Clawhammer Ukulele Tutorial - 4 of 4 - Drop Thumb

[@MikeBrown-dk7or]

Thank you. This has been an excellent series, Richard. This drop thumb strum is very valuable.

[@C_DOG]

What an excellent teacher you are. thank you!

[@susang4507]

Very cool! Thank you!

[@bobgould974]

Just found you . You Sir are the best instructor . Thank you for the excellent videos lessons .

[@AlessandroAmaducci]

Hi Richard, just wanted to say " thank you " for all your videos !! They are really helping me ! Greatings from Italy :) !

[@arianemusic5763]

Great video - thank you very much, Richard!

[@blizztird1]

Thanks for this 4 video set. I have found these to be extremely helpful. Thank you for sharing these!

[@CocoCapitainePoulet]

Very good, thanks for your work! Now I'll lock myself for few weeks and practice these until my fingers fall off.

[@dertrommlinator]

hi richard,merry christmas from canada.still playing everything i can get my hands on with drop thumb technique.and really enjoy playing at speed along with you..this has changed the way i play totally and i cant believe how much this applies to everything..keep posting this great stuff....you are creating musicians out of complete hacks

[@JimB73C]

Thanks Richard! A big help in understanding the clawhammer technique in general!

[@papabear5253]

Excellent tuition

[@glennmcfar]

hi Richard,glenn from Canada here..3 weeks in and i am starting to be able to use drop thumb a little,bum diddy is up to speed and now i find myself playing everything using clawhammer ...fingers and thumb very sore these days..lol...thanks again

[@rhondalyn100]

Amazing....thrilled to find your vids...thanks so much...

[@pierre-andremudrycoursdepr6107]

Thank you very much! You are an amazing teacher!

[@y0ucrazyf00l]

Great video. Been trying to play something similar. Thanks

[@glennmcfar]

hi Richard..thanks again..i just played my dog has fleas with drop thumb at full speed with you..i cant believe im actually doing this ..no not as smoothly as you but im there..downside is im driving my family crazy..too much drop thumb clawhammer CCR i guess..lol

[@janiceegolf8202]

Am just starting to learn the ‘drop thumb’. I seem to find it easier/smoother to play ‘drop thumb’ string with my pointer finger rather than the thumb. Before my ‘muscle memory’ is achieved wanted to check with you to see if there is a reason why I really should not use the pointer.

[@RichardHefner]

What I teach in the video is the "traditional" way of doing drop thumb similar to how most people do it on the banjo. There are no actual rules so if something else works for you that's fine. I'm not absolutely sure how you're playing it but it sounds like you might be playing like Pete Seeger referred to it in his great old banjo book as "up-picking" that used the index finger, where using the thumb he referred to "down-picking." As long as it sounds good and it works for you, go for it.

[@janiceegolf8202]

@@RichardHefner Thank you for the reply. Love your clarity.

[@loduk]

Great work! Thank you!

[@anapaolaizquierdo]

Loved it!

[@angelofmusic477]

The drop thumb claw is Brush ,Pick string 3(with I or M) , Pick string 4(Thumb) + arpeggio 1214 (where Thumb is assigned to string 2& 4 and Index to string #1 only. )Is that correct.