In clawhammer, the basic rhythm is “bum-dit-ty,” a three beat approach. The player’s hand resembles a claw when playing, thus the name. Most players in this style do not use fingerpicks, few have ...

Surrounded by swaying cornstalks and the scent of mini-doughnuts, Debbie Schreyer’s cold-reddened knuckles curled around the fret board and her coarse fingertips slid fluently across the neck of her ...