Clownhammer
March 31, 2010
Carlos in Spain demonstrates clownhammer banjo technique.
He also has some updates on the ukekids at his web site: http://miukelele.com/
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Pat & Patrick Costello's weblog.
Carlos in Spain demonstrates clownhammer banjo technique.
He also has some updates on the ukekids at his web site: http://miukelele.com/
April 1, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I enjoyed the photo gallery, thanks Carlos.
Ever since seeing this photo, I have been trying in earnest to master the clownhammer technique. I have been spraying WD40 out of my clown and onto the strings. Is this the right thing to do, or should I have been spraying olive oil?
April 6, 2010 at 10:55 am
I only use olive oil on the mandolin; olive oil on the banjo just doesn’t strike me as very Italian. Is there no sound file of this effort? I guess don’t understand what the clown is doing. Do the filiments (are they filiments?) tickle the strings? One could spray the strings with “Easy Cheese” and pick it off with your teeth; this would give a player with an overbite an advantage and start an endless thread about proper tecnique. I am sure that whatever Carlos is doing is being done in the authentic old time Spanish classical banjo tradition. Es una Broma? No?n Si?