Deering Banjo Lessons - Clawhammer Method Part 2

By popular demand, we have created a follow up to the very popular Clawhammer Method video.
Barry Hunn once more takes you through the steps needed to play a song in the clawhammer style and also incorporates some advanced techniques such as slides and hammer ons.
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[@Andreas_Gerold]

It's nothing less than a marvel that with roughly one hour of instruction (including the first video) you end up with this treasure of a banjo piece ... That is pure teaching genius! I just hope Mr Hunn will take up making videos again in his retirement, these videos just keep spreading so much joy!

[@Aethernyl]

Part 3 please please please. Barry is such an amazing teacher,I need a new practice routine.

[@arniet5257]

We want Clawhammer 3 please!

[@waynealisongraham6768]

HI guys, Wayne from Australia here. No we don't have upside down Banjos! These are fantastic lessons from Barry and he is an absolute Gem to have presenting them. He really puts the fun and enjoyment in learning and encourages taking the time and not feeling rushed to reach a certain point or feeling like a failure because you haven't got there in quick time. Thank You so much Barry and the Deering company.

[@brynleabuilds]

Timestamps for coming back to the video: 7:08 - Melody 11:11 - Adding drone / 5th string. 13:40 - Adding chords / accompaniment. 21:01 - Hammer-on, pull-off, and slide exercise. 23:04 - Putting it all together. 25:38 - End goal. Thank you for the best clawhammer instruction series!

[@williamhambling9107]

Hot dog l like it

[@TulipTohs]

Barry Hunn is a precious treasure. His communication and soul just make learning a breath of fresh air. I don't get frustrated at all when I don't get something right, I'm just happy to be learning and that is new for me. Mr.Hunn should make instructional videos for every day activities, it would give me more things to look forward to 🤣

[@scootypuffsenior42]

Definitely the best tuition on line today.Keep up the good work Barry !

[@HNXMedia]

I tried to learn guitar 3 times throughout my life (and failed) and then recently learned that my real passion is banjo and have LOVED learning it. These videos have been SO helpful! This is by far the best explanation (with demonstration) of hammer on / pull off that I have ever seen. Thank you!

[@bloomsandthreads8519]

The best instructor !! Great video lesson !!

[@suemacias667]

Excellent , Barry.please keep making these. You are an excellent teacher!

[@moeturner5385]

These Clawhammer videos are amazing - thanks so much for making them! Couldn't say what it is that makes such a difference in your style of teaching, but somehow it just makes sense - when I watch the videos then try it out, like magic, my fingers do what they're supposed to and it sounds really cool. I got my beautiful little banjo (a Deering artisan junior!) less than a week ago having never played before, and I can already play along with this video, thanks to your teaching. Plus, I really do look forward to playing - makes a real big difference when you can get to making real music right off the bat!

[@moeturner5385]

I'd second the Clawhammer Method Part 3 requests : )

[@perrybucsdad]

How many hours did you estimate it took you to get to the end result in this video? I'm waiting for my Deering Goodtime Americana to come, and can't wait, but also trying to set realistic expectations.

[@BlackSwan912]

Many, many thanks. These first 2 videos are what I needed for my style of learning.

[@steveland810]

Absolutely fantastic teacher. I cannot thank you enough.

[@PeterSmith-zo5ze]

You're a great teacher, have broken this down so well and I'm able to pick this up quickly. Thanks

[@adamcochran7950]

This was so great and so awesome to see you get excited over a beginner song once it all came together! Blew my mind a bit when you started playing the hammer on, pull off, and slide. This makes me so excited for my first Goodtime Artisan banjo (someday soon I hope). Thanks for the video!

[@maximefaucheux1036]

thank you for making a sequel to the first video. love this guy!!

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

It took a little persuading. He wouldn't agree to do it until I supplied a 12 pack of Coke Zero and some salted peanuts. But we got him! Glad the hard work paid off. :-)

[@celiacharleton2041]

Thank you so much from merry old England, what a true gentleman and fantastic teacher!

[@oldfox51]

After a lifetime playing guitar I bought a Deering Banjo! Such a challenge ,but Barry's lessons have been really helpful. He has a calm friendly manner and the lessons are perfectly paced and clearly explained. Many thanks.

[@_SatanLucifer_]

im playing with a banjo that as been given to me for the moment, but as soon as i can im buying a banjo from you guys for sure ! your lessons are the best on youtube hands down.

[@pandorasVids]

I spent a lot of time on the first video and it paid off. This video is great. Thanks for much. Terrific start for me.

[@ajeje1996]

Very nice video! I've been playing banjo for a year now, am enjoying greatly (your first video was a huge help, btw), and I find it comforting, knowing that newcomers will have this tremendous resource helping them getting started on this wonderful journey! Barry is a great teacher.

[@thomash.5072]

Splendid! Simply splendid teaching video. Many thanks and looking forward to the next installment.

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

So happy you enjoyed it, Thomas! I wish you all the success in the world with your learning. :-)

[@maxwellfan55]

Clear methodical teaching style many will appreciate. Thank you. Also the banjos are great sounding, inspiring and beautiful on the eye. No doubt about it, Deering are achieving their goal to provide musical instruments for every pocket. I started on a Goodtime and wish I still had it!

[@barrywebber]

Love these videos. You've got me playing my banjo again!

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

So cool to hear!!

[@laurent4480]

I gegin to play the banjo and I can say that you are a true pedagogue. The way you present the exercices is encouraging. thank you! 👏

[@Cooliofamily]

More videos! This guy is an excellent instructor!!!

[@jamesrusso2523]

If he called out the notes ,a better teacher.

[@Berry00006]

This gentleman is absolutely outstanding!!! Are other lessons from him available?

[@barneyhector5663]

Trying to learn how to play the banjo again after 5+ decades of not playing it because I wanted to stay with playing my guitar my father taught me how to play at a very young age, I almost gave up again until I was told about your videos on here Barry. Your videos have really lit the fire under me that I needed to continue to learn to play the banjo again. I have a Washburn Americana M3E that I like and it's a great starter banjo however I hope to get myself a Deering Banjo as soon as I feel I'm good enough and I deserve a fine Deering Banjo. I love this clawhammer method of playing the banjo and I think that was my problem because I was learning the Scruggs way of playing bluegrass and I found that uninteresting and quite boring to be perfectly honest about it. Thank you so much Barry for your clawhammer method of playing the banjo and for lighting that badly needed fire under me to continue to play the banjo. You're the man!👍

[@_SatanLucifer_]

you, my friend, are awesome !

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

He say's thanks! And you are too!

[@waldonumbly7490]

Great lesson. I took lessons at a local shop a couple years ago but couldn't do it then. After watching this it's starting to work. Thank You.

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Great to hear, Waldo!

[@EliseyRodriguez]

Very awesome teacher, thanks for the lesson :)

[@teeteesmansion8568]

Absolutely love these videos!! Thank u so much i was struggling for a bit till i found these, now u got me actually making music lol !!! Oh lordy thank u!! Oh and my family thanks u lol

[@JohnWilson-bn1xs]

I've been playing guitar since the big FOLK SCARE of the 60s. Tried to learn clawhammer banjo several times, but could never get the right hand technique. With your videos...I think I might have a chance. Many thanks. I'll keep ya posted on my progress.

[@tyronewilson364]

such a good teacher, thank you

[@tonylandek]

As an educator, not for arts or music though, I very much appreciate your philosophy of teaching the banjo. I wish more teachers would emphasize learning for the sake of enjoying what you are learning and not worrying too much about being perfect! Thank you!

[@richtfingers]

Top stuff, Baz!

[@wilhelmfabricius4020]

This is great teaching.

[@Mikhailikov]

Great teacher. Thanks!

[@mikeclarke9281]

Another great video, thanks

[@tyronewilson364]

that was so good.and so interesting

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Thanks Ty! Glad you liked it.

[@ionic2tutorialbybrentdaugh676]

Can you show the tabs on top of the video or include a download in the description?

[@sofiabeatrizlop]

Please!!

[@fredleb7257]

SO helpful. i need more video of you. Thanks from montreal, canada.

[@Goodchordfabri]

You're a very fine teacher. Thnk u.

[@tobypritchard6095]

Love this guy

[@goofyartist]

this is great...Thanks Sir!!

[@rikspanner]

I love your teaching style, please tell me you've done more vids?

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Yes! In case you missed the first part of the lesson: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-ki5-lgJyDbpo

[@nickdunne364]

day 3 of banjo back to 1st video....Great advice! will be back.

[@openg2160]

Very good lesson - this helped me a lot.......

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Thank you so much! Really happy you enjoyed it!

[@jimstoup2069]

Amazing Natural Teacher

[@johnwalker3814]

This video is really solid

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Thanks John!

[@gerrypower8350]

Many thanks .

[@kylegurwell6460]

Thank you.

[@perrybucsdad]

Are there tabs for the melody part? Would be much easier than trying to play this over and over to see what string Barry is striking and what fret he is using. I've had to put this is slo-motion mode and have to pause and stop after each note, and that's not the most helpful.

[@robertbocking2720]

Hi on the banjo, only by default broke my neck 22/09/19 I have 4 months plus to recover in a medical halo so while in hospital I thought let’s do something different learn an instrument and the banjo and harmonica I am going to give a go, thanks for the video

[@DW-im5zh]

Thank you!!!!

[@shawndick9110]

Wonderful video and teacher! Does anyone have the tabs for this?

[@JohnWilson-bn1xs]

Very hopeful that, with your help, I can finally learn to play clawhammer. BUT...without knowing it at first, I realized that I am playing the melody with INDEX FINGER/UP STROKES...instead of the HIT/DOWN STROKES you recommend. Is this gonna work..or would you suggest I start all over?

[@ggivb]

very nice pedagogy!

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Thank you!

[@tedfritsch3340]

One thing I noticed at 9:12 your left hand was plucking it without the finger nail, but using the finger. Was that for demo only?

[@praytoescape6651]

With a little work, you might come..... sort of.... sounding a little....... like Neil young. Beautiful banjo and a helpful video. Thanks

[@drsamsara]

I really enjoyed the first part. That one was almost TOO slow but that's okay. This seemed more like Part 5 than Part 2: Having just learned the three chords in Part 1, it would have been amazingly helpful to call out what chords are being played where. Watching Barry's fingers, then pausing the video, then getting mine set, then playing, then unpausing, then pausing at the next note, etc. did not work at all for me. I'd love to have at least one lesson in between these two, perhaps where he just works on the first stanza for a while.

[@charliecourtney805]

Is there anyway u can post the tablature to this land is your land or email it to me please

[@somarmd]

Great lesson and nice sounding banjo. Does anyone know which Deering banjo is played in this video? Thank you.

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Hi Dave, this is the Clawgrass No.2 banjo and it looks great on you. :-) . www.deeringbanjos.com/products/clawgrass2

[@somarmd]

@@DeeringBanjoCo That's great, thanks! I just ordered the GoodTime and we'll see where it goes from there....:)

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

@@somarmd Awesome! Welcome to the family. Enjoy!

[@shelbywalker8450]

What is the tuning being used?

[@sara505sings]

So, is there up stroking with frailing or not? Looks like some notes are on the up stroke.

[@jamesgallagher7622]

Are you alternating between string 3 & string 4 when you started to sing This land is your lang etc.

[@DSRekulaar]

This is an absolute beauty of a banjo, I want it so bad.

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

What's stopping you? :-) www.deeringbanjos.com/collections/clawgrass-banjos/products/clawgrass2

[@DSRekulaar]

I have to get a www.byton.com first, for now I have to keep practicing with the Banjo I have :( but this is coming.. that's for sure!

[@kytaristka]

Good work! :_)

[@23madrabbit]

Am i realy the only one who is absolutely lost without notes?

[@no5eyparker]

Thank you for both videos! Very informative. Still I notice what you call 'Clawhammer' I used see described as 'Frailing'. I think 'Clawhammer' used refer to what is now called 'Dropthumb' style.

[@mauraoreilly9997]

I am not getting any of this. How do you know what notes to hit?

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

If you haven't, you should watch the first one before you watch this one. Here is the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-ki5-lgJyDbpo

[@joetroia1]

Great but can you post TAB?

[@jamesrusso2523]

Does anyone know the notes He is playing ?

[@Herr_Keystyne]

sorry for asking. i am a bloody beginner and even from ger. i need to know how is your banjo tuned. always want to play d7 chord but its only d4. my banjo is tuned to open g1 g4 d3 g3 b3(h) d4 thx

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Hi there, the banjo is tuned GBGBD from 5th to 1st string. It results in an open G chord.

[@g.bontempi691]

I think the videos are good, but in my my opinion the "easy" versions of the song are actually harder to play and don't sound musical at all. after a few tries I just followed the last complete version and it was so much easier.

[@jacquesportes737]

excellent!!! comment traduire en francais???

[@Flowerstep]

Isn`nt he lovely?

[@andynew2]

Great video! Just a shame you had to demonstrate with a £3000 banjo!

[@DeeringBanjoCo]

Hi there, thanks for your reply. The original Clawhammer method was filmed using a Goodtime Americana, which is a great instrument. However, the Clawgrass No. 2 is a very popular banjo among clawhammer/clawgrass fans and so we wanted to highlight the range of banjos available for this style, particularly when many players look to move up as they progress. We truly appreciate your feedback and hope you are enjoying the lessons. Thanks.

[@andynew2]

I presumed that was the reason! It's a great sounding banjo, the shame was that I can't afford it lol.

[@Motoskidoucet.12345]

This is a really good video but it was not so useful like the first one for me. I am a fast learner (guitarist for 12 years). i practiced what is in the first video a lot and then started to add those hammer ons and pull offs in the technique. now i'm watching the second part and realise that i'am already at this level ;p

[@tombolt6789]

Get off the couch

[@ShiftingDrifter]

It's better than nothing, but too verbose. Just explain, demonstrate and I'll pause it and put it together.

[@tombolt6789]

Get off the couch, Barry. You have been sitting too long.

[@seamusbrowne4909]

This Land Is Your Land. I'm just wondering how i would feel about this Song if i was a Native American.🤔🤔🤔IF Aliens should ever Invade PLANET EARTH they'll probably point our past behaviour out to us, and we won't have a leg to stand on.😮😯😲