Clawhammer
One of the most useful and popular fingerpicking patterns is called Clawhammer. The basic clawhammer pattern is:
Fingerpicking Pattern 6
Here is the clawhammer pattern applied to a C chord.
Once you are confident playing this pattern apply it to other chords as in the following example.
In bars 7 and 8 the open third string is used as a bass note and played by p on the 2nd and 4th beats.
Fingerpicking Pattern 6
Use this clawhammer pattern to accompany the melody of the song Marianne, which is a Caribbean folk song.
Fingerpicking Pattern 6
Class Sessions
1- Blues Fingerpicking Guitar
2- Clawhammer With Pinch
3- Clawhammer
4- Fingerpicking Patterns in <span class="symbolA">)</span> Time
5- Fingerpicking Pattern 5
6- Playing Notes Together
7- Fingerpicking Patterns in <span class="symbolA">^</span> Time
8- The Hammer-on
9- Fingerpicking Pattern 2
10- Six String Clawhammer
11- Classical Guitar Style
12- Picking the Strings
13- Alternating Thumb Style
14- Ragtime Guitar
15- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard
16- Chord Chart
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20- Twelve Bar Blues Progression
21- The Pull-off
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23- The Capo
24- The Slide Finger
25- Approach to Practice
26- Fingerpicking Pattern 1
27- Two Bar Clawhammer Pattern
28- The Pivot
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30- How to Read Sheet Music
31- Eight Bar Blues Progression
32- Constant Bass Line
33- Easy Chord Table
34- Classical Guitar (Nylon Strings)
35- Alternating Bass Notes
36- The Slide
37- How to Transpose
38- Steel String Acoustic
39- Fingerpicking Accompaniment
40- Strings
41- Electronic Tuner
42- Tuning Your Guitar
43- How to Read Music
44- Practice Position