Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 8/29/2015 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Here are 5 licks that you can use for a G-D-G turnaround. The first 4 are originals of mine. The first employs a chordal approach. The second substitutes a Bb chord for the D, to provide a kind of bluesy effect that is unexpected and punchy. The third is one of my default licks, which I have used in a variety of tunes. The fourth I have also used in many tunes, including "Are You Missing Me," which you can hear on my BHO page, at http://www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/media-player/audio_player2.asp?musicid=9864&archived= I have to tell you that for years I struggled with tabbing the correct timing on this one, and the solution came to me while I was sleeping -- I kid you not. The last one is a wonderful Bill Emerson lick. It is constructed beautifully, and I feel a sense of peace and oneness with the universe when I hear it. Okay, perhaps that's overstating it somewhat. But it is a great lick, which is anchored in the repetitive use of the C note, the flatted 7th, on the second string, with the melody notes doing a lovely walk up the first string.
Genre: Other Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjohn2, updated: 7/23/2016
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Notes: Another Swiss dancetune by Kasi Geisser. Lookout for the keychanges to D and C
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Harpist, updated: 11/21/2013 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: Traditional Shetland fiddle tune in D. Sawmill tuning EDAEa. The tune is sometimes known as The Fairy Reel: ferry and fairy are pronounced similarly in Shetland
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Harpist, updated: 11/21/2013
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Notes: Traditional Shetland fiddle tune in D. Sawmill tuning EDAEa
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Barry Crannell, updated: 6/2/2016
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Notes: I will get this video posted as well.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Harpist, updated: 11/21/2013
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Notes: Traditional Shetland fiddle tune in A modal. Sawmill tuning EDAEa
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Other
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Harpist, updated: 11/21/2013
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Notes: Traditional Shetland fiddle tune in D. Sawmill tuning EDAEa. Interesting bit in the second half: this is where the fiddle would do 2 bowstrokes on the upper 2 strings, then one on the bottom 2
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Hannes Fehringer, updated: 9/4/2010 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: As played by Jim Mills, Hide Head Blues, 2005, Sugar Hill, Key of A, capo 2nd fret.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dpetervan, updated: 4/9/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: 3-finger rendition of this great clawhammer Steve Martin tune
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Joe Connor, updated: 9/24/2014
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Notes: Another Steve Martin composition. It's somewhat unusual in that Steve plays some of the melody notes up the neck on interior strings.
Genre: Country Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by MartinLuther1960, updated: 1/12/2014 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Other Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Banjo Island, updated: 2/11/2011
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Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/29/2012
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Notes: TablEdit by David J Payne
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 10/19/2011
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Notes: This is an own composition,named after my dog. I)t is played in old-time two finger style with mixed thumb lead and index lead.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Am Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 7/12/2017
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Notes: Original tune by Jay Best
Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/25/2006
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Other Key: A#/Bb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mwblake, updated: 11/6/2009
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Notes: Melodic banjo version of a fantastic fiddle tune. Thanks must go to Mike Stangland for his great guitar tab (also included here), from which the banjo tab has been created. I have put the key as Bb (Capo III - G shapes), as it is in this key that Bryan Sutton plays it and Stuart Duncan appears to cope ok on the fiddle! I hope you enjoy it.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A#/Bb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by corcoran, updated: 12/24/2023 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: This version of Daley's Reel combines Scruggs, single-string, and melodic styles, all of which I needed to capture the tune. My version was inspired by Kenny Baker's on fiddle. There are some tricky bits in the right-hand fingering, and below the tab I have indicated which digits I use to play it.
Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/20/2012
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Notes: arranged for banjo by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dskeigley, updated: 8/12/2013
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Genre: Old Time Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 12/30/2012
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Notes: Dance Around Molly is a nice old fiddle tune, made known by Tommy Magness (who played with Bill Monroe and later with Roy Acuff in the 40's, and on Grand Ole Opry).
This tab represents several different styles:
1) Some kind of old-time melodic three-finger playing almost all notes as the fiddle plays. There is two variants of the first part (part A): first a high version and then a lower version down the neck version. In the fiddle recording part A is the low part which start on the low notes (fourth string on the fiddle) and goes up, but to play all the notes I chose to go up one octave. In the variation I cheat away the low notes.
2) Some kind of Scruggs style.
3) Clawhammer
Choose whatever style you like.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD)
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 11/26/2010
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Notes: Capo at 2nd fret (5th at 7th or peg up) aDADE
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Classical Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by The Cosmic Surfer, updated: 6/27/2023
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Genre: Popular Style: Other Key: Dm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Greg Gilbert, updated: 11/14/2018
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Notes: Christmas song from the Nutcracker Suite
Genre: Other Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jbs325is, updated: 3/12/2012
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Genre: Classical Style: Classical Key: Em Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 12/11/2023 - 1 Member Comments
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Popular Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjoy, updated: 6/27/2021
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Notes: This is my arrangement for 5-String Banjo of this tune "Dance With Me" made popular by the band Orleans in the early 1970s. Good songs are ageless! I have also created a YouTube video to give you an idea of how this sounds, found at https://youtu.be/badtIDqcUnE
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 9/2/2021 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: When she was a little sprout, my granddaughter would squeal and dance around when I played the banjo. This simple tune emerged and became one for her to dance to.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Country Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Gm Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Nevada Dan, 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: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Classical Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by tom nelson, updated: 4/9/2011 - 3 Member Comments
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Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD)
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 5/15/2014
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Andyrhydycreuau, updated: 7/7/2024
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by KI4PRK, updated: 2/15/2010
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Notes: Dock Boggs "Danville Girl", from his original 1927 recording. The actual tuning is eCFGC, which is D-modal (f#DGAD) down a whole-step. Not a difficult tune, with simple three finger rolls. A great old-time three-finger tune.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 2/26/2021
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Notes: Doc's melody only repeated four times and then how he did his banjo backup behind it repeated four times. The PDF shows the first Staff as his banjo, second staff as his vocal.
Genre: Rock Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Am Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Truje Luthier, updated: 2/19/2020
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by chuckv97, updated: 9/30/2024
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Notes: Kris Kristofferson’s fine song that The Country Gentlemen and others recorded.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by chuckv97, updated: 9/30/2024
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Notes: Kris Kristofferson’s fine song from the early 1970’s, recorded by The Country Gentlemen
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stigandr5, updated: 1/30/2013
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Notes: Based on #405 of "Alawon John Thomas" (ed. Cass Meurig). A Welsh tune. Enjoy!
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jbs325is, updated: 3/12/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by James Stiltner, updated: 1/5/2013
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD)
Posted by schlange, updated: 7/28/2014
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Notes: From Jack Baker, for this week's TOTW (http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/288856)
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 12/14/2023
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Notes: This tab is based on the playing in this Talise Tunes video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fph6LWquadM. She is in open G tuning capoed at the 6th fret for the key of C#. I hear syncopated drop thumb licks and have used those in the tab. If syncopation is awkward for you, replace the rests with a downstroke. If drop thumb is difficult for you, replace it with a brush stroke.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Other Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by howsy-bee, updated: 9/1/2016 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: From Bill's recording with Muleskinner, 1973. While being quite a short break, it's filled with "Keith signature licks".
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/25/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 8/14/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Tabbed by Dave Dry / Bob Little Foaotmad Resources
From the playing of Dianne Jones
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 1/22/2024 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 6/12/2024
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 4/7/2021
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 4/7/2021
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by TheDuck, updated: 8/29/2020
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Notes: Inspired by the 2-finger tab by janolov. It's an interesting take on this song, which I've always played in C minor out of triple C tuning.
The alternate string pulloffs from the 4th to 3rd string can be replaced by hammering on the 4th fret of the 4th string if you want.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 10/19/2011
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Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by kingfisher500, updated: 12/15/2010
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Notes: Double C Tuning capo 2, aDADE
Genre: Old Time Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by RB3, updated: 3/9/2023
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Notes: Written by the abolitionist B.R. Handy in 1856. Hanby also composed the children's Christmas song "Up On The Housetop".
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 3/11/2023
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 3/7/2024
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Notes: This is set in the relative standard G tuning, but is pitched down five half steps to dADF#A, setting the arrangement in the key of D. You could just as well play it in standard tuning (and the key of G), or anywhere in between. A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/ICA7m_IEwfY
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/29/2012
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Notes: TablEdit by David J Payne
Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Fortune, updated: 2/3/2010 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Cm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by Westvon, updated: 9/18/2012
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 9/2/2024
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Notes: This tab is for a fiddle tune by Scott Boatright of southwest Virginia. He was never recorded, so there are not many examples of his playing. This tab comes from an online workshop by Tyler Hughes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgEFo8epNg
BHO Member Lowell Adams (lwadams4) came across this workshop and suggested that it be added to the Tab Library.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 11/13/2020 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: This is for the Old-Time TOTW 11/13/2020: https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/370158
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 8/6/2017
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Notes: A modal
Genre: Folk Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: C Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 1/31/2014 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAhAarI1Zig Capo 4th
Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by C4banjo, updated: 4/25/2019
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Notes: One of my students was wanting to learn the old Davy Crockett theme song and said he couldn't find a simple beginners version tab. So I wrote it up! enjoy!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/25/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by prestg1, updated: 6/1/2013 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: Transcribed from the EP 'Dawg Grass', which is the version used in the Car Talk theme. Doesn't include the mando/banjo intro; just the guts of it, as interpreted.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Paulie Ray, updated: 12/24/2010
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Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 9/4/2013
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Notes: Most Hymnals have it as composed - in E flat. I have an 'Eb' version, a 'C' version and a 'C' back-up version.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/25/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 6/18/2020 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: When he was a sideman with the Stanley Brothers, Bill Napier wrote this simple but attractive tune on the mandolin. The Stanleys recorded it at different times as Daybreak in Dixie and as Ralph's Banjo Special.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Ben Asher, updated: 7/10/2012 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: So I wrote this song while trying to learn 'drop-thumb'... It is a simple tune with 'drop-thumb' in about half of the measures. It is a good tune to learn on, in my opinion, and even if you can already drop that thumb, its a cute little tune. Try it out and tell me what you think!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by coltoncrawford, updated: 12/13/2018 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/27/2006
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Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/20/2012
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Notes: arranged for banjo by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/27/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by KI4PRK, updated: 9/6/2009 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: My version of Dear Old Dixie. Has all the bluegrass styles I play: Scruggs, Reno, Melodic, and whatever of my own I through in there. It's fairly difficult.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by bango, updated: 9/6/2016
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Notes: My first tab!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 6/12/2024
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 7/6/2023
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Notes: I have posted the tab for a couple of variations of DOD, including a break down the neck. As a special treat, the tab includes the lyrics, in a footnote at the end.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by seanray, updated: 10/6/2013
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Notes: Backup Tab for "The Session Book" - seanray.com
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/27/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum) Key: G Tuning: Tenor G (DGdg) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Mirek Tim Patek, updated: 2/24/2011
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Notes: Thanks to Will Vermeer for transcribing my playing.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dskeigley, updated: 12/27/2014
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Genre: Popular Style: Classic Key: F Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Devon Wells, updated: 11/24/2014
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Genre: Unknown/None Chosen Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by runner, updated: 12/11/2011
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jbs325is, updated: 3/12/2012
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Ian_banjo, updated: 10/19/2013
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Notes: This occasionally uses the middle finger on the second string, which is OK with practice!
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/27/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: F Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by howsy-bee, updated: 3/5/2022 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: Bill Keith's two breaks on Red Allen, Frank Wakefield and the Kentuckians' 1964 Smithsonian Folkways recording.
Tuning: aDGBD; Capo: 3; 5th string capo: 8
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 6/23/2024 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: A country blues classic. This is my two finger, mostly thumb lead, rendition. A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/ciRQJKE-P-w
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 5/10/2022
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Notes: A video demo of this version is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kP7eZzU0uUM
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by Peter Vipulis, updated: 4/16/2019 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: 5th String Capo 7.
Not sure if it was recorded separately, heard some things that he was/wasn't playing (shrug).
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyewFTUg7kM
Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: E Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 9/28/2022 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: This is an attempt to make a three-finger version of Deep River Blues. It is mainly based on Doc Watson's version (on guitar) but I have listened to Merle Travis and Delmore Brothers too. It is played in the key of E in standard tuning but with the fifth string capod or spiked to a B on 9th fret
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by RB3, updated: 10/2/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: F Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 3/28/2022
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Notes: This an update to a tab I posted several years ago. "Deer River" is a clawhammer tune written by Chris Coole, the fine Canadian banjo player. Chris plays this in the key of F - fDGCD (or Sawmill tuning with the 5th string dropped to F from G). This tab adds a Part C that Chris plays at the end of the tune. The tab is based on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJCjkkK23Vk
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/27/2006
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/27/2006
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Am Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by coltoncrawford, updated: 9/6/2018
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD)
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 4/1/2016 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: 2-finger thumb lead
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjoman 1, updated: 2/14/2016 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by AlBanjo38, updated: 4/20/2018
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Notes: Melodic (Not exactly Scruggs)
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/6/2022
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by corcoran, updated: 10/1/2023 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: Denver Belle is a lovely medium-tempo tune written and recorded by Kenny Baker, the greatest bluegrass fiddler. My arrangement highlights the power of the pull-off on the first string out of the C position.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Duc7, updated: 9/11/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Here's a wicked little banjo tune from the great Alan Munde and Country Gazette. Lots of "Dillard" roll here, and everything falls nicely under the fingers until the diminished run at the end, which is fairly prickly.... This is one you should have in your arsenal - enjoy! Skip Holmes.
Genre: Popular Style: Other Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Frailblazer, updated: 10/8/2011 - 4 Member Comments
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Notes: Notes: This is my arrangement of The Eagles' "Desperado" for solo fingerstyle banjo. You are free to use this arrangement for noncommercial purposes only. For other possible uses please contact the author - Ric Hollander (ric.hollander@gmail.com) www.richollander.com
Genre: Popular Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD)
Posted by eagleisland, updated: 11/10/2011
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Notes: Approximation of opening lick to Miranda Lambert song "Desperation" per request of BHO member EarlsGranada
Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Gm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by chuckk, updated: 3/6/2011
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Notes: This is the national anthem of Romania arranged for 5-string banjo, standard G tuning.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Landreth, updated: 10/6/2009
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Notes: aEAC#E. This tune is tabbed out in the most basic open ended way I could figure. Everybody plays a little different so I just try to get the basic thing out. That doesn't mean it is easy but it doesn't mean it's hard. Tunes evolve over time. I actually had to undate one messure to how I play it today. As my old friend Bob Holt would put it "I wrote that tune...after I played it about a thousand times". Have fun with it. It is one of my favorites.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Gm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by heronhawk, updated: 5/9/2015
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Notes: The recording is the pluckers section of the Olympia Volunteer String Band. The sheet music is in the Portland Collection vol. 1.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Fortune, updated: 10/16/2021
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Studebaker Hawk, updated: 9/3/2009
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Notes: Based on the playing style of a great Southern California picker, Don Gerber. Played in the key of A (G tuning, capo 2).
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by TheBanjoPrince, updated: 10/28/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Visit my site at www.StewartTylerMay.com for more melodic clawhammer tabs.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jbs325is, updated: 3/12/2012
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Notes: Get the Backing Track, MP3 and Chord Chart at LaynePublications.com.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by AlBanjo38, updated: 5/3/2018
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Notes: Melodic (Not exactly Scruggs)
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by 21stCenturyBanjo, updated: 7/31/2018
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Notes: Bill Keith's Melodic version
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by rossnickerson, updated: 5/5/2019
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 6/12/2024
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Tom Hanway, updated: 11/19/2015
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Notes: Bill Keith played this live at the Eagle Tavern in New York on March 20, 1988. Capo II to play in A.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Am Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Devon Wells, updated: 6/4/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Traditional Style: Other Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stratovarious520, updated: 7/16/2021
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Notes: Just a tip o' the cap to the Keith/Rooney medley. May be some ideas here you will find useful. Video also in the archives.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 12/3/2011
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Notes: A B-minor tune, Double-D, Capo at 2nd fret, 5th=F-sharp, f#DADE
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Gm Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Jeepeedee, updated: 12/18/2017
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Notes: Clawhammer version of an irish traditional song, based on Clannad's rendition but not same key.
Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Dm Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 4/7/2021
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Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Dm Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 4/7/2021
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Genre: Other Style: Classical Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by SirRight, updated: 4/16/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: This is the first 20 bars, complete.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by carlb, updated: 6/4/2013 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: capo 2
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 5/4/2014
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Notes: #45 in Samuel Bayard's collections Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife, Instrumental Folk Tunes in Pennsylvania. Learned from the playing of Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers. Arranged for clawhammer in SRB tuning (fDGCD).
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by KI4PRK, updated: 9/7/2009 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Ralph Stanley's "Dickson County Breakdown", a banjo breakdown that is basically a lot of common banjo licks over a simple melody, nonetheless great sounding and fun to play. Although rather close to Ralph's break, neither of the breaks are replicas of his own; they are fully my own interpretations. He doesn't do the up the neck break, but I thought it was fun so I threw it in there. Has useful, standard key of "G" introduction & ending that can fit on many songs. Includes a Rhythm Guitar & Bass rhythm track. Have fun!
Genre: Other Style: Other Key: D#/Eb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjohn2, updated: 7/23/2016
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Notes: This tune is a Swiss polka by Kasi Geisser. You can hear it on youtube. Watch out for the key changes to Bb and Ab
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 5/23/2016 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: On 8 December 1962 Flatt and Scruggs played their legendary concert at Carnegie Hall. It was not the first bluegrass concert at Carnegie Hall, having been preceded by Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys, but it is certainly the most memorable. Dig a Hole in the Meadow was one of the songs the Foggies played, and it incorporates one of Earl’s most elegant breaks that nails the melody without over-reliance on formulaic rolls. Ironically, Bill Monroe recorded the song as Darling Cory just 2 days before, on 6 December 1962, with Lonnie Hoppers playing a break similar but not identical to Earl’s on banjo. Most bluegrass folk are probably familiar with the version by the Foggies, but you should definitely give a listen to Monroe’s version as well: His singing is outstanding, Kenny Baker's fiddle playing is beautiful as always, and Monroe takes a mandolin break that is positively eerie.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Ragtime Style: Other
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Ragtime Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Devon Wells, updated: 2/26/2010
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Genre: Ragtime Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by AlBanjo38, updated: 11/21/2017
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Notes: Melodic (Not exactly Scruggs). Play all 3 parts, then repeat Part I. Capo at 2nd fret to play in D.
Genre: Ragtime Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Banjopikr, updated: 11/26/2022
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Notes: The Dill Pickle Rag was composed by Charles L. Johnson while working at the Carl Hoffman Music Company when one of the clerks was bringing him a carton of dill pickles for his dinner. Johnson declared: “I’ll call it Dill Pickles Rag.” and somewhere along the way the ‘s’ was dropped. Either way, it was one of his favourites and was subsequently recorded over 30 times on numerous 78 RPM recordings.
My first time hearing it was on a Don Reno recording with Bill Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-Ups, where Don utilizes some of his single-string picking, AKA Reno style, to hash out parts of the melody. For those not familiar, this is a bluegrass banjo sub-style that features multiple notes on the same string, played with a downstroke of the thumb and upstroke with the index finger. It emulates the flat-picking style on guitar but uses a thumb pick and finger pick instead of a plectrum. It takes a bit of practice to get a clean note as you have to time it perfectly with your right and left hands.
For the mandolinists out there, check out the version from Jesse McReynolds of Jim and Jesse & The Virginia Boys in his signature cross-picking style on the 1963 Newport Folk Festival live recording.
It seems all of the bluegrass recordings of this number have arranged it to have only two parts: A and B, like most fiddle tunes, and like most ragtime tunes imported to the bluegrass canon. However all ragtime tunes by definition have four parts, so this arrangement includes parts C and D as well. Parts A and B are in the key of G and then the next two parts modulate to the key of C.
As always, start slow! Once you have it down and are totally and completely bored with playing it, that’s how you know you are ready to speed up!
There is a video on the MOBS Facebook Page for reference.
If you would like to reach out, email me at osmondt@gmail.com.
Happy pickling!
Genre: Ragtime Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by SCFActg, updated: 2/17/2013
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Genre: Ragtime Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by bango, updated: 1/1/2018
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Genre: Ragtime Style: Classic Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Kimerer, updated: 12/14/2017
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Notes: I used Lilypond to create the tab.
I have programmed Lilypond to produce standard notation of Dill Pickles and a MIDI file in addition to the banjo tab. I have converted the MIDI file to MP3 as well in case you cannot play the MIDI on your system.
I would upload the Lilypond source, but it will not let me upload a .ly file.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by banjukebox, updated: 9/6/2022
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Notes: Capo 2
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Bill H, updated: 9/17/2022 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: G tuning, capo 2
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jasonmullins, updated: 6/24/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: This is my fairly easy version of Dirty Old Town by the Pogues. Feel free to make the rolls more interesting, and I may do so as well.
Version 2 uploaded. Sounds like a better match for the original.
Genre: Folk Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by bingaling, updated: 1/8/2012
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Notes: Arranged by Geoff Bing
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by job, updated: 12/7/2016
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Old Hickory, updated: 12/26/2020
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Notes: In response to a beginner's discussion asking about roll patterns for the Pogues' version of DIrty Old Town, I spent time with headphones and tabbed out a version as close as I can come to what I hear. Sometimes hard to hear notes in backup. This is close enough to get a beginner started.
Note: TablEdit's syncopation setting doesn't really capture the feel. Listen to the recording here for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pupVjQBwASo
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by kmwaterstx, updated: 10/8/2019
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Notes: Did this one a long time ago. Enjoy.
Genre: Popular Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by RB3, updated: 6/3/2022 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Most folks know the song as "Dixie", but the title is actually "Dixie's Land".
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by leinbachj, updated: 3/11/2012
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Notes: Here is a Reno style version.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 11/10/2018
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by SCFActg, updated: 10/16/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Greg Gilbert, updated: 9/7/2009
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Notes: In the style of Carl Jackson
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 11/10/2018
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by corcoran, updated: 6/6/2020
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjopeter, updated: 12/20/2020 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: View instruction video on YouTube. Enter Keywords: banjo peter noorman.
Or visit my website for tabs and instruction videos: www.peternoorman.nl
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 5/22/2016 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: My take on Jesse McReynolds's classic tune, arranged with a harmony part for the second banjo.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjo_don, updated: 5/29/2012
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Notes: This is one of Terrys' early ones off the Boone Creek Album any comments let me know banjo don !!!!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Paulie Ray, updated: 11/6/2011 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: This is a version of Steve Earle's "Dixieland" on the Mountain Album. It's played in the key of D on the album (capo at 7th fret for a bright sound to compliment the penny whistle). This tab follows the vocals. The intro is slightly different, but I think you can figure out that part using this tab.
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stan, updated: 7/22/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: this was a redo for our worship band;
Do Lord or This Little Light of Mine
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Steelydan, updated: 9/1/2013
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Notes: Simplified version of Do Lord, including Lyrics and a link to a Tabledit version Scruggs style 3-finger picking. Experiment with this one, add or ignore hammer-ons, pull-offs and try in different keys (A-capo 2, Bflat-capo 3). Linked to Gospel Lover's group.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by shmizzle, updated: 9/1/2013 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Do Wrong Right - as performed by The Devil Makes Three
Originally written and performed by Jim Jones' Original Fryin' Pan
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Tabbed by:Jeremy Williams
E-mail:interrogationpro@gmail.com
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Genre: Jazz Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum) Key: C Tuning: Tenor Standard (CGDA) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjopaolo, updated: 2/17/2010 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: melody and chord diagrams
Genre: Jazz Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum) Key: C Tuning: Tenor Standard (CGDA) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjopaolo, updated: 9/11/2010
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by ksjewell21, updated: 1/30/2022
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Notes: As promised, here's another Howdy Forrester fiddle tune, "Doc Harris Hornpipe" which is a Larry McNeely arrangement. Larry capos this on the 4th fret in "B". You can see him performing this on YouTube. This is a tricky 4 part fiddle tune with lot's of triplets making it a lot of fun to play. This arrangement came directly from Larry but if you have any questions, email me!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by stratovarious520, updated: 12/25/2022
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Notes: I originally learned this from Jimmy Arnold, But this arrangement is closer to Howdy's original. Capo 2. Mp3 and .pdf files are in the Tab discussion forum.
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Am Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Adgardad, updated: 3/16/2010 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: A great minor tune from Tony Trischka's "A Robot Plane Flies Over Arkansas" album. A fairly straight forward melodic style arrangement.
Genre: Folk Style: Other Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by EmilLevy, updated: 7/14/2021
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Notes: Hi I couldnt Select the correct tuning but it is in Docks Signature Tuning F# C G A D (relative) but he ussually tunes it down two frets so the actual tuning is E Bb F G C. This is a song about the suffering of Jesus Christ, even though I'm not religous this song still has an impact which anyone can appreaciate. Like in Many of Docks songs he brushes with his index finger on certain parts which gives it his unique sound, it is noted as Br in the tab with an arrow going upward. Thanks to Freddy Badger who introduced me to this song and gave me some tips which helped me transcribe it, (Search him on Youtube).
Genre: Classical Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by Jodebanjo, updated: 12/7/2013
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Notes: Need help to make this one playable..
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 9/17/2014
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Notes: Double-D, capo at 2nd place, 5th=a, aDADE
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A#/Bb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by schlange, updated: 10/13/2014
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Notes: For our TOTW (http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/292753) from Jack Baker.
Genre: Jazz Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Dm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by KI4PRK, updated: 7/6/2010
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Notes: Here's an old tune from the late 20's (I think), "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown". I learned this from a Joe Venuti and his Blue Six recording from '34, with some help from "Joe Venuti and his Orchestra"'s recording. It's a cool number with a not too complicated chord progression that moves right along. The bridge, IMHO, is wonderful, how it hangs on that Bb7 and is just dying to resolve. A good number to jam on. Has a Rhythm Guitar & Bass rhythm track. Have fun!
Genre: Jazz Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Dm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stratovarious520, updated: 6/17/2022
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Notes: Best I can tell, written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the film "Broadway Through a Keyhole"(1933) and performed by Isham Jones and his orchestra. The version I heard was by studio guitar ace John Jorgenson (guitar and clarinet). I tried to capture the vibe of the Jorgenson cover without going crazy.
Genre: Ragtime Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by stratovarious520, updated: 12/9/2021 - 4 Member Comments
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Notes: From "Strictly Arnold". A lot of pinches and double-picked notes. Reminiscent of Merle Travis' guitar style.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 7/19/2019
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Notes: This is a nice traditional Swedish "round dance" tune here in clawhammer arrangement.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 7/19/2019
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Notes: This is a two-finger version ("mostly" thumb lead) of an old traditional Swedish "round dance" tune.
Genre: Rock Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Devon Wells, updated: 10/11/2011
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 6/21/2024 - 2 Member Comments
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by briar32, updated: 10/31/2011
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Westvon, updated: 12/18/2014
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Notes: Kick off as played by Ron Stewart on Adam Steffey's CD, 'Grateful." This is quintessential down and dirty, driving banjo. It demands to be played with attitude and bounce.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/9/2015
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Notes: From Jack Baker, for our TOTW (http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/300589
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Other Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by schlange, updated: 9/11/2013
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 2/29/2012
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Notes: Here is a clawhammer version of Bob Dylan's wonderful song.
Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 2/12/2020 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: This is an attempt to catch the old Bob Dylan tune. It is both an easy tune with an easy melody, but also a difficult tune with an irregular meter with half-singing and half-talking
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by briar32, updated: 10/31/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Other Key: A#/Bb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by KI4PRK, updated: 1/4/2010 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Here is a fine old fiddle tune from Texas, Done Gone, in the key of Bb. There are actually 2 different versions here, both adapted from the two versions in the "Craig Duncan Master Fiddle Solo Collection". The first version, a three part tune, is accommodating of the lower register of the banjo note-for-note in the first and second parts, although some "octave switching" is needed in the third part. The second version requires the use of the upper register of the banjo, and is much more difficult. It's not a jam standard, but a fun piece to play and should you come across a fiddler who knows either version, it's an excellent tune to play. Has a Rhythm Guitar & Bass rhythm track. Have fun!
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A#/Bb Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by LyleK, updated: 4/23/2011 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A#/Bb Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by natepope, updated: 4/23/2011
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Notes: Done Gone, two parts, in Bb. The tuning is g F Bb D F, or open-G capoed at third fret with the drone string uncapoed. For TOTW.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Dave Nauman, updated: 2/7/2010 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Devon Wells, updated: 2/26/2010
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 5/11/2024
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by John Steele, updated: 1/3/2013 - 4 Member Comments
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Notes: I transcribed this from Jim's sound file posted here. You will find that bars 13-16 are a bit different than on other passes through. I have written out bars 13-16 just as Jim played them, but you may find it easier to substitute bars 21-23, which are very similar to the intro. The tab itself cannot accurately describe Jim's exceptional nuance and dynamics... you'll have to listen very closely to duplicate which notes sing out, and which notes are tucked into the background.
This afternoon I went through this tab with Jim to ensure it's accuracy. I hope you enjoy it. - John
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Old Hickory, updated: 12/9/2017
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Notes: I've had to learn fiddle tunes on banjo for my current Celtic-oriented band. When I can't find a tab in a book or online, I have to work out my own three-finger arrangements. Typically, I start at one of the ABC Notation sites to get the basic melody.
This setting of Donnybrook Fair is the first one I've taken the time to enter in TablEdit. I'm uploading the same tab in PDF in case your TablEdit display and print preferences don't like my tab. (And in case you don't have the TEF player)
December 9, 2017: Uploaded new TEF and PDF files reflecting the way my fingering has changed. MIDI file still plays the old way (with some slides that I no longer play)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stan, updated: 7/22/2012 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: thanks Mitch Jane & Rodney Dillard for such a great tune!
this is one of my favorite Andy Griffith episodes!
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by webadage, updated: 9/4/2013
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Steelydan, updated: 10/29/2013
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Notes: A simplified beginning clawhammer version of Dooley, made famous by the Dillards. This is tabbed in G, but can be played in A, B or C (with Capo or up-tuning). Included are lyrics and optional intros and endings. The verse starts at the 3rd stanza (measure 1). Remember to repeat between : and substitute 2 for 1 on 2nd go around where applicable. Also included are BHO links in B and G. Linked to Beginning Clawhammer Group.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Nevada Dan, 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: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 5/11/2024
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by SCFActg, updated: 1/15/2013
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 2/13/2022
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Notes: There is a recording of this rendition in my media library: https://www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/media-player/audio_player2.asp?musicid=40647&archived=
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by seanray, updated: 4/9/2012
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 4/8/2021
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Notes: "Doug's Tune" was written and played by Doug Dillard and the Dillards. This clawhammer version of "Doug's Tune" is based on the 2010 YouTube video by oldthyme dragon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMNYU-8aZdU ). It is really more of a ragtime tune than bluegrass. The syncopation in Part A requires either an upward brush stroke or a drop thumb to the 1st string. I chose the latter.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stratovarious520, updated: 1/12/2023 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: Capo 2. A couple of surprises inside. ; )
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A#/Bb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Duelington, updated: 3/1/2023
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Notes: This is my shot at Doug's Tune from The Dillards Back Porch Bluegrass.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 12/5/2021 - 5 Member Comments
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Genre: Classical Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/29/2007
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 10/9/2014
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by LyleK, updated: 10/27/2010
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Notes: TOTW for 10/22/2010
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 2/8/2014
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Notes: From the fiddling of West Virginian French Carpenter. Capo 2 to play in the key of A with a fiddler.
Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Dm Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/20/2017
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Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by BanjoTom1, updated: 2/27/2014 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by tandoor, updated: 12/14/2013
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by kevinwholmes, updated: 1/8/2011
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mwblake, updated: 11/28/2009
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Notes: My melodic banjo arrangement of a pretty tune written by Buck White (of "The Whites"). Mandolin tab included!
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by davebanjojo, updated: 7/4/2010
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Genre: Other Style: Other
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 7/31/2013
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 5/11/2024
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 5/11/2024
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dholland, updated: 9/8/2015
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Notes: This is my first attempt to tab a 3/4 time tune. To me it seems clunky in spots. Have a go at it and feedback would be appreciated. It is in the Key of D aDGBD tuning. Thanks.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 7/28/2021 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: Down In The Willow Garden is also known as Rose Conolly. The first part is also almost identical to Old Rosin' The Bow.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 8/19/2014 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 6/14/2021
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Notes: And now for something completely different: how about a bluegrass song about a guy murdering his (presumably pregnant) girlfriend? Notwithstanding its topic, Down in the Willow Garden is a very nice song, and it also serves as a fine instrumental. The tablature is inspired by Bill Keith’s version from a jam he recorded with Earl Scruggs in 1963 when Bill was working with Earl on the book “Earl Scruggs and the 5-string banjo.” In the recording I heard, Bill played banjo and Earl played 12-string guitar. An interesting aspect of Bill’s arrangement is that he played it first in the key of G and then modulated to the key of C, a very nice transition.
Genre: Rock Key: C Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 6/15/2015 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: I made this tab on a request for a clawhammer tab, but it includes three different versions. Down On The Corner is a difficult clawhammer tune because of its calypso rhythm, three-finger style works much better. To get the calypso rhythm in clawhammer you must use some drop thumbs combined with "skips" (or air brushes), and emphasize the drop thumb notes. To get the calypso rhythm in 3-finger it is just to play a forward roll (T M t I M t I M - T for emphasize melody note played by thumb and t for thumb on fifth string)
The three versions I have tabbed are:
1. First the basic riffs, as played on guitar (but it is played one octave lower on guitar). It is important to get the right rhythm when playing this. Count fast 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2 and the melody notes falls on the 1s.This can be played in any style.
2. Then a clawhammer version where I have tried to get the calypso rhythm. Be sure to get the drop thumb and the skips (air brushes) right to keep the rhythm. Your hand shall be moving in a steady up and down motion as in most clawhammer tunes, but the emphasized drop thumbs and skips will get the calypso rhythm effects.
3. And finally a three-finger version based on a simple forward roll. I think this is much easier than the clawhammer version because the forward roll fits into the calypso rhythm.
Style: Other Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD)
Posted by adamsk, updated: 12/26/2015
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Notes: Based on Dock Boggs Folkways recording. Melody should be accurate. Strums and chord fingerings based on how I play it. Open G (about a quarter-step down on the recording), 3-finger.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 8/13/2022
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Notes: A fairly basic version in 2F style. Kind of stitched together with pieces from Dock Boggs, Walt Koken, and who know what else.
Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Am Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by coltoncrawford, updated: 5/26/2020
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by corcoran, updated: 4/6/2021 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: The tablature starts with an amalgam of Earl Scruggs's breaks from the 1949 recording and the video from 1956 (in volume 7 of the DVDs). It then proceeds to a version of one of Crowe's breaks from the Bluegrass Album Band, and finishes with a break of mine that was partially inspired, as I recall, by Alan Munde’s version. I first posted the tab on BHO in 2010, and here is an updated version.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum) Key: G Tuning: Tenor G (DGdg) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Mirek Tim Patek, updated: 2/24/2011
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/4/2014
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Notes: From Jack Baker, for the TOTW - http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/279323
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by phb, updated: 4/17/2021 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: This is my transcription of Flatt&Scruggs recording of "Down the Road". I transcribed the intro and all six breaks plus the ending lick. Comparing the breaks with each other is interesting because of the many very small variations Earl adds each time he plays the theme.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 6/12/2024
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 10/19/2011
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by kmwaters, updated: 12/21/2013
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Notes: Capoed up 2 all strings. Earl's opening break with Lester.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 10/29/2017 - 4 Member Comments
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Notes: Mercury 1949 capo 4th
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 4/7/2021
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjofrog, updated: 8/24/2010
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Notes: In measures 4&5 and 16&17 I bar the first three strings at the 5th fret with my index finger and fret the other notes with my ring finger. In measures 10&11 I bar the first three strings at the second fret with my index finger and fret the other notes with my ring finger.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by jorta, updated: 2/4/2011
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Notes: Could not find a Clawhammer tab for this song so thought I would make my own. Comments and improvements welcome!
Genre: Ragtime Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by bango, updated: 3/16/2017 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Any feedback will be welcomed.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 6/12/2024
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Genre: Popular Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by RB3, updated: 7/4/2024 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 7/12/2024
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Notes: This is a revised version of a tab I posted long ago. I incorporated several useful ideas from Wayne Cliburn's tab of July 2024, and I added a couple of wrinkles.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Studebaker Hawk, updated: 8/29/2009
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Notes: Based on the playing of John McEuen, from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Vol. I)".
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by SCFActg, updated: 6/30/2013
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by yopasjim, updated: 10/6/2015
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Notes: This is my first attempt at creating and posting a tab for the BHO community. I wrote the tab with three parts. The first part is a simple melody. The second part is the melody with pinches. And the third part is a Scruggs style version.
Genre: Classical Style: Classical Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by benduff, updated: 8/9/2024
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Vagueperson, updated: 12/23/2022
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Genre: Popular Style: Minstrel (Stroke Style) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 9/20/2014 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: single note
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 10/13/2022 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: These drills correspond to, and are explained in, my YouTube video: “Banjo Talk: You Can Drop Thumb From The Get-Go!”. Link: https://youtu.be/3Zw_xMuViEo
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: C Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 2/4/2014
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Notes: Little Maggie at different drive timings
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jcland, updated: 2/26/2020
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Notes: Per Request. Found this on an old backup drive I had. This version also has bass and backup rhythm guitar.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by kenperlman, updated: 1/24/2011
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Notes: Goes with Ken Perlman BH Workshop
Genre: Rock Style: Other Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Kuit_14, updated: 9/19/2010 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: "State of Massachusetts" By, Dropkick Murphies (AKA- The Nitro Circus Theme Song) Intro
Note*: This song is orgionaly for a Irish Tenor Banjo. This Tab is made for a 5- string Banjo. Tuning is done in a Standard open G. However the low D must be tuned down to A#/ B flat for this intro to sound correct! (gA#GBD)
Genre: Rock Style: Unknown/None Chosen Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by MSETTLE79, updated: 8/11/2010 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes:
since bajo tabs r so hard to find i thought id feed u baby birds
shipping up to boston
dropkick murphys
by: msettle79@yahoo.com
4 sting banjo
intro
-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0--9-7-5-7-5-4-5-0-2-
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riff 1
-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-0--
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riff 2
-2-0-2-0-2-4-5-9----
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riff 3
-9-7-5-7-5-4-5-0-2-
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ORDER
intro
riff 1
riff 2
riff 1
riff 3
the state of mass.
dropkick murphys
by: msettle79@yahoo.com
4 sting banjo
intro/main riff
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-5--5-5--------------------------------------
--------7-5-3-3-3-3-5-------------0-0-0-0-0--
----------------------5-5-5-5-3p0------------ X2
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5-5-5-----8-8-8-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-----------
------7-5----------------------------------- X1
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-0-5-00-7-00-8-00-12-00-10-00-8-00-777777777
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play this fast as hell
the 5-5-5-----
------7-5- are 2gether
its hard to get the rhythm
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Unknown/None Chosen Style: Minstrel (Stroke Style) Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by trapdoor2, updated: 8/10/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Drowsy Maggie from the 1871 Converse method.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by Chad Jones, updated: 6/3/2016
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Notes: "Drunkard's Lone Child," based on the playing of Dock Boggs. This song makes use of a 3 finger up picking style. The banjo follows the vocal melody. The thumb plays notes on the 3rd, 4th, and drone strings while the index and middle fingers play the 2nd and 1st strings, respectively. My version follows Boggs' 1963 recording, where he plays the initial verse a little differently from the rest. I have offered both ways in the tablature. The tab here is a basic outline, but in actual practice many liberties may be taken and variations played. I improvise a little when I play this, and I play with timing quite a bit, as Boggs often did. The tuning is f#CGAD.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjopiet, updated: 1/6/2024
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Notes: Old time fiddle tune (usally played in A), arranged in melodic banjo style.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/27/2021
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/27/2021
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Noah Cline, updated: 1/2/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 5/21/2023
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Notes: A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/57U3Euc1Jb0
Note that I used the Graveyard D tuning here, rather than the Double D tuning, which is more typical.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/27/2021
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Posted by the goodhand, updated: 4/12/2012
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Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/20/2012
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Notes: arranged for banjo by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
Genre: Popular Style: Other Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Gregor_Badeda, updated: 5/23/2019
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Notes: Also known as "vergiß es nie"; Christian song.
Genre: Folk Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum) Tuning: Tenor Irish (GDAE) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by StevensJohan, updated: 10/24/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: I am new on this forum, But i would like to add this song and hope that someone will work this out more to the orriginall off Barney Mckenna
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/20/2012
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Notes: arranged for banjo by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/27/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/27/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 10/19/2011
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Notes: Ducks In The Millpond is usually played in the key of D and double C/D tuning (capo 2). This is a variant in G tuning capo 2 to play in A.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 7/27/2010
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Notes: Tab made from midi file transcribed by John Lamancusa from Rayna Gellert
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stephen Rapp, updated: 1/6/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/27/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by kenperlman, updated: 1/23/2011 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: with Ken Perlman workshop
Genre: Old Time
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 3/27/2012
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Notes: Musical notations only. The E - 6/8 version at the top. Low part playd first
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006 - 4 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/2/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/3/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/3/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/3/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/3/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjorino, updated: 1/14/2019
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Notes: I made the tabs so close as possible my ears could hear from the sounds of the tune in the movie Deliverance.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 6/12/2024
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by BenGran, updated: 6/21/2018 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by janolov, updated: 3/2/2019 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by BenGran, updated: 6/21/2018
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Posted by Ricky Mier, updated: 12/4/2012
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Notes: From the Fleck Vs. Mac video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=WTF-ZhJMie0&NR=1
A highlighted section of the Mac's driving bluegrass badassery.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Giaour, updated: 12/30/2010 - 5 Member Comments
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Notes: This is my attempt to get as close as possible to the original soundtrack version of the banjo part.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 2/22/2011
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Notes: This is a two finger thumb lead version of Duelling Banjos, where the banjo is "duelling" with a guitar.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 5/28/2023
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Notes: Written by Garry Harrison. A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/6MxQAmqCOkA
Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/20/2012
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Notes: arranged for banjo by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
Genre: Folk Style: Classic Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by BanjoFret12, updated: 10/7/2024
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Notes: A fun Irish jig to learn and play. It has a nice feel to it on the 5-string banjo.
Genre: Old Time Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Nick Hornbuckle, updated: 6/19/2022
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Notes: Tab for "Durang's Hornpipe" by Nick Hornbuckle. Key D gCGCD capo 2
Full arrangement available at
https://nickhornbuckle.com/store
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 8/26/2014
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Notes: Double-D, capo at 2nd place, 5th=a, aDADE. The version played by Miles Krassn. My transcription is based on a recording of Miles' playing in Albuquerque, 2013.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 8/18/2024
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Notes: I learned this from a YouTube video of James Bryan fiddling this tune. Key is A modal (Dorian), so I use the G Sawmill tuning capoed two. A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/dacB9hAb5YM
Genre: Popular Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mtbe, updated: 5/23/2022 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: Tab by Bill Knopf.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by gentrixuk, updated: 10/31/2020
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Notes: This is my first attempt at writing out a tab for the hangout. I used Musescore. I have indicated where notes are played as hammer-ons (H), pull-offs (Po) or with a drop thumb (T); all other notes (except the 5th string) are played with a downstroke.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/3/2006
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Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 1/20/2012
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Notes: arranged for banjo by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
Genre: Traditional Style: Other Key: A Difficulty: Expert
Posted by ButchRobins, updated: 2/29/2020
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Notes: From Butch Robins' Rounder Records album "Forty Years Late"
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/butch-robins/dusty-miller
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 7/4/2020
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Notes: Here is a gem of an old-time fiddle tune that was one of Bill Monroe's default instrumentals in the 1960s.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 3/31/2013
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Notes: A-modal, capo at 2nd fret, 5th=a, aEADE
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD)
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 4/22/2013
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Notes: Double-D, capo at 2nd fret, 5th=a, aDADE
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by RB-1, updated: 8/3/2020
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Notes: I started working on this tune years ago, and got stuck at a few points, mainly fingering and some timing issues.
Hans Holzherr (howsybee) came to the rescue and filled in the blanks, particularly the bit with the triplets. I owe him for that!
From then on, I also did some reworking to make it flow under my fingers (so it's not nescesarily the way Jens played it!), but I think more than 95% of the notes are in the right spot.
Included are an example of how to play the tuner piece without Keith tuners.
Also there is the a tab of how I'm playing the ending.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Andyrhydycreuau, updated: 1/13/2023
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