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I’d venture that this week’s song is the one most remembered from the Coen Brothers’ film tribute to traditional music of the American South, “Oh Brother Where Art Thou.”

That’s at least in part on account of Dan Tyminski’s outstanding, Grammy-winning vocal and perfectly paired rhythm guitar playing – even if most viewers thought it was George Clooney doing the singing.

The song itself long predates the movie’s year 2000 release (has it really been that long?!) by nearly a decade. “Man of Constant Sorrow” was originally published in 1913 by Dick Burnett, a “partially blind” fiddler from Kentucky.

And while multiple musical luminaries have performed it since, the version played here is most influenced by Tyminski’s standard-setting rendition, including an attempt to replicate his syncopated guitar stylings on the gourd banjo.

“MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW”

gDGBD (dADF#A on the gourd banjo) tuning, Brainjo level 3

Notes on the Tab

In this arrangement, I’ve tabbed out the part I play in the banjo “solo,” as well as the vocal backup I play on the banjo while singing.

Notes in parentheses are “skip” notes – to learn more about skips and syncopated skips, check out my video lesson on the subject.

For more on reading tabs in general, check out this complete guide to reading banjo tabs.

PRIOR SONG OF THE WEEK EPISODES

• Episode 1: “Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”
• Episode 2: “Gumtree Canoe”
• Episode 3: “Crawdad Hole”
• Episode 4: “Oh Susanna”
• Episode 5: “Freight Train”
• Episode 6: “Grandfather’s Clock”
• Episode 7: “Hop High Lulu”
• Episode 8: “Been All Around This World”
• Episode 9: “I’ll Fly Away”
• Episode 10: “Leaving Home”
• Episode 11: “Poor Orphan Child”
• Episode 12: “Mr. Tambourine Man”
• Episode 13: “Swanee River”
• Episode 14: “Big Sciota”
• Episode 15: “Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”
• Episode 16: “Darling Corey”
• Episode 17: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
• Episode 18: “America the Beautiful”
• Episode 19: “Bury Me Beneath the Willow”
• Episode 20: “Way Out There”
• Episode 21: “New Slang”
• Episode 22: “I Saw the Light”
• Episode 23: “Amazing Grace”
• Episode 24: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
• Episode 25: “Yankee Doodle”
• Episode 26: “Budapest”
• Episode 27: “Wildwood Flower”
• Episode 28: “Paradise”
• Episode 29: “Mountain Dew”
• Episode 30: “Blue Tail Fly”
• Episode 31: “Otto Wood”
• Episode 32: “Down on the Corner”
• Episode 33: “City of New Orleans”
• Episode 34: “Big Rock Candy Mountains”
• Episode 35: “Come to the Bower”
• Episode 36: “Old Kentucky Home”
• Episode 37: “Long Journey Home”
• Episode 38: “Dixie”
• Episode 39: “Hard Times”
• Episode 40: “Corrina Corrina”
• Episode 41: “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”
• Episode 42: “Johnson Boys”
• Episode 43: “Bad Moon Rising”
• Episode 44: “Reuben’s Train”
• Episode 45: “Let the Mermaid’s Flirt With Me”
• Episode 46: “Rocky Top”
• Episode 47: “Groundhog”
• Episode 48: “Lazy John”
• Episode 49: “The Gambler”
• Episode 50: “8 More Miles To Louisville”
• Episode 51: “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
• Episode 52: “Pretty Polly”
• Episode 53: “You Are My Sunshine”
• Episode 54: “Old Molly Hare”
• Episode 55: “The Miller’s Will”
• Episode 56: “Walking Cane”
• Episode 57: “Feast Here Tonight”
• Episode 58 “Let Me Fall”
• Episode 59: “Little Birdie”
• Episode 60: “Train on the Island”
• Episode 61: “Handsome Molly”
• Episode 62: “Willie Moore”
• Episode 63: “Tom Cat Blues”
• Episode 64: “Big Eyed Rabbit”
• Episode 65: “Jimmy Sutton”
• Episode 66: “What Does the Deep Sea Say?”
• Episode 67: “Shortnin’ Bread”
• Episode 68: “Worried Man Blues”
• Episode 69: “Who Broke the Lock?”
• Episode 70: “Mole in the Ground”
• Episode 71: “Fireball Mail”
• Episode 72: “Nine Pound Hammer”
• Episode 73: “Wreck of the Number Nine”
• Episode 74: “Take Em Away”

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Clawhammer banjo is so closely linked to traditional old time music that some consider the two synonymous.

They are not, of course. Clawhammer is a technique for coaxing music from the banjo, and the kind of music that is coaxed is entirely up to the coaxer.

Most who play clawhammer banjo end up learning at least some of that old time repertoire, and many may play exclusively in that sandbox. But the path there, especially in today’s age, is not always direct.

For many, there’s a gateway to old time banjo music. A gateway in the form of music that floats closer to the mainstream, which then leads to less traveled tributaries.

In recent years, several traditionally influenced bands with upfront banjoists have provided such a gateway, with one notable example being Old Crow Medicine Show (OCMS), the authors of today’s Song of the Week.

The banjo is featured prominently in much of their work, and no doubt they’re responsible for bringing many folks into the five string fold.

In their case, it’s even clawhammer banjo in particular that’s featured (rather than the much maligned 6 string banjitar, or guitjo).

In addition to serving as a gateway into the world of old time, however, bands like OCMS can also serve as a gateway for the existing clawhammer banjo player beyond the confines of old time.

Indeed, one of the goals of this song and tune of the weeks series has been to serve as a bidirectional gate, to open the door to all the rich and varied music we can make with this instrument, and hopefully inspire you to make it.

“TAKE EM AWAY”

aDADE tuning, Brainjo level 3

 

Notes on the Tab

In this arrangement, I’ve tabbed out the part I play in the banjo “solo,” as well as the vocal backup I play on the banjo while singing.

Notes in parentheses are “skip” notes – to learn more about skips and syncopated skips, check out my video lesson on the subject.

For more on reading tabs in general, check out this complete guide to reading banjo tabs.

PRIOR SONG OF THE WEEK EPISODES

• Episode 1: “Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”
• Episode 2: “Gumtree Canoe”
• Episode 3: “Crawdad Hole”
• Episode 4: “Oh Susanna”
• Episode 5: “Freight Train”
• Episode 6: “Grandfather’s Clock”
• Episode 7: “Hop High Lulu”
• Episode 8: “Been All Around This World”
• Episode 9: “I’ll Fly Away”
• Episode 10: “Leaving Home”
• Episode 11: “Poor Orphan Child”
• Episode 12: “Mr. Tambourine Man”
• Episode 13: “Swanee River”
• Episode 14: “Big Sciota”
• Episode 15: “Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”
• Episode 16: “Darling Corey”
• Episode 17: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
• Episode 18: “America the Beautiful”
• Episode 19: “Bury Me Beneath the Willow”
• Episode 20: “Way Out There”
• Episode 21: “New Slang”
• Episode 22: “I Saw the Light”
• Episode 23: “Amazing Grace”
• Episode 24: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
• Episode 25: “Yankee Doodle”
• Episode 26: “Budapest”
• Episode 27: “Wildwood Flower”
• Episode 28: “Paradise”
• Episode 29: “Mountain Dew”
• Episode 30: “Blue Tail Fly”
• Episode 31: “Otto Wood”
• Episode 32: “Down on the Corner”
• Episode 33: “City of New Orleans”
• Episode 34: “Big Rock Candy Mountains”
• Episode 35: “Come to the Bower”
• Episode 36: “Old Kentucky Home”
• Episode 37: “Long Journey Home”
• Episode 38: “Dixie”
• Episode 39: “Hard Times”
• Episode 40: “Corrina Corrina”
• Episode 41: “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”
• Episode 42: “Johnson Boys”
• Episode 43: “Bad Moon Rising”
• Episode 44: “Reuben’s Train”
• Episode 45: “Let the Mermaid’s Flirt With Me”
• Episode 46: “Rocky Top”
• Episode 47: “Groundhog”
• Episode 48: “Lazy John”
• Episode 49: “The Gambler”
• Episode 50: “8 More Miles To Louisville”
• Episode 51: “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
• Episode 52: “Pretty Polly”
• Episode 53: “You Are My Sunshine”
• Episode 54: “Old Molly Hare”
• Episode 55: “The Miller’s Will”
• Episode 56: “Walking Cane”
• Episode 57: “Feast Here Tonight”
• Episode 58 “Let Me Fall”
• Episode 59: “Little Birdie”
• Episode 60: “Train on the Island”
• Episode 61: “Handsome Molly”
• Episode 62: “Willie Moore”
• Episode 63: “Tom Cat Blues”
• Episode 64: “Big Eyed Rabbit”
• Episode 65: “Jimmy Sutton”
• Episode 66: “What Does the Deep Sea Say?”
• Episode 67: “Shortnin’ Bread”
• Episode 68: “Worried Man Blues”
• Episode 69: “Who Broke the Lock?”
• Episode 70: “Mole in the Ground”
• Episode 71: “Fireball Mail”
• Episode 72: “Nine Pound Hammer”
• Episode 73: “Wreck of the Number Nine”

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Click here for a current list of all the clawhammer songs and tunes currently available inside of The Vault

 

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With today’s installment of the Song of the Week, we have yet another example of a song with an upbeat tempo and major key set against lyrics that tell of a tragic tale.

This juxtaposition of a mood elevating setting put to heartbreaking words isn’t something you hear much in modern music.

And yet, it doesn’t seem to dull the emotional impact. If anything, it may even heighten it, as I find it a struggle to make it through a full rendition of “Wreck of the Number Nine,” a song about an engineer’s romance cut short by a train accident, without my voice cracking a bit.

 

On a completely unrelated note, while it seems to me a coincidence that the only two songs in this Song of the Week series with the number nine in their title have occurred on consecutive weeks, something tells me that’s probably not the case. Such is the nature of the subconscious.

(NOTE: I’ll be teaching a Playing & Singing Tutorial for this song for Breakthrough Banjo on June 25. Click here for the schedule of upcoming workshops.)

“WRECK OF THE NUMBER NINE”

gCGCD tuning, Brainjo level 3

 

 

 

 

 

Notes on the Tab

In this arrangement, I’ve tabbed out the part I play in the banjo “solo,” as well as the vocal backup I play on the banjo while singing.

Notes in parentheses are “skip” notes – to learn more about skips and syncopated skips, check out my video lesson on the subject.

For more on reading tabs in general, check out this complete guide to reading banjo tabs.

PRIOR SONG OF THE WEEK EPISODES

• Episode 1: “Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”
• Episode 2: “Gumtree Canoe”
• Episode 3: “Crawdad Hole”
• Episode 4: “Oh Susanna”
• Episode 5: “Freight Train”
• Episode 6: “Grandfather’s Clock”
• Episode 7: “Hop High Lulu”
• Episode 8: “Been All Around This World”
• Episode 9: “I’ll Fly Away”
• Episode 10: “Leaving Home”
• Episode 11: “Poor Orphan Child”
• Episode 12: “Mr. Tambourine Man”
• Episode 13: “Swanee River”
• Episode 14: “Big Sciota”
• Episode 15: “Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”
• Episode 16: “Darling Corey”
• Episode 17: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
• Episode 18: “America the Beautiful”
• Episode 19: “Bury Me Beneath the Willow”
• Episode 20: “Way Out There”
• Episode 21: “New Slang”
• Episode 22: “I Saw the Light”
• Episode 23: “Amazing Grace”
• Episode 24: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
• Episode 25: “Yankee Doodle”
• Episode 26: “Budapest”
• Episode 27: “Wildwood Flower”
• Episode 28: “Paradise”
• Episode 29: “Mountain Dew”
• Episode 30: “Blue Tail Fly”
• Episode 31: “Otto Wood”
• Episode 32: “Down on the Corner”
• Episode 33: “City of New Orleans”
• Episode 34: “Big Rock Candy Mountains”
• Episode 35: “Come to the Bower”
• Episode 36: “Old Kentucky Home”
• Episode 37: “Long Journey Home”
• Episode 38: “Dixie”
• Episode 39: “Hard Times”
• Episode 40: “Corrina Corrina”
• Episode 41: “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”
• Episode 42: “Johnson Boys”
• Episode 43: “Bad Moon Rising”
• Episode 44: “Reuben’s Train”
• Episode 45: “Let the Mermaid’s Flirt With Me”
• Episode 46: “Rocky Top”
• Episode 47: “Groundhog”
• Episode 48: “Lazy John”
• Episode 49: “The Gambler”
• Episode 50: “8 More Miles To Louisville”
• Episode 51: “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
• Episode 52: “Pretty Polly”
• Episode 53: “You Are My Sunshine”
• Episode 54: “Old Molly Hare”
• Episode 55: “The Miller’s Will”
• Episode 56: “Walking Cane”
• Episode 57: “Feast Here Tonight”
• Episode 58 “Let Me Fall”
• Episode 59: “Little Birdie”
• Episode 60: “Train on the Island”
• Episode 61: “Handsome Molly”
• Episode 62: “Willie Moore”
• Episode 63: “Tom Cat Blues”
• Episode 64: “Big Eyed Rabbit”
• Episode 65: “Jimmy Sutton”
• Episode 66: “What Does the Deep Sea Say?”
• Episode 67: “Shortnin’ Bread”
• Episode 68: “Worried Man Blues”
• Episode 69: “Who Broke the Lock?”
• Episode 70: “Mole in the Ground”
• Episode 71: “Fireball Mail”
• Episode 72: “Nine Pound Hammer”

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Level 2 arrangements and video demos for the Tune (and Song!) of the Week tunes are now available as part of the Breakthrough Banjo course.

Click here for a current list of all the clawhammer songs and tunes currently available inside of The Vault

 

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What’s the purpose of music?

Entertainment? That’s probably the word that comes to mind for most in these times. Music is big business.

But throughout the course of human history, music has been so much more than that. In fact, given the overwhelming evidence that we’re all wired to make music, it’s likely been critical to our success as a species.

We use it to connect with each other, share values, tell stories, spread news, coordinate behaviors – essential functions for the most social animals on planet earth.

We also use music to ease suffering.

For instance, put a group of humans together to perform monotonous, repetitive, exhausting work, and before long they’ll be chanting chants and singing songs. A little something to distract the mind, share the struggle, and soothe the soul.

In the post war South, prisoners, usually African Americans, were often placed in such conditions, in the forced labor gangs working in mines, railroad camps, brickyards, turpentine farms – basically, if the work was tedious and tiresome, it was just right for the chain gang.

From that sprang a rich well of work songs, some of which were thankfully captured for posterity, working their way into the folk song catalog (check out this amazing recording from the Alan Lomax archives of prisoners in the Mississippi Penitentiary singing the song “Rosie”)

Today’s song, “Nine Pound Hammer,” was originally titled “Take This Hammer,” and was part of a collection of “hammer songs.”

Scores of verses have likely been sung to its melody. Some have been preserved, probably more have evaporated into the ether.

But the gist usually endures – the song’s protagonist has announced his bold decision to defy his captain’s authority and quit the gang, a fantasy likely shared by all who used to sing it. References to the most world’s most famous hammer-wielding folk hero, John Henry, are often included.

(NOTE: I’ll be teaching a Playing & Singing Tutorial for this song for Breakthrough Banjo on June 11. Click here for the schedule of upcoming workshops.)

 

NINE POUND HAMMER

gDGBD tuning (dADF#A on the gourd banjo), Brainjo level 3

 

 

Notes on the Tab

In this arrangement, I’ve tabbed out the part I play in the banjo “solo,” as well as the vocal backup I play on the banjo while singing.

Notes in parentheses are “skip” notes – to learn more about skips and syncopated skips, check out my video lesson on the subject.

For more on reading tabs in general, check out this complete guide to reading banjo tabs.

PRIOR SONG OF THE WEEK EPISODES

• Episode 1: “Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”
• Episode 2: “Gumtree Canoe”
• Episode 3: “Crawdad Hole”
• Episode 4: “Oh Susanna”
• Episode 5: “Freight Train”
• Episode 6: “Grandfather’s Clock”
• Episode 7: “Hop High Lulu”
• Episode 8: “Been All Around This World”
• Episode 9: “I’ll Fly Away”
• Episode 10: “Leaving Home”
• Episode 11: “Poor Orphan Child”
• Episode 12: “Mr. Tambourine Man”
• Episode 13: “Swanee River”
• Episode 14: “Big Sciota”
• Episode 15: “Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”
• Episode 16: “Darling Corey”
• Episode 17: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
• Episode 18: “America the Beautiful”
• Episode 19: “Bury Me Beneath the Willow”
• Episode 20: “Way Out There”
• Episode 21: “New Slang”
• Episode 22: “I Saw the Light”
• Episode 23: “Amazing Grace”
• Episode 24: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
• Episode 25: “Yankee Doodle”
• Episode 26: “Budapest”
• Episode 27: “Wildwood Flower”
• Episode 28: “Paradise”
• Episode 29: “Mountain Dew”
• Episode 30: “Blue Tail Fly”
• Episode 31: “Otto Wood”
• Episode 32: “Down on the Corner”
• Episode 33: “City of New Orleans”
• Episode 34: “Big Rock Candy Mountains”
• Episode 35: “Come to the Bower”
• Episode 36: “Old Kentucky Home”
• Episode 37: “Long Journey Home”
• Episode 38: “Dixie”
• Episode 39: “Hard Times”
• Episode 40: “Corrina Corrina”
• Episode 41: “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”
• Episode 42: “Johnson Boys”
• Episode 43: “Bad Moon Rising”
• Episode 44: “Reuben’s Train”
• Episode 45: “Let the Mermaid’s Flirt With Me”
• Episode 46: “Rocky Top”
• Episode 47: “Groundhog”
• Episode 48: “Lazy John”
• Episode 49: “The Gambler”
• Episode 50: “8 More Miles To Louisville”
• Episode 51: “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
• Episode 52: “Pretty Polly”
• Episode 53: “You Are My Sunshine”
• Episode 54: “Old Molly Hare”
• Episode 55: “The Miller’s Will”
• Episode 56: “Walking Cane”
• Episode 57: “Feast Here Tonight”
• Episode 58 “Let Me Fall”
• Episode 59: “Little Birdie”
• Episode 60: “Train on the Island”
• Episode 61: “Handsome Molly”
• Episode 62: “Willie Moore”
• Episode 63: “Tom Cat Blues”
• Episode 64: “Big Eyed Rabbit”
• Episode 65: “Jimmy Sutton”
• Episode 66: “What Does the Deep Sea Say?”
• Episode 67: “Shortnin’ Bread”
• Episode 68: “Worried Man Blues”
• Episode 69: “Who Broke the Lock?”
• Episode 70: “Mole in the Ground”
• Episode 71: “Fireball Mail”

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Level 2 arrangements and video demos for the Tune (and Song!) of the Week tunes are now available as part of the Breakthrough Banjo course.

Click here for a current list of all the clawhammer songs and tunes currently available inside of The Vault

 

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There comes a time in many a downpicker’s life when he or she becomes curious about life on the other side of the tracks. The dark side.

I’m speaking of course about bluegrass banjo. It’s a natural curiosity. You already own a banjo, after all.

Of course, there are a few ways of taking such a trip. One is to go all-in, learning how to pick towards your face instead of away from it, your digits regally fashioned with shiny metallic picking implements.

(NOTE: if you want to go down that road, click here to check out the fingerstyle banjo course.)

Then there’s the subversive approach. The one where you deploy your old-timey guile and wit to blend so convincingly that nobody notices your hand is moving in an unauthorized direction!

In other words, to recreate the sounds of bluegrass banjo using clawhammer technique (a concept popularized by banjo player Mark “clawgrass” Johnson).

And there’s no better way to disguise yourself than as frailer in Earl’s clothing.

Bluegrass banjo is a unique animal in that the sound is still largely defined by one person, Earl Scruggs. Earl essentially created the language of bluegrass banjo, including the majority of its most classic licks.

Mimic those licks, and you’ll fool all but the most astute aficionados.

Earl’s solo on today’s Song of the Week, Fireball Mail, makes for an excellent source to begin your studies. You’ll note the frequent use of drop thumbs and skip strokes in the clawhammer tab, which are essential to recreating his highly syncopated sound.

In all seriousness, I think any banjo player, no matter which direction he or she plucks their strings, would benefit from both listening to and studying Earl’s playing. He’s not the most influential banjo player of all time by accident.

(RELATED: I recently covered these topics in “The Downpicker’s Guide to Bluegrass Banjo” workshop,  , which included a review of how to imitate Earl’s most classic licks clawhammer style. The full workshop and accompanying handout is now available in the Breakthrough Banjo workshop archive).

FIREBALL MAIL

gDGBD tuning, Brainjo level 3-4

 

Notes on the Tab

In this arrangement, I’ve tabbed out the part I play in the banjo “solo,” as well as the vocal backup I play on the banjo while singing.

Notes in parentheses are “skip” notes – to learn more about skips and syncopated skips, check out my video lesson on the subject.

For more on reading tabs in general, check out this complete guide to reading banjo tabs.

PRIOR SONG OF THE WEEK EPISODES

• Episode 1: “Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”
• Episode 2: “Gumtree Canoe”
• Episode 3: “Crawdad Hole”
• Episode 4: “Oh Susanna”
• Episode 5: “Freight Train”
• Episode 6: “Grandfather’s Clock”
• Episode 7: “Hop High Lulu”
• Episode 8: “Been All Around This World”
• Episode 9: “I’ll Fly Away”
• Episode 10: “Leaving Home”
• Episode 11: “Poor Orphan Child”
• Episode 12: “Mr. Tambourine Man”
• Episode 13: “Swanee River”
• Episode 14: “Big Sciota”
• Episode 15: “Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”
• Episode 16: “Darling Corey”
• Episode 17: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
• Episode 18: “America the Beautiful”
• Episode 19: “Bury Me Beneath the Willow”
• Episode 20: “Way Out There”
• Episode 21: “New Slang”
• Episode 22: “I Saw the Light”
• Episode 23: “Amazing Grace”
• Episode 24: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
• Episode 25: “Yankee Doodle”
• Episode 26: “Budapest”
• Episode 27: “Wildwood Flower”
• Episode 28: “Paradise”
• Episode 29: “Mountain Dew”
• Episode 30: “Blue Tail Fly”
• Episode 31: “Otto Wood”
• Episode 32: “Down on the Corner”
• Episode 33: “City of New Orleans”
• Episode 34: “Big Rock Candy Mountains”
• Episode 35: “Come to the Bower”
• Episode 36: “Old Kentucky Home”
• Episode 37: “Long Journey Home”
• Episode 38: “Dixie”
• Episode 39: “Hard Times”
• Episode 40: “Corrina Corrina”
• Episode 41: “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain”
• Episode 42: “Johnson Boys”
• Episode 43: “Bad Moon Rising”
• Episode 44: “Reuben’s Train”
• Episode 45: “Let the Mermaid’s Flirt With Me”
• Episode 46: “Rocky Top”
• Episode 47: “Groundhog”
• Episode 48: “Lazy John”
• Episode 49: “The Gambler”
• Episode 50: “8 More Miles To Louisville”
• Episode 51: “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
• Episode 52: “Pretty Polly”
• Episode 53: “You Are My Sunshine”
• Episode 54: “Old Molly Hare”
• Episode 55: “The Miller’s Will”
• Episode 56: “Walking Cane”
• Episode 57: “Feast Here Tonight”
• Episode 58 “Let Me Fall”
• Episode 59: “Little Birdie”
• Episode 60: “Train on the Island”
• Episode 61: “Handsome Molly”
• Episode 62: “Willie Moore”
• Episode 63: “Tom Cat Blues”
• Episode 64: “Big Eyed Rabbit”
• Episode 65: “Jimmy Sutton”
• Episode 66: “What Does the Deep Sea Say?”
• Episode 67: “Shortnin’ Bread”
• Episode 68: “Worried Man Blues”
• Episode 69: “Who Broke the Lock?”
• Episode 70: “Mole in the Ground”

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Level 2 arrangements and video demos for the Tune (and Song!) of the Week tunes are now available as part of the Breakthrough Banjo course.

Click here for a current list of all the clawhammer songs and tunes currently available inside of The Vault