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What does clawhammer mean?

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Noun
  1. (music) A fingerpicking technique primarily used by banjo players, but also by some guitarists.
  2. Alternative spelling of claw hammer
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I got to listen to lots and lots of old-time music, folk stuff and old men singing ballads and playing clawhammer banjo and fiddle.
The 64-bit jobbie, Clawhammer, is out and about sometime next year.
Even though the scene was apparently staged to include minstrel tropes, Scruggs is obviously an experienced banjo player who plays using the clawhammer technique.
You can hear great performers in a cabaretlike setting, or dabble in ukulele and clawhammer banjo lessons.
The band rounded out by bassist and clawhammer banjo player Cody Walters and guitarist Hayes Griffin is an energetic, skilful, tradition-celebrating outfit.
He even taught me a different way to play it called the clawhammer.

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