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    Clawhammer Medley

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    This document provides the lyrics and chord progressions for a clawhammer banjo medley consisting of four traditional folk songs: Sally Ann, The Johnson Boys, Simple Gifts, and Loch Lomond. It also includes performance notes from Steve Martin on his technique for playing the melodies exclusively on the first string and using hammer-ons and brushes.

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    This document provides the lyrics and chord progressions for a clawhammer banjo medley consisting of four traditional folk songs: Sally Ann, The Johnson Boys, Simple Gifts, and Loch Lomond. It also includes performance notes from Steve Martin on his technique for playing the melodies exclusively on the first string and using hammer-ons and brushes.

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    This document provides the lyrics and chord progressions for a clawhammer banjo medley consisting of four traditional folk songs: Sally Ann, The Johnson Boys, Simple Gifts, and Loch Lomond. It also includes performance notes from Steve Martin on his technique for playing the melodies exclusively on the first string and using hammer-ons and brushes.

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    Clawhammer Medley

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    ImpRob3
    This document provides the lyrics and chord progressions for a clawhammer banjo medley consisting of four traditional folk songs: Sally Ann, The Johnson Boys, Simple Gifts, and Loch Lomond. It also includes performance notes from Steve Martin on his technique for playing the melodies exclusively on the first string and using hammer-ons and brushes.

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    CLAWHAMMER MEDLEY

    Traditional, Arranged by Steve Martin


    I play the entire melodies of these songs almost exclusively on the flrst string, allowing tt
    "
    Uun3o to resonate
    with nice, airy overtones. I like to make full chords down the neck, even though all the strings are not
    struck, as the chord is lightly sounded as a hammer-on.
    In the closing section of "Simple Gifts," a brush is indicated, which I leamed from the old Pete Seeger book,
    "How to Play the Five String Banjo." The way I do it, the hand unrolls, little finger first, stopping with the
    middle finger. The thumb stays connected to the first finger to hold my place over the banjo.
    -Steve
    Martin
    Tuning: a D F#A D (Open
    D Tuning)
    "Sally
    Ann"
    D
    A
    FH
    D
    a
    26
    "The Johnson Boys"
    10P
    14H
    A D
    H
    D
    A
    F#
    D
    a
    D
    ITIT
    PP
    D A
    4r2r
    T
    1
    2
    I
    ,,
    3
    "Simple
    Gifts"
    D
    A
    F#
    D
    a
    27
    D
    A
    22s
    ITIT
    D
    ITIT
    28
    31 H
    "Loch Lomond"
    G D
    D
    A
    Ffl
    D
    a
    D
    HH
    Em
    H
    t^ ot2-
    a-
    ,)
    ITIT
    G D A B*
    H
    13H
    D
    17
    I)
    to "Sally Ann"...
    29

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