Clawhammer Banjo Primer for Beginners by Bradley Laird

Clawhammer is the older way of playing, an Appalachian style that predates the three finger roll, and this is where it starts. The book works from reading tab and G tuning through the basic strum, hammer-ons and pull-offs.

The tunes are the ones you will actually be asked for at a jam: Cripple Creek, Cumberland Gap, Old Joe Clark and others.

Audio jam tracks and video instruction come with the book, so you can hear a tune played before you try to read it.

• Level: beginner, including bluegrass players crossing over to clawhammer
• 56 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches
• Reading tab, G tuning, the basic strum, hammer-ons and pull-offs
• Audio jam tracks and video instruction included
• ISBN 978-1980245124