Single-String Clawhammer Banjo with Cameron DeWhitt

Adult Group Class / Banjo Program

Cameron DeWhitt, the innovator behind pitchfork banjo, has set his mind to the problem of playing consecutive eighth notes on a single string with the clawhammer technique! Hammer-ons often don't sing on the banjo because of the instrument's quick note decay, and pull-offs can sound effortful and cumbersome, especially up the neck or when played with the pinky and ring fingers. In this workshop, Cameron will demonstrate advanced applications of the single-string clawhammer technique, simple right hand exercises, and basic single-string applications using well-known tunes. This workshop is recommended for banjo players who are familiar with the concept of the pitchfork technique, although proficiency is not necessary.

Cameron DeWhitt is a clawhammer banjoist and Old Time musician living in Portland, Oregon. He hosts the weekly podcast Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends, which features conversations and musical collaborations with today’s most influential traditional musicians, like Jake Blount, Paul Brown, Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones, Gailanne Amundsen, John Reischman, Ken Perlman, Adam Hurt, and Spencer & Rains. As an interviewer, Cameron balances an effusive curiosity for the potential of traditional music with a dogged respect for its origins. Serving as audience surrogate, Cameron asks illuminating questions to Old Time's best and brightest while telling the larger story of the tradition's modern era. And with over 100 episodes released and no signs of slowing, Get Up in the Cool is quickly becoming one of the largest available archives of new Old Time recordings.

http://www.camerondewhitt.com/d

Grouped with: Clawhammer / Country & Traditional / Folk / Musicianship / Old Time