Clawhammer Banjo with
Allison de Groot
Master the clawhammer banjo with internationally renowned virtuoso Allison de Groot
- Elevate your banjo playing skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
- Master techniques in the clawhammer/overhand banjo styles
- Expand your repertoire of old-time and traditional standards & tune arrangements
- Learn essential improvisation techniques & deepen your understanding of music theory
- Receive personal guidance directly from Allison along every step of your learning journey
Clawhammer Banjo: Learn more about Allison's course
- Elevate your banjo playing skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
- Master techniques in the clawhammer/overhand banjo styles
- Expand your repertoire of old-time and traditional standards & tune arrangements
- Learn essential improvisation techniques & deepen your understanding of music theory
- Receive personal guidance directly from Allison along every step of your learning journey
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Pre-sale purchasers receive: early access 1 week before the course's public launch, pre-release lessons right to their inbox, PLUS: first 100 students get "Original 100" badge attached to student profile.
Expected Course Launch Date: November 2024
What's In This Plan?
- Unlimited Access to Lessons
- Unlimited Access to Video Exchange Library
- Unlimited Video Submissions to Teacher
- Music Theory Workshop
- Backing Tracks across Instruments
- VIP Bonus Content
- 100s of banjo lessons at your own pace
- All levels and styles of playing welcome
- Slow Motion & Looping on videos
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Video Exchange Explained: how you'll connect with Allison
- Get personalized video feedback directly from Allison
- Watch and learn from all the interactions that Allison has shared with her other students
- The most supportive way to master the clawhammer banjo online
Allison’s Online Clawhammer Banjo Course: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Level of Player
- 9 sections covering introductory methods to advanced techniques, tunes, & more
- 100+ multi-angle video lessons for optimal learning and fretboard understanding
- 40+ professionally recorded play-along backing tracks to accompany the lessons
- Tablature, notation and supplemental materials included
About Allison de Groot
- Performed and recorded alongside many of the most renowned traditional musicians in North America and Europe
- Nominated for “Instrumentalist of the Year” by the Americana Music Association in 2023
- Performed at iconic international festivals including Newport Folk Festival, Pickathon, Red Wing Roots, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly, and Celtic Connections
- 2 critically acclaimed records alongside fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves and 1 alongside percussive dancer Nic Gareiss
- Has taught at ArtistWorks since November 2024
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Clawhammer Banjo Lessons
– Lesson List
- NEW TUNING: Double C (CC)
- The 1 Chord
- Bum-Ditty (CC) (I chord)
- Bum Ditty Exercise 1: Changing Strings
- Bum Ditty Exercise 2: C Major Scale Pattern
- Concept: Tablature
- "Old Molly Hare" - Bum Ditty - Key of C
- Split Bum Ditty
- "Old Molly Hare" - Split Bum Ditty - Key of C
- "Mississippi Sawyer" A Part - Split Bum Ditty - Key of C
- Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
- Bumpa Ditty
- "Mississippi Sawyer" B Part - Bumpa Ditty - Key of C
- "Mississippi Sawyer" Complete Play Along
- "Old Molly Hare" - Fast - Key of C
- "Mississippi Sawyer" Fast - Key of C
- Holding the Banjo
- Left and Right Hand Position
- NEW TUNING: G gDGBD
- "Ida Red" - Key of G (Analysis)
- Slides
- Bumpa-Ditty with pull off/return
- 1-4-5 in G
- "Sail Away Ladies" - Key of G
- Double Thumb/ Drop Thumb
- Double Thumb Exercise
- "Old Molly Hare" - Double Thumb - Key of C
- Cross Over
- "Jack Wilson" - Key of C (Analysis)
- Rhythm
- The Importance of Listening
- Old Time Jams & Tunings / Capo
- "Old Molly Hare" - Key of D
- "Mississippi Sawyer" - Key of D
- New Tuning: A
- "Sourwood Mountain" - Key of G
- Thumb for Melody Note
- New Tuning: G Modal
- "Twin Sisters" - G Modal
- "Peach Bottom Creek" - F# DF#AD Tuning
- Alternate Tunings
- Galax Lick
- "Old Molly Hare" with Galax Lick
- "Across the Sea" - Key of C
- "Sugar Hill" - Key of D
- Ghost Note
- "The Rabbit Skipped" - Key of C
- "Big Eyed Rabbit"
- Micro Slides
- "Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone" - Key of A
- "Ida Red" - Key of G (Performance)
- "Cluck Old Hen" - Key of A
- "Late for the Dance" - Key of A
- The Roll Pattern
- Adding the Roll Pattern to "Late for the Dance" - Key of A
- 4 interchangeable patterns: bum-ditty, double thumb, cross over, roll
- "Jack Wilson" - Key of D
- "Down the Road" - Key of D
- 1-4-5 Chords in D Tuning
- "Jack Wilson" - Key of C (solo performance)
- 1-4-5 Chords in C Tuning
- Intro to the Nashville Number System
- Regional styles/ specific players
- F Tuning
- 1-4-5 Chords in F Tuning
- "Will Davenport's Tune" - Key of F
- "Will Davenport's Tune" - Key of F - Variation (analysis)
- "Buck Creek Girls" - Key of C
- "Buck Creek Girls" - Key of C - Variations
- Getting a Good Tone
- "Love Somebody/Soldier's Joy" - Key of D
- Festival Versions vs Specific Versions
- "Backstep Cindy" - Key of D
- "Backstep Cindy" - Key of D - Variations
- The X Shape
- "Cumberland Gap" - Key of G - Using the X shape
- "Sail Away Ladies" - Key of G - Using the X shape
- Chord Inversions
- "Jenny Lind Polka" - Key of G
- Mapping the Fretboard in G
- Diatonic Chord Exercise
- Useful Non-Diatonic Chords in G
- Introduction to Playing Jigs
- "Out on the Ocean"
- "Jaybird Died of a Whooping Cough"
- The Rhoda Rake
- The History of Banjo
- "Mississippi Sawyer" Variations
- "Kitty Lie Over" - Key of D
- 2 Note Chord Shapes in CC
- 3 Note Diatonic Chord Shapes in CC
- "Augusta" - Key of F
- "Cumberland Gap" - Key of F# BEAD
- "Pretty Little Widow" - Key of A
- "Sourwood Mountain" - Key of G - Duet
- "Touch Me if you Dare" - Key of G - Duet
- "Sail Away Ladies" - Key of G - Duet
- "Ida Red" - Key of G - Duet
- "Twin Sisters" - Key of G - Duet
- "Across the Sea" - Key of C - Duet
- Rhythm Exercise - fiddle backing track
- "Lonesome Blues" - Key of C - Duet
- "Nancy Blevins" - Key of D - Duet
- "Backstep Cindy" - Key of D - Duet
- "Mississippi Sawyer" - Key of D - Duet
- "Ducks on the Millpond" - Key of D - Duet
- "Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy?" - Key of D - Duet
- "Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone" - Key of A - Duet
- Crooked Tunes - Duet
- Old Time Music Resources - Duet
- "Farewell Whiskey" - Key of A - Duet
- "Soldier's Joy" - Key of D - Duet
- "Old Molly Hare" - Key of C (slow) - Duet
- "Augusta" - Key of F - Duet
- "Dry" - Key of F - Duet
- "Mississippi Sawyer" - Key of C (slow) - Duet
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