Genre: Country Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 3/21/2024
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Notes: This tab is 'an' arrangement, though not 'the' arrangement for this song, based on what I hear and find to be easy to learn. It is based on the version with banjo on their Bandcamp site - https://shovelsandrope.bandcamp.com/album/o-be-joyful-10th-anniversary-edition.
A version on YouTube without banjo is also available - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBYj-qEh5NE
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Devon Wells, updated: 9/21/2009
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Notes: A version of O canada I cooked up. Up the neck section may appear more difficult than it actually is. Use basic major chord shapes (D shape, F shape and straight barre) and that's really all there is too it (except the very end of the up the neck where you'll use a couple of minor shapes for the last two descending chords). You can hear it on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYiixdCN0w) or on my hangout page. Write me if you have any questions.
Genre: Traditional Style: Classical Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by the52blues, updated: 3/17/2013
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Notes: updated version with chords.
Genre: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 4/2/2023 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: A video of me playing this rendition of the Canadian National Anthem is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/VU5EJL7S5Lo
Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 12/14/2013
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Notes: "O Holy Night" ("Cantique de Noël") is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877). Cappeau, a wine merchant and poet, had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem. Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music, created a singing edition based on Cappeau's French text in 1855.
It is also very popular in Sweden, and when making this arrangement I listened a lot to an old recording by the old Swedish tenor singer Jussi Björling.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 8/30/2013
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Notes: Double-D, capo at 2nd fret, 5th=a, aDADE. A few months ago Miles Krassen found a recording of the tune where it is named Jackson's Morning Breeze
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by banjukebox, updated: 8/19/2020 - 2 Member Comments
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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: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Jo Ban, updated: 3/8/2015 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: A little bit different from the good Tom Hanway's tab. From abc file found on thesession.org and tabledited.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 2/1/2016 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Jo Ban, updated: 4/16/2015
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by kellyweeks55, updated: 10/16/2012
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Notes: This is a song that I wrote in the style of old-time. I got this idea from a Doc Watson song that I heard that I admired. You can listen to the recording of the Ocala Hoedown by going to my profile page.
Genre: Other Style: Other Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by hagstir, updated: 9/22/2017
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Notes: This has been sitting on my computer for a while so I figured I'd share it. I will add the ending riff when I find some time, and please excuse any errors! Lots of single string doubles, and a sort of klezmer scale, very cool tune and tough to play fast. Bela plays around with the melody quite a bit adding triplets every once in a while.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Classical Style: Classical
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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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: Classical Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Claude Grassley, updated: 5/4/2020 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Classical Style: Other Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Greg Gilbert, updated: 9/12/2009 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: From Symphony no. 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Jo Ban, updated: 4/16/2015
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Notes: O'Carolan's tune
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mwblake, updated: 9/14/2009
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Notes: Bouncy little hornpipe, melodic banjo with mando tab too.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by jkacur, updated: 5/13/2015
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Notes: Standard Session tune, played everywhere from Slow Sessions to full speed Sessions. Nothing too exciting, hopefully just a solid arrangement for 5-string clawhammer. Don't forget to play in hornpipe rhythm, and not straight eighth notes. Cheers!
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Minstrel (Stroke Style) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by JLouis Thiry, updated: 1/30/2023
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Genre: Folk Style: Backing Track Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by BanjoFret12, updated: 8/4/2024
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Notes: I've uploaded some backing tracks for this song to the forum, done in Dave Hum style for you. I love playing this song! It's happy music. The banjo is a cheerful instrument.
Genre: Old Time Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by PaddyThePicker, updated: 10/23/2013
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Notes: This is a banjo arrangement of a fiddle tune I wrote on a train ride that was one leg of a trip to Ireland. You may also find it titled "Train to Ireland."
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by rrode, updated: 3/17/2013
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Notes: Based on the Uncle Dave Macon original -- is there any other?
Genre: Popular Style: Classic Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by ronh2510, updated: 12/20/2021
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by theredball, updated: 12/2/2014 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: Doc Bogg's version
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Am Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 10/25/2016
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Notes: Lots of information to for me turned up in the old-time Tune of the Week, 10-22-16, for Oh Death. Dock Boggs' picking is superb, but I tried this clawhammer arrangement of the melody as he sung it.
Genre: Old Time Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: C#/Db Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 9/22/2016 - 4 Member Comments
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Corinth, updated: 6/18/2016
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Notes: First tab ever done by ear, am a novice banjo player.
Tab is given in PDF form. Let me know of a better method.
Source is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBY5l10htqI
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Country Key: C Tuning: Tenor Standard (CGDA) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by pddngtn, updated: 1/3/2010
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Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by rdtennent, updated: 10/7/2023
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Notes: Based on the playing of Thaddeus Willingham and Mike Seeger.
Genre: Country Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by mwblake, updated: 11/21/2022
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Notes: One of my favourite tunes, for easy three finger style picking. I hope you enjoy it.
Martin 2018
November 2022 - I have added an up-the-neck break to my original tab. Still pretty easy. Have fun...
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Gm Tuning: Open Gm (gDGBbD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Raul Cabezali, updated: 9/3/2022
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Notes: A minorized version of Oh Susanna!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 6/9/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by rossnickerson, updated: 4/27/2019
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Genre: Other Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjoy, updated: 8/17/2021
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Notes: This is my version of Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna!" The first part is classically-inspired from a version I learned decades ago in Memphis, TN. The melodic version is something I came up with about 25 years ago when diddling with this tune. I've also posted a video of me playing this, pretty close to this tab, on my BHO page. I hope you enjoy :) ... I've also made a video of this which can be found at https://youtu.be/iRD7cLqMxOA
Genre: Country 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: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 3/5/2017
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Notes: a VERY easy version.
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 3/5/2017
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Notes: For advanced beginners - uses hammer-on, pull-off, double thumbing but not drop thumb and all 1st position.
Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 6/14/2024
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Notes: I got this tune from Larry Edelman, who got it from Tom Sauber. Two finger banjo arrangement by yours truly. It clearly seems related to the song “Oh! How He Lied”, which is in 3/4 time, but how they connect is a mystery to me. Played uptempo it makes a fine dance tune. A video of me playing this tune is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/-uji_-Wnor0
Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 10/21/2013
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Notes: sung in F - capo on 3rd fret, capo 5th string at 10th fret.
Genre: Traditional Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: Em Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by tom nelson, updated: 9/25/2011
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Notes: Just something a little different
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A#/Bb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by rdeanjordan, updated: 1/2/2024
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Notes: A delightful fiddle tune played famously by Lyman Enloe and arranged for melodic banjo and band by Bob Black. Capo to 3rd fret (Bb).
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 9/5/2017
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Notes: Ol' Bob is an original piece by Illinois fiddler Garry Harrison, compiler of the collection called Dear Old Illinois. Uncle Bob was his uncle, a man well-liked by all. Garry played it in A. I have two tabs -- one in double C and the other in open G. Depending upon who or where you're playing, you can try them both.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 10/22/2023
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Notes: An Old Belle classic rendered in thumb-lead two-finger style. A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/2K2YlW197mw
Genre: Country Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Andyrhydycreuau, updated: 2/24/2024
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Genre: Traditional Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by bkeller, updated: 6/12/2013
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Notes: "Old 1812" is a fife tune used in the sound track of the movie "The Outlaw Josey Wales". From what I've read it's based on a Revolutionary War piece entitled "Welcome Here Again". This has been transcribed from the key of D to G to better utilize standard banjo tuning. The large Roman numerals alert the player to fretboard position while the smaller numerals directly above the tab suggest left hand fingering. Right hand fingering is suggested as "t","i","m".
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 3/29/2024
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Notes: This tab is for a tune by Paisley Hagood, an Alabama fiddler. It was Tune of the Week for March 29, 2024.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 5/3/2012
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Notes: Double-D, capo at 2nd fret, 5th=g, gDADE
David Margolin - fiddle, Yigal Zan - banjo, based on Jane Phillips' fiddling. Banjo: vintage George Washburn with skin head and steel strings.
Genre: Old Time Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dholland, updated: 2/1/2013
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Notes: Old traditional fiddle tune from the Kentucky area. Found this tune on a Notorious CD. Edan McAdam Somer is the fiddle player. She's one of the very best ever. This tune has a couple measures in the B part that have an extra beat (measures 14 & 18).
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjukebox, updated: 6/15/2020
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by BanjoDan55, updated: 12/23/2023
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 5/18/2023
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Notes: This version of Old Bell Cow is based on New Lost City Ramblers' recording from the 1960's. The Ramblers' version was based on a recording by Dixie Crackers from 1929 (https://youtu.be/B7xhFfzQsko)
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 5/18/2023
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Notes: This version of Old Bell Cow is based on New Lost City Ramblers' recording from the 1960's. The Ramblers' version was based on a recording by Dixie Crackers from 1929 (https://youtu.be/B7xhFfzQsko).
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 3/19/2012
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Notes: Banjo tuning - gDADE
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by LyleK, updated: 8/14/2024
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Notes: Two-finger alternating between index lead and thumb lead. Note: This is from the fiddling of Gusty Wallace. It is not Garry Harrison's "Ol Bob."
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 2/8/2014 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: From Brad Leftwich's fiddling on Banging and Sawing. He learned it from Tommy Jarrell.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 8/19/2024
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Notes: I learned this from a Bill (Carl) Martin video on YouTube. The tab is for both thumb-lead two finger, and clawhammer. A video of me playing this tune is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/__TLT9wY6Xs
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Alberto Ruatta, updated: 5/19/2012
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stan, updated: 11/27/2021 - 4 Member Comments
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Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Country Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by clydehamilton, updated: 3/24/2011 - 21 Member Comments
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Notes: Capo on 2nd fret.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D#/Eb Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Alberto Ruatta, updated: 7/9/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: this song belongs to the Seeger sessions band
Genre: Folk Style: Minstrel (Stroke Style) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 7/7/2021
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Notes: Pete Seeger
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Andy Campbell, updated: 12/15/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: This is from the site http://www.j2buttonsw.co.uk/
It is based on the Mark Clifford intro on the Bruce Springsteen album
Genre: Traditional Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Jamer200, updated: 4/15/2023
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 9/5/2007
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Dave Nauman, updated: 2/7/2010
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by delmando, updated: 5/15/2013
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Notes: A "square" arrangement with no extra bar between sections 2&3. Add it in if you prefer!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 3/1/2019
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by stratovarious520, updated: 1/8/2022
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Notes: Capo 2. Another hodgepodge of styles and ideas. Several cool licks to "borrow" and assimilate into your own playing. Just pay it forward after you make it your own!
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Dave Nauman, updated: 7/29/2011
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Other Key: Gm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by ButchRobins, updated: 2/29/2020
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Notes: From Butch Robins' CD "Grounded Centered Focused"
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/butchrobins/old-ebenezer-dangerfield
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Unknown/None Chosen Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by taurodont, updated: 7/9/2011
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Old Time Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dholland, updated: 11/1/2012
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Notes: French Canadian fiddle tune.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jkacur, updated: 5/29/2015
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Notes: Source is "The Phillips Collection of Traditional American Fiddle Tunes". the A-part is in d-major, and the B-part is in a-mixolydian. Ken Perlman has a beautiful version in double-c tuning in his book "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo", capo-ed up two frets. This was my attempt to come up with an arrangement in standard open-g tuning, with the minor exception of putting in the 5th string high g-drone to a high-a. This can be accomplished quickly in a session, with for example a railroad spike.
Genre: Traditional 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: Traditional 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: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjukebox, updated: 4/13/2019
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by kevinwholmes, updated: 12/28/2010
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Em Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 12/16/2022
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Notes: MtnGoat selected this as Tune of the Week on December 16, 2022, and found some tab I had posted in a message thread in 2015. I had forgotten about this tab and was happy to see it again. I am adding it to the Tab Library to make it easier to find.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Em Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by TheBanjoPrince, updated: 10/28/2011
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Notes: Visit my site at www.StewartTylerMay.com for more melodic clawhammer tabs.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by BigFiveChord, updated: 12/24/2020
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by ithaca-markb, updated: 10/11/2009
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Notes: An Irish pipe jig transformed into a CH banjo reel (by Mark Bickford).
The tab is in "triple C" tuning (good for the drones of pipe tunes) so capo up one step to get to the usual key of D-myxolydian (D scale with C-natural).
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 12/27/2021
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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: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A#/Bb Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by allisondas, updated: 9/18/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: triplet feel to most of the licks in this opening break.
Posted by Ricky Mier, updated: 11/10/2011
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Notes: My best transcription of JD's kickoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0iMLvCfFM
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by AndreVanDerBeek, updated: 10/26/2013 - 4 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Old Hickory, updated: 11/11/2013
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Notes: Just what the world needs: One more version of Old Home Place. The only thing somewhat different that I introduce here is what I play on the first D chord (or whatever the "V" chord is if you capo this as many do). I don't recall what my inspiration was for that lick. Not claiming originality. Enjoy. -- Old Home Place by Mitch Jayne & Dean Webb
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 11/19/2018
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 3/27/2023
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Notes: This is not a tablature of the way Doug Dillard or J. D. Crowe played the song, but it is the way Michael Corcoran plays it. You can hear it on Lucas Welsh's album "West of the 3rd" (https://www.lucaswelshmusic.com/).
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 10/23/2011
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Notes: This is a fine old Flatt and Scruggs chestnut. Lester really cranked up his singing on this one, and the Bluegrass Album Band also does an excellent version with Tony Rice on the vocal. I have tabbed my interpretation of Earl Scruggs's break and of J. D. Crowe's break (with the BGAB). Scruggs's break shows his genius for capturing the melody without always relying on cliched licks or rolls. Crowe's break is derived from Scruggs's, but departs from it in subtle ways. Both are worth learning.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjukebox, updated: 12/3/2023
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Notes: Capo 2
Source: Art Stamper
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by janolov, updated: 10/24/2011
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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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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: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Tenor G (DGdg) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Mirek Tim Patek, updated: 2/24/2011
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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
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Notes: Goes with Ken Perlman Workshop
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by James Stiltner, updated: 3/25/2013 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Jacob Underwood, updated: 6/9/2016
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Notes: Here is some tablature for a biasic version of "Old Joe Clark."
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 3/5/2017
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Notes: a VERY easy version
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 3/5/2017
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Notes: an EASY version - no hammer-ons, pull-offs, or drop thumbing
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Buxton, updated: 2/8/2018
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Notes: Complete tab for Flatt and Scruggs recording on Bear Mountain CD. Recording speeds up slightly so tab sync will be off. Key of A, capo at the 2nd. This is a good example of Scruggs backup as the banjo is right channel isolated in the recording making for a relatively easy follow along.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JLouis Thiry, updated: 12/22/2018
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Notes: A timeless song. Here are two D versions of the song "Old Joe Clark". Often considered a beginner banjo tune, after many years there are still many possibilities for variations. The first version is a simple and more or less faithful adaptation of the melody that can be found in Miles Krassen's "Appalachian Fiddle". In the second the melody is a syncopated personal adaptation accentuating the mixolydian color of the tune.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by BTS, updated: 3/23/2019
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Notes: This is a tab of a version of Old Joe Clark by The Smoking Stone Band. The introduction is highly unusual and wonderfully imaginative. The main body of the tune is more "Trad" than bluegrass feel to it. You can hear the original on the bands Soundcloud page here https://soundcloud.com/smokingstoneband/old-joe-clark. GP5 and PDF versions.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by b_kamper, updated: 1/5/2020
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Notes: For all the information view in "Print Preview" mode. Guitar & Bass accompaniment included.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Lefty5string, updated: 2/5/2020
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Notes: A fairly simple arrangement of Old Joe Clark in the clawhammer style with hammer ons, slides and pull offs but no drop thumbing. Capo 2 for the fiddle in A.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by howardrm, updated: 1/23/2021
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Notes: A low break and a high break.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Yohansen, updated: 9/14/2024
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 5/29/2024 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: The first break is similar to what Eric Weissberg, Bill Keith, and others played in the 1960s and contains that OJC run useful in so many tunes (perhaps Weissberg created it?). The second break is more the way I play it today, with lots of drive coming from forward rolls (in Bill Keith's terminology; I used to call it "walking up the strings"). Either version is worth adding to your arsenal.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/17/2006
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 2/13/2022
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Notes: Standard G tuning, capoed 2. This is based on the Jim Bowles (Kentucky fiddler) version. YouTube of me playing the rendition: https://youtu.be/F-l_YACgdUs
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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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: 7/15/2024 - 3 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 7/11/2024 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: Sonny recorded this on a relatively obscure album, "Down Yonder, by Wade Ray and the Country Fiddlers," with Sonny O. on banjo and Homer and Jethro on guitar and mandolin, respectively. The A part of the banjo break employs several backward runs, and it is interesting to contrast it with the more common break first recorded by Eric Weissberg in 1963 and then by Bill Keith in 1965. I have included a section of their A part for comparison.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 11/13/2012 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: This tablature provides an approach to playing harmony to OJC. It opens with "eight potatoes" (as Steve Arkin named it), the riff that fiddle players open tunes with, but as approximated by the ole 5-string. My friends say that this particular harmony part has the flavor of the Middle East; so maybe it should be called "Mediterranean OJC." Whatever you call it, the harmony part is fun to play, and you will be able to come up with plenty of variations as you work it.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by SCFActg, updated: 2/26/2012
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Genre: Traditional Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by maurodanielrossi, updated: 12/15/2020
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Notes: I found a PDF posted on BHO by BTS on 3/19. I simply TABLEDITed it. It is a great way to start a classic fiddle tune.
Genre: Popular Style: Other Key: D Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mmuussiiccaall, updated: 7/30/2014
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Notes: banjo solo first string up to E
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by BasicBoston, updated: 11/12/2010
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Notes: I had a duece of a time trying to figure out how to play when I first started out. Am in tune, am I playing these basic bluegrass songs right, chuck old hen, old joe clark, I never heard them before. Hopefully with these kid songs, banjo players just opening their box will be able to relate to the song.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Dm Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Fortune, updated: 2/4/2010
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Notes: This is a great tune from Stan Hugill's book "Shanties From the Seven Seas". Double c tuning, gCGCD capoed to second fret. The song is in D minor.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD)
Posted by Jim Yates, updated: 1/24/2011
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Notes: This should be capo II or tuned up to aDADE in order to play with a fiddle.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by bornold, updated: 5/4/2014
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Notes: Old Molly Hare in the clawhammer style. Tune to Double C then capo on the 2nd fret, tune the 5th string to A.
Now your in D. You can play it in C as well, it still sounds great.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 11/12/2011
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by Maruko, updated: 4/1/2015
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Genre: Other Style: Other Key: G Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by hum, updated: 4/21/2012
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Notes: Basic melody to the Steptoe and Son theme - Old Ned
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by brothofaboy, updated: 8/13/2020
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 8/15/2020
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Notes: This version of the tune isn't the one popularized by Uncle Dave Macon. Both versions are covered in the old time Tune of the Week for August 14, 2020.
Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by janolov, updated: 10/30/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Steelydan, updated: 9/26/2013 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Old Rattler played in the Key of D. Page 1 from standard G tuning, capoed 2, page 2 from Drop C tuning, capoed 2. Grandpa Jones ususally had his banjo tuned to A, so he played without a capo in the key of C
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by banjo_brad, updated: 4/9/2020
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by crawdad, updated: 8/29/2009
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Genre: Other Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 7/31/2013
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Notes: This is Crawdad's tab played around with a bit.
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 11/19/2016
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Notes: A simple version of an old favorite hymn.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Wyatt Custom Banjo, updated: 3/8/2011 - 3 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 7/18/2020 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: The Old Spinning Wheel is a lovely song, words and music written by Billy Hill. You can find numerous versions on youtube, including nice recordings by Slim Whitman and by Jimmy Wakely that provide a clear roadmap of the melody.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by mikejboulder, updated: 7/3/2021
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Notes: A good jam tune. Some melodic runs with some bonus variations. Classic version by James King for reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5J7Yjr-AVM.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 2/13/2022
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by rrode, updated: 12/16/2012
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Notes: I posted a short mp3 on my homepage to help. But even better go to the source, Curt Bouterse's record Down the Road I'll Go. Available on CDBaby
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Steelydan, updated: 8/10/2013 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Inspired from the movie "Sargeant York" (one of my favorites) can be heard (and seen) @: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f68TdgErXkE This classic hymnal lyrics has many variations (I've provided a few of the better known ones. Repeat between the " : ", 1st round through can be repeated until the melody is learned, then add hammer-on's and pull-offs when you are comfortable. Will also list it as "Give me that old time religion" since there are no other clawhammer versions in G.
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: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by BTS, updated: 11/4/2017
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Notes: John Hartford recorded this beautiful song on the album Down On The River. As with a lot of his songs he tuned his banjo down to open E. My transcription is in standard open G.
Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by howardrm, updated: 1/23/2021
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Notes: Fell in love with this song on Michael Cleveland's Tall Fiddler album. Took a shot at making my own tab. Love tuning my banjo down to E to play it.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Dave Nauman, updated: 2/7/2010
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: F Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 2/7/2024
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Notes: The full name of this tune is “Old Yeller Dog Come Trotting Through the Meeting House”. This rendition is set in the key of F, using an F tuning of fDGCD. Capo two and you’re in G, which is the key fiddlers normally use. A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/96H-pc40HvQ
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Castania, updated: 7/6/2010
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjukebox, updated: 3/13/2022
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Notes: Source: Blaine Smith
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: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 6/19/2023
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Notes: Ole Liza Jane is a traditional nonsense song that Don Stover recorded as an instrumental. You can hear the lyrics in Merle Travis’s version on youtube. The tablature is my interpretation of Stover’s arrangement on the banjo. The first break is pretty close to Stover’s, whereas the second veers off a bit into modest improvisation. In particular, the B part of the second break is more faithful to Travis’s vocal than to Stover’s B part on the banjo. Stover plays OLJ at breakneck speed, and his recording features a fine mandolin break by David Grisman. You can hear me playing it on a practice tape from some years ago, on the media section of my BHO webpage:https://www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/media-player/audio_player2.asp?musicid=9860&archived=
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 1/19/2023
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Notes: Wayne Taylor plays this tune in the key of A. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XX9Yr69JXU This tab uses the key of G for simplicity's sake. To play along with the video, tune up to aEAC#E or capo at the 2nd fret.
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by SixBs, updated: 9/29/2013
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Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Harpist, updated: 11/21/2013
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Notes: Traditional Shetland fiddle tune in G. Sawmill tuning EDAEa
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Bm Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Notes: Swedish schottische
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: Bm Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Notes: Swedish schottische
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by corcoran, updated: 10/21/2024 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: This sparky little tune is for a sparky little guy. It's one of those tunes that emerged from random noodling and wrote itself.
Note added in May 2024: I changed the key of the tune from G to A -- easier reach for the left hand -- and added a second break.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006 - 4 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by geckoberry, updated: 1/24/2022 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Hi!
Conic asked me to tab this out on the "Need a tab?" forum, and so here we go!
Here's a link to the forum to request more tabs:
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/375867
And here's a link to the song this comes from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqazuIqN6c
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by corcoran, updated: 10/12/2011
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Notes: On and On is one of Bill Monroe's classic "true" songs, inspired by events in his own life. This arrangement is the way we play it in my band Knee Deep. The arrangement was influenced by Bill Keith's version, specifically the way he plays the IV (C) chord. Note that the V (D) chords and the tags contain some of my ideas that can be used in various other songs..
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by the banjophile, updated: 7/24/2016
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Notes: Original song with lyrics and vocal melody line.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 5/28/2021
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Notes: I tabbed this Gospel tune for a student based on a video of Karen Peck and New River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQ1wVkwhsI
Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by JayBee, updated: 4/14/2014
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Notes: Here is a tab of the Indiana State song, On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away. I nice tune and was featured in the movie 'The Jolson Story' where it was sung beautifully by the young Rudy Wissler. I could not find a tab anywhere for the tune so had a go at tabbing out the chorus here myself. Hope you like it.
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: E Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by loganjameshart, updated: 9/28/2021
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Notes: I wrote this on a longneck, so it's technically in "Open E". I've tabbed it out that way with that tuning, but it'll work just fine on a standard banjo. Three finger with some Irish inspiration.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by heronhawk, updated: 12/11/2016
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Notes: "Michael Ferrie wrote this tune after watching the family’s new kitten playing in the garden. The kitten bravely decided to tackle a large skorie (Herring Gull) and jumped on it’s back. The skorie not much impressed, took flight with the kitten aboard. Luckily for the kitten it managed to escape but not until the bird had flown several hundred yards down the field." Notes from the album Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer" by Fiddler’s Bid.
I played it here on two banjos - Goldtone cello banjo and Ramsey standard.
Here's a beautiful version of this tune by Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6HqAQehTE
Genre: Old Time Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 10/24/2011
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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: 11/18/2013
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Notes: Posted under the original title "One Horse Open Sleigh", commonly known as Jingle Bells. This is a beginner version with a Youtube link to Richard Hefner's version in open G tuning, inlcuding lyrics. There are several versions of Jingle Bells posted, but none as the original title, so here it is. Simplify or get fancy as you see fit. I've posted the Richard Hefner link for now, I will post to my website when it becomes available. Linked to the Christmas Corner and Beginner Clawhammer groups.
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/21/2006
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Genre: Country Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: aDGBD Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by RJWMitchell, updated: 7/1/2015
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JanetB, updated: 9/7/2016
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Notes: Originally written by Canadian Frankie Rodgers (d. 2009, BC, Canada), this tune became a popular fiddle contest tune. An oak pik is a snowy white owl and is both a popular toy amongst Eskimos and Canadians and an omen of a person's spirit being lifted upon death.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by heronhawk, updated: 4/30/2017
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Notes: Ookpik is the Inuit word for 'Snowy Owl'. This arrangement is adapted from the arrangement by Mike Iverson.
Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Bill H, updated: 2/22/2023
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Notes: Melodic Arrangement
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Harpist, updated: 11/21/2013
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Notes: Traditional Shetland fiddle tune in A modal (mixolydian). Sawmill tuning EDAEa
Genre: Folk Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by BeeEnvironment, updated: 8/21/2021
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Notes: Tab by Pete Seeger himself, from a old book published in the late 1950s.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Classical Style: Classic Key: C Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 10/7/2012 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Based on the playing of John McEuen. Recorded source: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 'Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy'
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Dm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by banjoistic, updated: 3/11/2018 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: I tabbed this tune from the melody as played by David Grisman on the mandolin. I think I got it pretty close. It's much more Keith style than Scruggs. I'm still learning how to play it up to speed, and I'm sure some of you will get there quicker than I. Any suggestions/corrections are welcome.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Gm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by indivirtuoso, updated: 4/16/2013
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Notes: This is as close as I could get to Bill Keith's live performance with Muleskinner in 1973. Great melodic style arrangement of a classic Grisman tune. Any comments or corrections are welcome.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Gm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by 21stCenturyBanjo, updated: 4/29/2018
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Notes: By David Grisman and recorded with Bill Keith and Muleskinner
Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Steve Parker, updated: 4/4/2010 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Other Key: E Tuning: Tenor G (DGdg) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Mirek Tim Patek, updated: 4/15/2011
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Notes: The tenor banjo is tuned to open G tuning DGdg, there is capo on the 2nd fret. The first part (in the concert key of E) is played in D (chords D=0202, G=0000, A=2222), the second part (in the concert key of A) is played in G (chords G=0000, C=5520, D=0202). Feel free to change the rolls, as well as the filll-in licks/walking bass connecting parts (anyway, the vocal version has shorter connection between the words in the first part - adjust the number of walking bass measures by yourself).
This is just one of possible versions how to play the melody in the first part and how to roll the harmony in the second part. The third part (also in the concert key of A, played thanks to capo in G) is missing but you are supposed to play some fill-in lick under the fiddle or harmonica solo - find them e.g. at http://banjosessions.com/?p=109 .
The melody over the dominant A chord (concert B chord) in the first part is compromised - however if you have big hands, you can reach the actual melody note on the 6th fret (counted with capo) with your pinky while holding the barre with your index finger on the 2nd fret.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 1/6/2014
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Notes: This is a clawhammer version of the Bluegrass fiddle classic Orange Blossom Special. There are 3 instrumental parts plus one optional vocal part. I have tried to get several variations of each part. You don't have to learn or play all variations - just choose those you like. Orange Blossom Special is a tune with opportunities and possibilities, so use your fantasy and creativity and make your own version. I have just tried to illustrate a few possibilities.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Ragtime Style: Other Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by Gontii, updated: 2/1/2010
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Notes: Original Rags
Music Scott Joplin
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 8/3/2014
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Notes: Tab for Robert Palomo's original tune as requested by several on the Hangout. Here are 2 videos from Robert: http://youtu.be/k8ksya0uahQ and http://youtu.be/oGxcS1iyAJ4
Genre: Rock Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: Dm Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by freemanmaxwell, updated: 6/30/2020
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Notes: Otis Nixon - David Lee Powell & Dave Willis (Squidbillies): Just the main riff. The high part starts on the 12th fret of the high d string and moves down the same string.
Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006 - 2 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: B Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by CCABanjo, updated: 8/10/2014
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Notes: My version of this classic Stanley Brothers tune.
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Drop C (gCGBD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by Jack Baker, updated: 11/17/2024
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Notes: www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.com
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/23/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 1/14/2013
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Notes: Double-D, capo at 2nd fret, 5th=g, gDADE
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Old Hickory, updated: 12/9/2017 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: My three-finger arrangement of this traditional Celtic fiddle tune. Combines Scruggs, melodic and single string technique. The tab plays through twice, with two different versions of the chords. First time through is what I call "modern" harmony. The chords are all basic, but there are many more chord changes. Second time through, chords are simplified. Same banjo part both times.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by JLouis Thiry, updated: 8/10/2019
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Notes: Two tabs in one ! one with a bare banjo arrangement, a second one with triplet ornaments
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 7/28/2020 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: To match the key of the original, use a capo at the 2nd fret with open-G tuning (gDGBD).
Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by stellarskylark, updated: 1/31/2024 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Most arrangements I found for this were just the basic melody, or verbatim the banjo part that Riebeck plays in the game. I wanted a proper clawhammer version, though, so I made one!
The MP3 is me playing my own arrangement like the amateur I am lol
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Julian44_4, updated: 8/2/2011 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum) Key: G Tuning: Tenor Irish (GDAE) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by Andyrhydycreuau, updated: 3/22/2023
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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: 3/22/2023
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Genre: Popular Style: Classical Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by tom nelson, updated: 4/9/2011 - 3 Member Comments
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Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Steven Moore, updated: 3/17/2016
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Notes: A simple version of (Somewhere) Over The Rainbow as I played it many years ago when I was 15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF7PDuKOOhA
Genre: Popular Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by the banjophile, updated: 10/9/2016
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Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Sawmill (gDGCD) Difficulty: Expert
Posted by trick420, updated: 7/8/2011
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Notes: Transcribed from John Hartford's recording on Wild Jog in the Red Brush. Tough song, lots of ASPO's and some pinky stretches. In Sawmill tuning. Should be played as AA BB AA.
Genre: Old Time Key: D
Posted by Yigal Zan, updated: 1/6/2014
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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: Old Time Style: Other Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Nick Hornbuckle, updated: 4/9/2010 - 2 Member Comments
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Notes: Sample from forthcoming book, "Old Time Fiddle tunes for the 5 String Banjo, Vol. ll" by Nick Hornbuckle
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: Intermediate
Posted by banjukebox, updated: 1/7/2014
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: C Tuning: Open C (gCGCE) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Stu D Baker-Hawk, updated: 12/4/2014
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Genre: Traditional Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: C Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by banjoman 1, updated: 7/4/2015
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Notes: I used dbl C tuning and capo'd the 2nd fret for the key of D. Have fun with it......Lynn W.
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by AlBanjo38, updated: 12/11/2018
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Notes: Melodic (Not exactly Scruggs)
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by littleton, updated: 11/1/2022
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by jack_beuthin, updated: 10/21/2024
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Notes: A chestnut from the Henry Reed canon rendered in thumb lead two finger style. Double C tuning capoed two (key of D). A video of me playing this rendition is posted on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Ps7dsBC1sJU
Genre: Bluegrass Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by schlange, updated: 4/22/2006 - 1 Member Comments
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Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by Harpist, updated: 1/5/2014
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Notes: This is actually for the fiddle.
Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by slc, updated: 10/10/2013
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Notes: I got the third part from the playing of Franklin George, at the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, 2013, in a jam session.
There was some interest in tab after posting a video of the tune.
Note this one might be updated or replaced after feedback and further edits.
Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Posted by schlange, updated: 3/18/2006
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Genre: Folk Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: D Tuning: Double C (gCGCD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by dbrooks, updated: 3/20/2021
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Notes: This tab is based on the version by I'm With Her (Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, Aoife O'Donovan). Key is D and tab uses double-C tuning (gCGCD) raised to the 2nd fret. Video available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2GA23zORUI
Genre: Traditional Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: A Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by banjo_brad, updated: 2/27/2022
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Notes: A modal, aEADE.
This is Old Woodchuck's version of Shady Grove as included in his Rocket Science Banjo method of Clawhammer Banjo. Be sure to check out what he offered for free, and is still available at www.rsb.pricklypearmusic.net.
Genre: Other Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time Key: G Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediate
Posted by janolov, updated: 3/4/2012
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Notes: Oxdragarsång means "cattle-driver's song" and is a compostion by the Swedish Troubadour Evert Taube. He composed it during a travel in Argentina.
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