Advanced Clawhammer
This class, geared toward advanced players, will share techniques and tips that will allow students to concentrate on nuance and subtleties of the style. Areas of focus will include approaching tunes using open strings and closed notes on the second fret, drop-thumbing, ghost notes, and low drones, along with alternate tunings.
Joe Newberry
Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Joe Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he sang on the Transatlantic Sessions tour of the U.K., and at the Transatlantic Session's U.S. debut at Merlefest. The Gibson Brothers’ version of his song “Singing As We Rise” won an IBMA “Gospel Recorded Performance” Award, and with Eric Gibson, he shared the IBMA “Song of the Year” Award for “They Called It Music.”
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