Theo Parmakis - Music Lessons

French 3/8 bourée. This one has a lot of drive! TAB link in the video description. I hope to feature a nice variety of different rhythms in my upcoming banjo book, so this may well make it in there.

Calarem, Calarem Pas French 3/8 bo***ée. aDADE tuning, D minor. Clawhammer banjo. TAB at http://clawhammerlessons.co.uk/tabs/Calarem,%20Calarem%20Pas.png

TAB for "Barham Down". It's a bit of a work-in-progress because my tablature software doesn't really understand slurs.
For a 3/2 hornpipe you can think of it like a "bum-dit bum-dit" polka rhythm but with an extra bum-dit. Just assume that all minims are struck discretely, crotchets are struck as part of a regular bum-dit strike, and groups of quavers are slurred.

If you're required to hammer-on or pull-off to a note on a different string then it's not a mistake in the TAB (although the funky tied notes are!). Alternate-string slurs are a fairly standard part of many clawhammer styles, and it's something you get used to pretty quickly if you're not a massive fan of drop thumb but want to play melodically. (The only other option is to do weird closed position stuff up the neck, but I don't find that sounds explosive enough.)

Make sure your banjo is well-setup to let those notes pop - one reason I prefer a more crisp setup than the "p***y" sound that's been popular in the old-time circuit for the last couple of decades.