Whiskey In the Jar: Clawhammer Edition

[The_Bumble_Bard]

Hi friends! ☺️

I haven’t really shared anything I’ve been working on here in a while, and while this isn’t my arrangement, but one Matt just created for his YouTube channel that I modified into clawhammer, I still thought I’d share because it actually took a long time to figure out this version. 😂 If you look up “Whiskey in the Jar, Matt Dahlberg” on YouTube you’ll find his video (and hear what the original sounds like), but if I link that, I can’t share my clawhammer version, too, without the forum rejecting it. 😂

Maybe coming up I’ll share some other ukulele things I’ve been working on creating on my own because I haven’t been sharing that as much here. But I am always working on my own lil’ projects, along with learning RC101’s lovely songs. ☺️

Okay, here it is, “Whiskey in the Jar: Clawhammer Edition”:

Thank you, if you take the time to listen! ☺️

[leb397]

@the_bumble_bard n…I…c…e. You really have the claw hammer down. I’ve been working hard on wildwood for Sepy
T. Hard to memorize because only portions of a measure repeat. I tend to confuse where I am and play the other measure 🤣🤔. Anyway trying hard. Already so many incredible entries. Always makes me think about reaching a goal.
Good luck. Have fun! 👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼🌈🎉💐🎈
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[leb397]

PS I’ll call you emoji queen 😆

[dianna]

@The_Bumble_Bard ……..quite lovely, you make clawhammer sound so sweet…..well-done✨

[The_Bumble_Bard]

@leb397, thank you so much, my friend! I’m so happy you liked it! 😊💕 This sounds really strange, maybe, but I feel like I’m way better at turning a non-clawhammer song into clawhammer than playing an existing clawhammer song. 😂 I may be wrong, but I think it’s because everyone has things they intuitively do when they play or create a song, so you’re basically trying to learn someone else’s way of playing when you learn a tab as much as the written notes. Maybe that’s really obvious, or maybe I’m a weirdo for thinking of it that way. Hard to say. 😂 So, I know I’m going to find C-Davy Shan’s arrangement of Wildwood really challenging, too, even though I can play the technique. He just creates really good, complex and challenging songs. 😂

Anyway, I’m so excited that you’re learning that! That does make it extra hard to memorize when you don’t have as many repeating patterns, agreed. I felt that way learning “Always With Me” by British Steven. 😂😅 That’s a lovely tune, too. Anyway, extra kudos to you for learning Wildwood, it’s tricky, but I’m so looking forward to hearing it! 😊💕

Haha!! I love and accept this title! 😂😊💕🌻🦖🦕💗😥😉🥺😳👻🎃🪕😤😎😠☘️🐝🐝🐊🐊🎀🦩🍪😭😭🍕😕🎂🎉🎉 (Those are all my most recently used smilies) 😂

@dianna, thank you so much, clawhammer sister!! 😅 I really appreciate that because I love to try to bring out that quality with clawhammer, a softer quality, contrary to the “hammer.” I also do love the twangy, brash sound it has too; that’s what makes it fun. 😂🪕💗😊

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