Skip To My Lou

In this lesson, you’ll learn to play Skip to My Lou — a lively, traditional tune and a perfect first full song for clawhammer banjo. This is where your practice starts to turn into real music.

We’ll take a simple, steady approach, breaking the tune down so you can follow along with confidence. You’ll see the banjo tab on screen, hear the rhythm clearly, and build the tune step by step using the clawhammer frailing strum.