Clawhammer Banjo Tutorials

By learning the information taught in these tutorials you should be able to play any of the clawhammer arrangements on this site. If you are a beginner, just concentrate on the Level 1 lessons as well as the Level 1 arrangements. All of the Level 1 songs in the tablature section only involve the material in the Level 1 lessons. The Level 2 song arrangements usually start with the basic Level 1 arrangement and add the techniques learned in the Level 2 tutorials. The same is true of Level 3.

• Clawhammer Tutorial Main Page
• How to Hold the Banjo
• Reading Tablature & Chord Diagrams
• Tuning the Banjo
• How to Use the Melody Arrangements
• The Bum Ditty Strum
• Slurred Notes
• Drop Thumbing
   

Clawhammer Banjo Tabs

Most of the following songs are arranged in 3 levels for clawhammer banjo. Click on the submenu name (ABCD, EFGH, etc.) for full listings.

ABCD

• Angels We Have Heard On High
• Auld Lang Syne
• Big Rock Candy Mountain
• Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
• Buffalo Gals
• Cindy
• Cumberland Gap
• Cripple Creek
• Deck the Halls
• Down in the Valley

EFGH

• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
• The Fox
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Grandfathers Clock
• Groundhog
• Handsome Molly
• House of the Rising Sun

IJKL

• I ve Been Working on the Railroad
• Jingle Bells
• Jolly Old St. Nicholas
• Land Rush
• Little Liza Jane
• Little Sadie
• Long Long Ago

MNOP

• Maggie Walker Blues
• Man of Constant Sorrow
• Mountain Dew
• My Dog Has Fleas
• O Come All Ye Faithful
• O Little Town of Bethlehem
• O Susanna!
• Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
• Polly Wolly Doodle

QRST

• Red River Valley
• Shady Grove
• Simple Gifts
• Sittin on Top of the World
• This Old Man
• Tom Dooley

UVWXYZ

• Under the Double Eagle
• Up on the Housetop
• We Three Kings
• What a Friend We Have In Jesus
• Wildwood Flower
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken
• Willie Moore