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seancheol-ceol-nua - Posted - 06/07/2024: 10:10:38
Hello!
I really enjoy playing more 'intrumental' songs (i.e cripple creek & cluck old hen) and im looking to find more songs to learn! Leave your favourites below :-)
jack_beuthin - Posted - 06/07/2024: 13:20:12
Here’ are some playlists from my YouTube channel. Each video has an associated free tab (go to the description of each video and look for the link).
Clawhammer banjo tunes with tabs: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL00...7Di2KiK4j
Two finger banjo tunes with tabs: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL00...7Di2KiK4j
Or, all of the above plus some up picking and 3 finger stuff: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL00...ehR_oXhRn
carlb - Posted - 06/08/2024: 10:14:12
Some good tunes with links to the lyrics. You can also check out my media files, as there are some good songs that I also play an instrumental version in the break.
Angeline the Baker
georgiapickandbow.org/wp-conte...yrics.pdf
Darling Nellie Gray
parlorsongs.com/content/n/nell...y-lyr.php
Black Eyed Susie
bluegrasslyrics.com/song/black-eyed-susie/
Old Molly Hare
nativeground.com/old-molly-hare/
ceemonster - Posted - 06/08/2024: 10:36:24
In Irish traditional music they use "songs" for sung music, and "tunes" for instrumental trad. I sometimes see oldtime folks going with that dichotomy in their jargon, but not always. But because I'm used to it from ITM I use "tunes" to refer to oldtime instrumental music.
Anyhow, just like with Irish and Scottish trad, instrumental "tunes" are a huge and major chunk of the oldtime clawhammer repertoire. Because it's dance music originally, even if now that music is often played just for listening.
-----The three "County Clawhammer" records were originally on LP and are now available on CD. A ton of classic instrumental oldtime tunes are on those recordings.
-----Another great source is Bob Carlin's "Banging and Sawing," a classic CD full of instrumental oldtime tunes that are staples at oldtime jams and just great tunes. He's also done a book, "Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo."
-----I've met people who told me when starting out they learned every tune on this wonderful mostly instrumental recording by The Fuzzy Mountain String Band. Every tune on there is an oldtime classic.
amazon.com/Fuzzy-Mountain-Stri...0000003NT
-----One of my personal favorite sources are the tunes in the Miles Krassen book, "Clawhammer Banjo." I love the tunes and tabs in that book. It used to come with a record inset, now it's an mp3 link.
amazon.com/Fuzzy-Mountain-Stri...0000003NT
There is a gent on this forum named Bob Lanham, BH moniker BLanham, who has done lovely video recordings of the tunes in the Miles Krassen book. And other nifty oldtime tunes. Here's a link to his BH "Media" page--No doubt you'll find a number of keepers there.
banjohangout.org/myhangout/hom...?id=45862
Edited by - ceemonster on 06/08/2024 10:46:41