How to Play Clawhammer Guitar Like Molly Tuttle ★ Acoustic Tuesday 191

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  • Have you ever wondered how you can play clawhammer guitar like@MollyTuttle? In this video, you'll get step-by-step directions on how to learn this incredibly rhythmic and melodic technique on guitar.
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    Clawhammer technique started off on banjo, but has since made its way into the guitar world. Named after the claw-like position your hand is in, clawhammer technique is technically challenging but incredibly rewarding.
    The basic principle of clawhammer technique involves a brush, a thumb, and a note. These terms are each defined within the lesson. When you put these three terms parts together and practice them, you'll be well on your way to working your clawhammer guitar technique.
    In addition to learning clawhammer guitar in this video, you'll also learn how to play a scale, a song, and a harmonized scale using clawhammer guitar technique. By the end of this video, you'll have an essential baseline of clawhammer guitar that you can use to learn more advanced techniques within the clawhammer world.
    I also want to take a moment to highlight the work of Molly Tuttle, Michael Stadler, Steve Baughman, Chris Coole, Adam Hurt, and Cara Luft.
    00:00 - Intro
    01:34 - What is Clawhammer Style?
    03:03 - Alternate Tuning for Clawhammer Guitar
    03:51 - Play Clawhammer Guitar in 3 Steps
    10:08 - Play Your First Clawhammer Song
    12:56 - Play Harmonized Clawhammer Guitar
    13:33 - Advanced Clawhammer Guitar
    15:03 - Recommended Clawhammer Players
    17:05 - TAC Family Story
    21:20 - Turnstone Guitars
    23:07 - Wandering Boy Guitars
    24:23 - Taran Guitars
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  • @MollyTuttle
    @MollyTuttle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    ahhh this is so cool! thanks Tony!!

    • @DelightfullyGrimm
      @DelightfullyGrimm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are such an inspiration to me. I found you through Madison Cunningham and I just adore your flat picking. I had no idea I loved flat picking and bluegrass until I heard you. I only played jazz and classical piano at Berklee so my exposure to other styles was super limited. I play guitar now and I just wanted to thank you for being such an inspiration and sharing your talent. All the best to you!!!!!

  • @fiddlehead26
    @fiddlehead26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I LOVED the lesson on clawhammer guitar. I already know clawhammer style on banjo (I am just beginning) and this was easier to catch because of it. I would like to see more practical lessons as part of the show. Thanks Tony for an excellent show. I try to watch/listen every week!

  • @GaryEverson
    @GaryEverson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This format is amazing. Why is this not in everyone's feed that searches guitar content?!?

  • @fivebyfivesound
    @fivebyfivesound 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “ This technique will take some time to get used to, and I don’t expect you to *nail* it right now.” …😆
    True. It took me a few weeks of playing it daily til it started to feel comfortable. Coming back after about 6 months away, the technique came back quick and feels natural, but consistently hitting those single notes on the middle strings is still a challenge.
    Love clawhammer and really appreciate Molly Tuttle bringing the teaching of it back around to the web the past few years.
    Thanks much for this lesson. Good to refresh and get a new perspective on teaching the technique.

  • @NopeNotHere.
    @NopeNotHere. ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe 10 years looking for a good tutorial to breakdown how to start getting into clawhammer. Glad I found your video.

  • @marcosambrotta101
    @marcosambrotta101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is great, love how well structured and informative this is. Keep up the good work 😃

  • @thomasruhland5040
    @thomasruhland5040 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tony, I too started out via a string change, to find your program. I love the diversity of your program, pretty much any instrument that has strings is explored. I learn new techniques, such as clawhammer this episode. This will now be my new challenge, and I'm embracing it!! I like the fact that I find new artists (I now own two Elizabeth Cotten CD's) and styles; it shows me how much further my journey needs to go. But as you said in a past episode, it doesn't matter how far you get or quickly you progress, as long as you are having fun doing it ... and that I am. I am now a huge Acoustic Tuesday fan! PS - I love hockey, keep wearing the jerseys.

  • @sbolfing
    @sbolfing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Big thumbs up on this episode! I've been wanting to see an episode explaining clawhammer technique for a few years now!

    • @fivebyfivesound
      @fivebyfivesound 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually it’s more thumbs sideways….😉

  • @93Rats
    @93Rats 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Tony

  • @ralphkern380
    @ralphkern380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A few years back (at age 65) I decided to learn Scruggs style 3 ginger bluegrass banjo, not to be just a guitar picker.
    Well, no one is ever gonna confuse my banjo pickin' with any real bluegrass banjo pickers.
    But a really amazing thing happened. My finger picking style on guitar became much, much more precise.
    Instead of glancing off of 2 or 3 strings in "mini-strums", I started picking notes precisely and, I could change picking patterns within a song, even within a chord to better fit melody notes into the picking pattern - as you must do on a banjo.
    Clawhammer style is kinda like that, too.
    You may not get it quite exactly right - but the learning process just might teach you something to roll into you own style.
    Anyway, it was fun learning something new --- you know --- old dogs - new tricks - etc.

  • @jacsvihus
    @jacsvihus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun fun fun. Nobody taking keys away here, just giving me more. Grateful Tony, grateful!!!

  • @ron1ndon
    @ron1ndon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson Tony! Thanks so much!

  • @makeupbyalaina
    @makeupbyalaina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the banjo!!! I think it’s a beautiful instrument I’ve fallen in love learning it

  • @AlKey3
    @AlKey3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great format. make a pie!!!

  • @JamieRambles
    @JamieRambles ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great. Really helpful, informative and entertaining!

  • @tmass518
    @tmass518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably the best instruction video for a guitar that I have seen. Coming from the 5 string banjo this really resonates with me along with some of the patterns I have brought over from the banjo. Good Job!

  • @vwbeetle72jellybeen
    @vwbeetle72jellybeen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I‘ve never seen a dovetail work like that on the neck! That was so cool to see him hold the guitar in the air FROM A PIECE OF PAPER!

  • @MrJoeydano
    @MrJoeydano 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this Acoustic Tuesday Show FLEW bye
    Really great one this week 👍 Thanks Tony

  • @jeffarcher400
    @jeffarcher400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Played rock for decades and always admired banjo's right hand. It's so quick but calm and hard to see what's happening.
    Gotta say back when guitars were strumming and crooning banjo's were ripping it up.

  • @jimross9429
    @jimross9429 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As usual another great Acoustic Tuesday. When I moved to Mineral Bluff about 7 years ago I had the good fortune to meet a great group of players that all play old time music. Prior to meeting these fine folks I would have thought old time music had something to do with Bob Seger. They play claw hammer style banjo, guitar ukulele, mandolin and one of them even plays the saw and fiddle. They are all welcoming and never make me feel like I don't belong but I still feel like a bit of an outsider because they play a style I never knew existed before meeting them. Old style is so different from the blues, folk and rock this old hippie grew up on but it is so much fun. Thanks for the great explanation of claw hammer, with a bit of daily practice hopefully I will be able to surprise them the next time we get together.

  • @aprilpaddock8455
    @aprilpaddock8455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This episode was overflowing with awesomeness. And now I want to learn to play the banjo … ❤️

    • @StopFear
      @StopFear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You already know how to play guitar?

  • @hydroconcept371
    @hydroconcept371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's cool. I''ll try real hard. Merci Tony

  • @Sweepdog700
    @Sweepdog700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great thanks

  • @jonathanmeyer1164
    @jonathanmeyer1164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great show today. If i had to pick a favorite clawhammer player, i love how Wille Watson plays clawhammer. Hes not a strictly clawhammer player, but when he does play in that style, its magical.

  • @gnawbabygnaw
    @gnawbabygnaw ปีที่แล้ว

    Love me some Molly 🤙🤙

  • @MiniShowProductions
    @MiniShowProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great episode wish i had grown up in the states sometimes to learn the various styles as growing up in Liverpool uk it was really only chords an blues sclaes and rock or that you tube was around 20/30 years ago i would be amazing by now haha

  • @Updog89
    @Updog89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This feels kind of reminiscent of flamenco techniques! Not exactly the same but similar.

  • @ruicruz8231
    @ruicruz8231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was first introduced to Acoustic Tuesday in the episode of cheap blues guitar. I learned about recording king and gretsch Jim dandy! A few eps later I was introduced to Molly Tuttle and Charlie Hicks! Then to a quite set of female artists, Celtic musicians, mariachi's, some new guitar brands, types of wood, bracings and now I arrive home from work (it's a lot later in Portugal) detune my guitar to D and started training clawhamner! Can I give this episode/channel 5 thumbs up?

  • @evad6220
    @evad6220 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for demystifying the clawhammer style. I was working on it awhile back and couldn't get it. Now I got it... I just need to "A-TAC IT" a little more...Thanks again :)

  • @brianbf1986bf
    @brianbf1986bf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're doing God's work, bud. I'm not even religious. I'm a huge Molly fan and have practiced a bit of clawhammer guitar from Steve Baughman's lesson book. I've seen your videos over the years. You are among the very best to use the TH-cam medium for the betterment of society and genuinely, at that. Thank you.

  • @sharontiano1348
    @sharontiano1348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was such a great episode. Love the lesson on how to play clawhammer and how to adapt it for guitar. The only problem with this show is that it makes me drool like a fool over the guitars you feature. The GAS is real.

  • @tonyjego9707
    @tonyjego9707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much for this tutorial, very helpful! It is not very known for the moment here in France for the guitar. But I am sure that it will be soon! 😋

  • @nicolen.9642
    @nicolen.9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know Molly's style. I didn't pay attention to "clawhammer" lol. Thanks Tony 🎶🎶🎶

  • @toddjohnson9753
    @toddjohnson9753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for the introduction to Clawhammer. I can't express how much I enjoyed the episode. Are there any instruction books or online resources on Clawhammer that you would recommend? Is this a technique that originated in the United States?

  • @willscorner8423
    @willscorner8423 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The hardest part is not getting stuck with the thumb between strings. Picking the string with the thumbnail is one thing but landing on the string and plucking it afterwards without getting stuck or even get into the space on the string underneath the upper string - damn that’s though.
    Especially not shaving off the skin of the other fingers with the higher strings.

  • @martinfisher5327
    @martinfisher5327 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one Tony I liked this episode a lot and am looking forward to the next one. I watched it in my dinner time at work now my fingers are itching to try clawhammering! Don’t think it will sound like molly tuttle when I unleash them tho, she’s such an inspiring player. 👍

  • @donaldholman9070
    @donaldholman9070 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love MT!….👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

  • @albertesposito1289
    @albertesposito1289 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic show Tony! Another vain in the rabbit hole I see. clawhammer, Can we get to the lesson with in TAC? Not that I don't want to watch the show again. Its easy that way. Thanks Tony your the Best!

  • @russellzauner
    @russellzauner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    *chuckles in Tony Furtado*

  • @shakyarcher
    @shakyarcher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I tried & tried to learn clawhammer the way described in this video, but I could never get it & it was very frustrating. I ran across a video by Jim Pankey and he described the right-hand motion as in & out (in reference to the surface of the instrument or strings), rather than up-and-down. This made sense to me & I was able to start picking it up after that. He said in his video that the motion is similar to knocking on a door & that the "old-timers" would sometimes call the style "knocking" or "rapping".

  • @isadorealire5722
    @isadorealire5722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice lesson.
    People can have fun adding a building block, and a "go to" technique when they feel like their practice routine is monotonous.

  • @pameladiez4933
    @pameladiez4933 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Tony,I love your show,I have been in a guitar rut.but I know I will snap out of it soon.i bought the Robert Johnson biography,and I love the book,alot.a beautiful book.but I want to know who Elizabeth cotton is😂💡😁,getting myself in order and I will return to my guitar routen.i love the Australian guitars,stunning thanks tony.the crabhammer class was great.i love Molly Tuttle,she is wonderful.and I new of her because of you.you are a great teacher.i hope you,emerson,and your wife are well,thank you alot.😁💡👍🤑☕

  • @spleefdowny
    @spleefdowny 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny timing. Just saw an interview with Molly this morning where she was asked about her clawhammer technique and she said, “I don’t really play clawhammer.”

  • @ErinBlueBird
    @ErinBlueBird 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learnt alza pua last year on a J45 so this is easy ⚠️ but pretty cool 😎

  • @dougstine1757
    @dougstine1757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson. Where can I get a "Be Nice and Play Guitar" hat?

  • @dp110
    @dp110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Definition of perfect pitch - "When you throw an accordion into a dumpster and it lands on a banjo"

  • @vjarizpe
    @vjarizpe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the lost dog street band sticker on the computer.

  • @dannysnell7998
    @dannysnell7998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should check out Willie Watsons style .... also Rosco Holicomb

  • @cleetusHead
    @cleetusHead 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid, always thought this style was called Frailing or maybe its just a similar playing style.

  • @jdsmusic233
    @jdsmusic233 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What kind of banjer is that?! I love the headstock.

  • @janeandthecoolcats5033
    @janeandthecoolcats5033 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    woopwoop

  • @msd2819
    @msd2819 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Tony. Don’t know if you have ever featured him on the show but wanted to let you know about Dave Beegle. He is awesome! Didn’t know if you’ve ever heard of him but he’s great! Thanks for everything Tony!

    • @mbsnyderc
      @mbsnyderc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've never seen him play acoustic guitar.

  • @Artorias001
    @Artorias001 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @9:20 counting clawhammer
    1 2& 3 4&
    B BT N NT

  • @MrViken-pc9sb
    @MrViken-pc9sb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍😎

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is a good style for people with long thin fingers?

  • @jimdoner3443
    @jimdoner3443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check out Gene Hansen "Ainesis" guitars in Traverse City Mich. Awesome electrics and accoustics, he spends a lot of time making them. Stop in at T.C. Guitars down town on Front St. You will not be disappointed !

  • @jeffreymorton2475
    @jeffreymorton2475 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Tony,
    Just wanted to recommend to you a guitar player that I’ve known about for a few years. She’s an Australian that goes by Minnie Marks. She’s got a bluesy style to her playing and has an incredible singing style that really compliments her playing. I’d recommend her song Voodoo and Honey to get you started but she has a really cool catalog of songs. Check her out and let me know what you think - I think you’d really like her.
    Jeff

  • @scottyturner6884
    @scottyturner6884 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the clawhammer techniques but need help in chords g the different tuning dadgad, etc ... please keep posting

  • @steveganis8501
    @steveganis8501 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tony, aren't some TAC members intermediate players playing for fun, and looking to add some more advanced techniques into their playing, such as percussive strumming, better fingerstyle , and using alternate tuning regularly to play songs? You salute often TAC people who need your so-called "butterfly effect". . As for other players, what's Neil Young acoustic all about...it's alternate tunings, percussive, rhythmic, but not typical fingerstyle.....

  • @zachsmith8916
    @zachsmith8916 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been playing traditional banjo including "clawhammer" or overhand style banjo for years and never heard anyone do it on guitar before. You see something new everyday I suppose. Sounds good though.

  • @chriswolf3042
    @chriswolf3042 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    who does the acoustic in the jermiahah johnson movie

  • @trygtunes1633
    @trygtunes1633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking to add claw hammer to my repertoire of right hand technique thank you very much also looking for mentorship getting my TH-cam channel off the ground what is your best advice I’m finding TH-cam mentorship? How do I personally contactTH-camrs?

  • @deividasprunskas6689
    @deividasprunskas6689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Your puns :)

  • @texhaines9957
    @texhaines9957 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Recipe, like the Baldwin sisters on the Waltons.?

  • @michaellaverty1844
    @michaellaverty1844 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out Nora Brown for claw hammer banjo.

  • @timnewman1172
    @timnewman1172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How does "clawhammer" guitar relate to Maybelle Carter and the "Carter scratch" ?

    • @mbsnyderc
      @mbsnyderc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a pluck strum. not a strum pluck.

  • @ShowseeTravels
    @ShowseeTravels 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👀😎😎😎

  • @jimdoner3443
    @jimdoner3443 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Molly rocks, well bluegrasses.

  • @jesselet5073
    @jesselet5073 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Molly Tuttle is a too good. She makes it look so effortless.

  • @MisterNiles
    @MisterNiles 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Step one: Be Molly Tuttle.

  • @OwenLeonard
    @OwenLeonard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out Driftwood Guitars out of FL. Chris does amazing inlay work, and his youtube channel is a lot of fun.

    • @OwenLeonard
      @OwenLeonard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/ybXXtzns0Eg/w-d-xo.html

  • @joeybuckethead
    @joeybuckethead 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not Clawhammer, it's known as Frailing

    • @mbsnyderc
      @mbsnyderc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No its clawhammer frailing is different.

  • @pepettenena
    @pepettenena 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    too much talkin'