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Clawhammer vs Frailing

The original essay series, posted over several weeks in the spring of 2011

• Part One: Clawhammer vs Frailing
• Part Two: Clarifications
• Part Three: Playing Boring
• Part Four: Culture Clubs

Other Music Essays

• Old Time Banjo vs Old Time Banjo
• Simple Gifts
• Doing It Wrong
• What I Do
• To See The Elephant
• Banjos I Have Known
• The Loafers and the Sons-of-Bitches
• Zen Biscuits
• Nobody
• Monsters of the Id
• Learning the Banjo & Guitar
• Sing
• The Teaching Gig
• Urban Legend Drop-Thumb
• The Process
• ♩♫ bump dit-ty ♩♫
• No Proper Anything
• Oh Cake on the Wall
• Desert Island Playlist
• Technique
• Speed
• Arms Wide Open
• By the dropping of my thumb, Something frailing this way comes