individual strings, and a partial G major scale. In the end, all that will be applied to playing the melody of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" - Clawhammer style!
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Clawhammer 101
This lesson series will guide you through many things. We'll review the Bum-Ditty rhythm pattern, and learn to play one string at a ...
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