I've tried both Scruggs style and clawhammer over the past 3 years or so. Scruggs style was first but I found that in a "campfire" setting trying to pick up songs being played real-time that clawhammer is most suitable for me. After playing clawhammer for about two years now I find that clawhammer is much more than just the bump-ditty strum that you start out with. I picked up the banjo at age 58 and regret that I lived so long without knowing what fun playing an instrument can be. I now practice every day religously (sp?) and jam with others at least once a week and lately more like two or three. I guess my biggest epiphny so far was when I saw Eddie Adcock live, in a small venue, and realized the the efficiency that playing up the neck gives a banjo (or guitar for that matter) player. It seems now that almost every day I hear another song or two I likd and want to learn.
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