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Velvet Underground Cover

This cover is my 1st use of the clawhammer technique. I train wrecked at South Bay Acoustic Music, but better at Monterey. My fingers tend to stiffen up in public. I expect to have it good for Ukulele Rebellion in April. I completed Cathy Fink’s claw hammer course a few months ago and decided to use it. The instrumental features slides from C at 5433 to G at 0-11-10-10. Clawhammer is a five-string banjo technique that exploits the re-entrant top string. The method is, therefore, applicable to the high G-tuned ukulele. Thanks to Kevin Wacknov for the sound checks and bass/percussion tracks.

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