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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Gm Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 9/28/2024
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 11/29/2014
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Notes: Based on the playing of John McEuen. Recorded Source: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken'
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 12/4/2014 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Jazz Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Cm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 11/27/2014 - 3 Member Comments
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Genre: Country Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Gm Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 7/31/2015
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Notes: I tabbed this from an old Michael Martin Murphey recording. It makes for a really nice, upbeat old-timey tune if you or someone else accompanies it with the sung lyrics.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 4/21/2017 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: This tab is based on the playing of Eagles member Bernie Leadon from the album Desperado.
Genre: Rock Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 10/20/2012
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Notes: Based on the playing of Bernie Leadon. Recorded source: The Eagles (self titled)
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 12/28/2014
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Notes: Here's Steve Martin's arrangement of this old classic.
Genre: Country Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 3/12/2015
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Notes: This tab is pretty close to the banjo break played on the Ricky Scaggs recording. Be sure to capo up 4 if you're going to play with the recording. Happy picking!
Genre: Traditional Style: Classic Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 2/22/2015 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: There are two midi sound files posted here: The first midi provides the sound of each string, from 5th to 1st, to help you get your banjo in an Open D tuning. The second midi follows the tab note for note. The midi is played at half speed to facilitate learning.
The tab itself is a PDF file for easier access to those who might not have the TABrite program loaded on their computer.
Genre: Rock Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 1/1/2014 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Done in the style of the Eagles recording, this tab combines the first and second banjos of Bernie Leadon's studio playing.
Genre: Classical Style: Classic Key: C Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 10/7/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Based on the playing of John McEuen. Recorded source: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 'Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy'
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 12/4/2014
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 9/16/2014 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: Yep. This is the way Roy plays it (for the most part). Roy's been known to switch it up, using different licks and different positions on the fingerboard, but, like I said, for the most part this IS his arrangement.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Gm Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 10/7/2012 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: This song has morphed into many different versions throughout the years. John McEuen first composed it in the 1960s as 'Dismal Swamp'. It later got some new life breathed into it when he rearranged it in the late-1970s and recorded it as 'White Russia' on the self-titled album 'The Dirt Band'. Later still it resurfaced once more in what we know today as 'Return to Dismal Swamp'. In my tab I've incorporated all the known versions of this song into one arrangement. It's a great banjo tune from the mind of John McEuen and it's worthy of your interest.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Gm Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 11/26/2014 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 12/4/2014
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Genre: Country Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Open D (aDF#Ad) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 6/5/2016
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Notes: Based on the playing of John McEuen from the old Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album "Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy." This is just the opening line to the song but the remainder of the song can be done using a basic clawhammer 'bum-diddy' right-hand rhythm following the prescribed chord progression.
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