1 video - 3 styles

Just my right hand - I repeat the tune 3 times with 3 different styles: Index lead (uppicking), "Seeger Strum" (upstroke & down brush), and straight Clawhammer (downpicking)

The tune is "Kasapsko Oro", a Macedonian dance tune that I got from Cathy Moore - check out her website at banjomeetsworld.
Banjo tuned in Dbl-C (gCGCD), turned down a whole step lower.

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Music

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• Banjo
• oldtime
• clawhammer

[AussieSteveBoyle]

That's great tune, and the three styles really show their uniqueness because of its melodic quality. The Clawhammer is much more rhythmical.

Oh by the way, excellent drop-thumb! how long have you been playing?

[haikumathieu]

Thanks! I've been playing for about a year and a half now (mostly CH, I'm just beginning to use the others old-time styles)

CH can be pretty melodic too (when skipping the brush for example).

I personnaly find the Seeger strum more rythmical - I tend to use it for songs, as a backup when singing (well, a la Seeger :-)), and to use CH for "fiddle tunes"

[brummeister1]

Excellent! I use the Seeger Strum some too. Seems I can get the most volume using that...but I do agree that the CH is the most rhythmical. Great vid!!

[schwansongs]

mesmerizing close-up, great to compare three techniques, and a beautiful tune. I have a long way to go :-)

[NickyVeee]

haha you can play for my Serbian band anytime haha.

[hutchwd]

Thanks, all were done well.

[banjoden]

Beautifully done....

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Thats a fine comparison of those styles. Very cool. Its wierd. Before I learned clawhammer, those up picking styles would have looked normal to me, and the clawhammer would have looked strange. Now Its the other way around.