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melodic-clawhammer · adams-place2013-classic-banjo
- Citation
- adams-place2013-classic-banjo
- Claim ID
- melodic-clawhammer
- Assertion
- In the 1970s and 1980s Ken Perlman adapted clawhammer technique to play melodic material note for note, as opposed to using the banjo as accompaniment for a fiddler, an approach known as melodic clawhammer. Clawhammer players often use tunings such as gCGCD (double C); Rufus Crisp, for example, played "Walk Light Ladies" in that tuning.
- Quote
In the 1970s and '80s, Perlman adapted his technique to fashion arrangements for playing melodic material note-for-note, as opposed to using the banjo as accompaniment for a fiddler. In addition to developing “melodic clawhammer” technique ... With his banjo tuned to gCGCD (and the capo on the second fret to play in D major) ... Mayo's liner notes describe “Walk Light Ladies” as being played in a double-C tuning (gCGCD).
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- page: 24, 26-27
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