Ray Jones's Blog – July 2009 Archive (2)

Drop Thumb

Hi Rob

For years I could not master the Drop Thumb method of Clawhammer playing. All I could manage was what was known as 'up picking' from Pete Seeger's book. This style was okay for the slower tunes, but arm breaking if you wanted to play dance tunes with the fiddler. Then I picked up a tutor with a tape by a bloke called Larry Peterson. He just had a way of making it easy, with lots of simple tunes to play along with. Larry lived in Omaha Nebraska. I haven't heard from him for years,… Continue

Added by Ray Jones on July 24, 2009 at 21:42 — 1 Comment

4th of July

A Happy 4th of July to all my American mates.
Ray

Added by Ray Jones on July 3, 2009 at 22:33 — 2 Comments

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