Clawhammer Banjo: Tune (and Tab) of the Week - "Clinch Mountain Backstep" video free download


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Duration: 01:51
Uploaded: 2014/11/29

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For this tune of the week, we're borrowing a tune that's more typically found in bluegrass circles, though sounds great played clawhammer style. It's one of the great Ralph Stanley's signature numbers: "Clinch Mountain Backstep". Classified as a Brainjo Level 3 arrangement (read about the levels at http://clawhammerbanjo.net/levels).

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Comments

9 years ago

Joel Keeley

I am wondering is the middle finger and the thumb the only 2 fingers used in blue grass? And hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides help keep those "smaller" notes in the tune of the song?

9 years ago

Jim Lahey

I play it in sawmill, I like it like this too

9 years ago

Matthew Gregg

Great sounding song. Nice looking banjo too; I hope to get a Gretsch G9455 with a frailing scoop like that soon. Keep it up.

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