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	Clawhammer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In any clawhammer style, the hand should assume a claw-like shape and the strumming finger should be kept fairly stiff, striking the strings by the motion of the hand at the wrist, rather than a flicking motion by the finger.
		A common characteristic of clawhammer patterns is the thumb usually does not pick on the downbeat, as one might in typical fingerpicking patterns for guitar.
		Another usage of "clawhammer" in guitar circles refers to a style in which the pinky finger or the pinky and ring fingers are used to brace the hand and the index finger, middle finger, and thumb are used to pluck the strings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clawhammer (945 words)

	Clawhammer: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Clawhammer is one name for a fingerstyle Fingerpicking quick summary:
		Clawhammer styles were also used by early banjo banjo quick summary:
		Clawhammer variants are common in many world music world music quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/clawhammer.htm (1295 words)

	Basics of Clawhammer Guitar - Michael Stadler
		Simply put, clawhammer guitar is an old time banjo style applied to the guitar.
		Clawhammer guitar moves the string in the other orientation, toward and away from the top, which sets it in motion more vigorously.
		The use of the thumb in clawhammer departs from the norm by being used on the second half of backbeat.
	www.angelfire.com /folk/stadler/clawhammer_guitar/Clawhammer_Guitar_Basics.html (1328 words)

	Clawhammer
		As a clawhammer banjo player, one of the first things I noticed when I picked up a ukulele was that I was able to play it clawhammer style.
		Unlike standard fingerpicking in which you move your fingers to pluck the notes, in clawhammer you hold your hand partially closed and the only movement is in your wrist, much the same motion as knocking on a door.
		This is derived from the rhythm of the ukulele, with each measure sounding like "bum-ditty bum-ditty" or, when counted, ", , , ," with the first and third beats of the measure being quarter notes and the second and fourth beats each being a two-part strum consisting of two eighth notes.
	www.ezfolk.com /uke/Tutorials/Clawhammer/clawhammer.html (1013 words)

	Slow Jam: What Is Clawhammer Banjo?
		The clawhammer style of playing the banjo is the most common way to play the banjo in Old Time music.
		Clawhammer banjo is distinguished by a "frailing" pattern in the right hand.
		To understand the clawhammer style it is helpful to contrast it with its main rival, Scruggs' Style fingerpicking.
	www.bgot.org.vt.edu /whatis.htm (487 words)

	Clawhammer Will Be Cool!
		This could well be true if that Hammer processor referred to is a Sledgehammer, but Clawhammer certainly isn't going to have anything near 100 million transistors and stay around the size of current TBreds.
		Clawhammer will probably have something much closer to 40 than 100 million transistors.
		That would make Clawhammer, the quiet, gentler processor as compared to the comparatively heat-challenged.13 micron PIV furnaces, and even Prescott would have a rough time matching those figures.
	www.overclockers.com /tips00125 (222 words)

	Clawhammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Voted one of the top 10 clawhammer banjo players by "Banjo Newsletter" readers, Levenson advises the reader that the tablature in this book is to be used only as a guide and to "play the tune as you hear it, not slavishly as written".
		The book is intended for someone with experience playing clawhammer banjo from tablatures and will be most useful when used in conjunction with the recording.
		The arrangements represent a spectrum of approaches to clawhammer banjo, from solo clawhammer banjo to clawhammer banjo within an old-time string band context and clawhammer banjo as it would be played within a more modern band setting where all instruments are featured for solos.
	www.easymusicbooks.com /contents/en-us/d136.html (1399 words)

	Learn Clawhammer Banjo - Frailing Banjo - Old Time Banjo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Provides the intermediate clawhammer (5-string) banjo player with a fresh repertoire of 21 traditional and 5 original tunes as played by the author with the Boiled Buzzards Old Time String Band.
		This friendly book and CD set is filled with clawhammer banjo instruction, tablature, lyrics, tune histories, chords, playing tips, vintage photos, and more.
		Clawhammer From Scratch begins as though you really have NO knowledge of how to play the five string banjo clawhammer style.If you already have many books or videos but still can't seem to get the basics, this is the one for you, too!
	www.playbetterbluegrass.com /clawhammer_banjo_83_ctg.htm (691 words)

	Clawhammer Frailing Banjo Instruction Questions
		Clawhammer banjo has the same tablature system as does 5-string banjo...only the medium changes...for instance, instead of using a thumbpick and two metal fingerpicks, you will be using the back if your fingernails and the flesh of the thumb...
		Clawhammer does have some strumming techniques, which on tab is illustrated with 3 or 4 numbers on one vertical scale placed above each other...each number will be within a space or on a line representing the strings of the banjo...
		My dad bought his long neck OME specifically to play clawhammer on (and because Pete Seeger plays a long neck, and I think he just thought they were cool), but he never did really figure out how to flail or play clawhammer worth a damn.
	www.folkofthewood.com /page1753.htm (1064 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Clawhammer
		That they never actually parrot the good Captain is to Clawhammer's credit; that they can evoke his spirit as convincingly as they do on "Warm Spring Night" is nothing short of eerie.
		From there, it was a short conceptual leap to taking a whack at covering (with the blessing of Mark Mothersbaugh) the spudboys' seminal debut album in its entirety.
		Clawhammer also forges a welcome return to its radar-gun-defying speedball antics on the tequila-and-ephedrine paroxysm "Montezuma's Hands."
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=clawhammer (416 words)

	Clawhammer and Frailing 5-String Banjos Which to Purchase
		For solo accompaniment, the long neck will be far more versatile in pitch range...you'll be better able to find the right lower end keys with the added low-end three frets...and, of course, it can still be a standard 5-string by capoing on the third fret...
		I play clawhammer and old time finger style only, not bluegrass, and I have never owned a banjo with a resonator.
		Clawhammer style, or frailing banjo, falls more into a strumming approach.
	www.folkofthewood.com /page2630.htm (1063 words)

	Clawhammer MP3 Descriptions
		Clawhammer, tabbed out in May 2001, and can be heard on Mel Bay's "Round Peak Clawhammer Banjo" tab book/CD collection by Brad Leftwich.
		This tuned-down clawhammer tune by Dan is from Mel Bay's CD/Tab collection "Banjo 2000" (2000), and was tabbed out in BNL August 2000.
		This southern clawhammer tune was tabbed in April '93.
	www.banjonews.com /BNlhtml/MP3_Clawdes.html (1850 words)

	AMD touts size advantage of new chip \| CNET News.com
		AMD disclosed that the first of several forthcoming processors, code-named Clawhammer, will be only 105 millimeters square--about the same size as a current Athlon chip and half the size of Intel's current Pentium 4 chips.
		Sample versions of Clawhammer will be made available to PC makers in the fourth quarter.
		Thanks to the small size of Clawhammer, AMD will not look to expand its manufacturing capacity for processors until after 2003.
	news.com.com /2100-1001-256556.html?legacy=cnet (1653 words)

	AMD fielding 64 bits for PCs \| CNET News.com
		As Intel accelerates the launch date of its 3GHz Pentium 4 chip, arch rival AMD continues to build the foundation for "ClawHammer." The 64-bit Athlon processor is expected to come out early next year, giving desktop PCs a performance similar to that of workstations used in research labs at DaimlerChrysler or NASA.
		To make sure ClawHammer arrives on solid footing, AMD is working with a long list of partners who will build that hardware and software that can take advantage of such a chip.
		The ClawHammer will be able to run current 32-bit software, as well as new 64-bit applications, switching between them on the fly.
	news.com.com /2100-1040-946050.html (1747 words)

	Country Music - Bill Monroe :: banjo :: Clawhammer Banjo
		Creating an instrument designed for clawhammer playing, embracing the aesthetics of the great banjo makers of the early 20th century, with options for custom mother-of-pearl inlays and heel carving.
		Recordings and banjo instruction books in the modern-day clawhammer banjo or frailing style and the old-time minstrel banjo stroke style.
		A collection of recordings made of clawhammer and picked banjo, various guitars, and self-built instruments.
	www.billmonroe.com /banjo/clawhammer_banjo.html (232 words)

	Clawhammer Banjo - LoudHymns.Com
		He states that clawhammer banjo is 95% rhythm and 5% melody.
		Being a singer at heart, that message is as appealing as squeaky chalk on a flboard, yet it is undeniably true.
		Couple that with instruction from one of the most formidable clawhammer masters alive today and the experience is priceless.
	www.loudhymns.com /clawhammer.htm (1316 words)

	Clawhammer banjo, Old time fiddle by Dan Levenson not Levinson
		Clawhammer banjo, Old time fiddle by Dan Levenson not Levinson
		Dan teaches clawhammer banjo, Meet the Banjo ™;, fiddle, old time guitar, clogging, jam etiquette, ensemble playing and more.
		Dan plays fiddle, The Lovely Miss Jennifer plays clawhammer banjo.
	www.oldtimemusic.us (556 words)

	AMD delays release of Clawhammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Clawhammer chip's delay is due to "simply an update" to the processor, said Truong.
		AMD will start selling the Clawhammer chip in the first quarter of 2003, and the processor is expected to be incorporated in systems for end users by the late first quarter or early second quarter of 2003, Truong said.
		Clawhammer "is a brand new architecture and platform, and (AMD) has to get a lot of things right, such as chipsets, motherboards, and CPUs in order to have a successful launch.
	infoworld.com /articles/hn/xml/02/09/13/020913hnamddelay.html?... (840 words)

	Frailing vs Clawhammer
		One frequently asked question about the 5-string banjo concerns the differences between "frailing" and "clawhammer." This is not easily resolved, simply because it would appear to be largely a matter of opinion.
		This is called a number of things, including "double-thumb frailing," "drop-thumb," and "clawhammer." It is here that we get into trouble, for some people argue that that it's "frailing" if you don't "double-thumb," and "clawhammer" if you do.
		So what is the difference between "frailing" and "clawhammer?" Depending on your point of view, there either is none, or "clawhammer" describes a "double-thumb" technique while "frailing" precludes it unless otherwise noted.
	www.zeppmusic.com /banjo/frvscl.htm (634 words)

	Pocket PC Thoughts :: View topic - First Clawhammer benchmarks
		But the rig is stable, the ClawHammer performs up to 40 per cent faster than an Athlon running at the same clock rate.
		The Clawhammer line will simply be called Athlon, which will eventually replace the current Athlon line.
		If memory serves, I believe the Clawhammer is also a 64 bit / 32 bit hybrid like the Sledgehammer, but will be the consumer model.
	www.pocketpcthoughts.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=12119 (638 words)

	PopMatters Music Interview \| Song of the Traveling Clawhammer Banjo Player
		The truth is that in old-time music you can find people playing both open-backed banjos and (the other common modern day example of the instrument) banjos with resonators, but generally speaking I'd say that clawhammer technique is on an old-time banjo, by which I mean an open-backed banjo.
		"The usual definition of clawhammer banjo is related to the number of upstroke and downstrokes with the thumb on the drum string so you end up with this syncopated, rhythmic effect with the drum string and the downbeats being played with the brush or being hit with the finger.
		Clawhammer is significantly different from the three-finger style that you see in bluegrass, for example.
	www.popmatters.com /music/interviews/washburn-abigail-051021.shtml (3512 words)

	Instructional Videos: Dwight Diller Clawhammer Banjo and Fiddle
		Teaching in outdoor settings (among the rocks and bugs), Diller demonstrates the importance of rhythm above all: rhythm in this down-picking clawhammer style also called frailing, thumping, knocking, rapping, etc. His aim is to acquaint the student with a rhythmic technique that will lend itself to a broad variety of traditional banjo music.
		Rhythm learned incorrectly will become a limiting factor to the point that everything will have to be unlearned and relearned in order to advance in the music.
		This video is recommended for intermediate level Clawhammer, frailing, rapping, knocking, thumping, down-picking, double-thumping, drop-thumbing, etc. banjo students.
	www.dwightdiller.com /video.html (839 words)

	Banjo Hangout Discussion Forums ARCHIVE - what is clawhammer?
		Clawhammer refers to the hand positioning-it is like a claw with fingers bent in various positions and the "hammer" portion is because you have a technic to using 2 different fingers to hammer on certain strings.
		Generally when you start out it is the bent middle finger that strikes the 1st string then the bent index finger that strums the rest of the strings then the thumb that hits the 5th string.
		Getting back to the origianal question-"WHat is clawhammer?" it is a great way to play banjo, once all the infighting over exactly what technic/banjo brand etc is over.
	www.banjohangout.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31710 (1452 words)

	Dueling Banjos: Scruggs-style vs. the Clawhammer \| PopMatters Music Feature
		There are close to 200 different tunings that can applied to the clawhammer style, and each brings its own ambiance to particular songs.
		Dwight Diller, a disciple of Ward's and now a clawhammer guru in his his own right, speaks of a "cultural message" and the player's "own story" that seeps through multiplicity of atmospheres attained by the clawhammer banjo.
		The clawhammer purist usually plays for his own meditation, and the "story" passes to immediate family and friends by osmosis.
	www.popmatters.com /music/features/020402-banjos.html (1743 words)

	Amazon.com: Clawhammer Banjo, Vol. 2: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Clawhammer Style Banjo: A Complete Guide For Beginning and Advanced Banjo Players, Vol.
		These are some of the most welcomed reissue records in all of bluegrass-land, extended versions of the original three-volume series of vinyl LPs from the 1960s and '70s, that feature some of the sweetest, simplest examples of the downpicking, or clawhammer, style of banjo playing...
		Most of the tracks, but not all, are instrumentals, and while you might think that three albums worth of the same style of music on the same instrument might wear thin after a while, I actually found these to be some of the most enjoyable records I've listened to recently.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007LLPD8?v=glance (772 words)

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