Adventures in Clawhammer

I started practicing banjo again, hardcore, thanks to Jenna's Banjo Equinox at the Cold Antler Farm blog. The thought of learning with other people is a real joy, and very motivating.

So far I'm a little ahead of the game since I've been practicing that frailing bum-ditty move for about three years and I started practicing the first song in Wayne Erbsen's book, Old Molly Hare back in January.  Rather than practicing that tune straight from the book, I'm trying to add some drop thumb and double thumb action: techniques that I haven't tried before yesterday.  Luckily my fingers are used to doing all sorts of strange things like spin wool and configure it into interlocking loops, and so I picked up drop thumbing with relative ease.  This is getting very, very eenteresting.  As soon as I get the song the way I want it I might even post a video....Maybe.