Those Happy-Go-Lucky Canadian Jigs, Clawhammer Style

"Those Happy-Go-Lucky Canadian Jigs." Playing jigs (and other 6/8 Time tunes) in clawhammer offers some special challenges; and we'll start by focusing on how to overcome them with relative ease. Our focus, however, will be - not Irish jigs - but the sing-songy, happy-go-lucky jigs from Atlantic Canada. The melodies are usually so "catchy" that you can't help singing along (and you'll have a hard time getting them out of your head).