LeWalt Publishing - Guitar, 5-String Banjo and Mandolin Instruction - Harold Streeter






5-String Banjo Collections

in LeWalt tab format with CD, and in TablEdit format without CD...

        All of the following 5-String Banjo collections are available in LeWalt tab format with CD, and in TablEdit format (emailed tabs without CD) as indicated in red type-face at the bottom of each collection. To order, first please click on the "How to Order" link at the top of this page and read through the info. Next, either click on the PayPal link for online purchases, or click on the ready-to-print order form link located near the top of the How to Order page for payments by check or money order.

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         Please note that because our listings consist primarily of instrumental arrangements, lyrics are not included.

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5-STRING BANJO SAMPLER


To hear the clarity of our recordings, here's a 90-minute sampling of some of what we have available for banjo. What you'll hear are the first 20 seconds of 295 selections, demonstrated at normal tempo. Included are; bluegrass, country, folk, blues, pop, gospel, jazz, and celtic examples, plus a 3-page order form for checking off the tunes you like.

ORDER # BS7068 - 2 CDs ($6.95)


POP AND ROCK BANJO

Intermediate and Advanced Levels
Scruggs/Melodic style

G tuning = gDGBD      Gadd9 tuning = gAGBD ("Landslide") or
aDGBD ("You've Got to Hide Your Love Away")

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Level

Tab Price
B1525 LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR
        (written and first recorded by John Fogerty
        for Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1970
        "Cosmo's Factory" album - tab consists of
        verse and chorus on lower neck)

G

G

I

3.00
B1554 THE WEDDING SONG
        (written and recorded in 1971 by Noel Paul
        Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, first
        performed at Peter Yarrow's wedding, and
        included on Stookey's first solo album, "Paul
        and..." in 1971 - tab consists of 3 verses and
        chorus on lower neck)

G

G

I

4.00
B1781 YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY
        (3/4 time - written by John Lennon, recorded
        in 1965 for the Beatles album "Help!" - tab
        consists of 2 verses and chorus on lower and
        mid-neck, with 3 measures on upper neck)

D

Gadd9

I

4.00
B1865 LOUIE, LOUIE
        (written by Richard Berry in 1955, recorded
        by the Kingsmen in 1963 - tab is based in
        part on the Kingsmen's recording and on jazz
        guitarist Tuck Andress's later recording, and
        consists of intro, 2 sections and ending on
        lower to mid-neck)

G

G

A

3.50
B1879 LAYLA
        (written and first recorded by Eric Clapton,
        tab is based on his 1992 "Unplugged" album
        version, and consists of intro, bridge, 2 solos
        and 2 choruses on lower and upper neck)

Dm

G

A

4.00
B2375 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
        (recorded by Kentucky fiddler Dick Burnett
        as the "Farewell Song" in 1913, and by Emry
        Arthur in 1928 - tab is based on the “Soggy
        Bottom Boys” version from the 2000 movie “O
        Brother Where Art Thou”, and consists of
        intro and 4 sections on lower neck)

G

G

I

3.50
B2422 HOOKA TOOKA
        (written and recorded by Chubby Checker in
        1963 - tab consists of 2 sections; first is as
        played by Jim Helms, second is by Harold
        Streeter, all on lower neck)

C

G

I

4.00
B2448 LANDSLIDE
        (written by Stevie Nicks, first recorded by
        Fleetwood Mac in 1975 on their self-titled
        album - tab consists of intro, backup for 2
        verses and one bridge, 2 melody breaks for
        verse and bridge, and a simile of Lindsey
        Buckingham's guitar break, ranging from
        lower to high upper neck)

Am

Gadd9

A

5.50
B2456 SHE'S A WOMAN
        (written by Paul McCartney, released as the
        B-side on the Beatles "I Feel Fine" single in
        1964 - tab consists of 2 verses, bridge and
        ending on lower and upper neck)

G

G

A

4.50

Cost of tabs in LeWalt hard copy format and recordings if purchased separately: $54.00.
 For all 9 tabs in LeWalt format with CD: $32.95.
 ORDER # LBC 7147
Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $36.00.
 For all 9 tabs in TablEdit format emailed: $21.95.
 ORDER # TBC 7147


BANJO POP TUNES - Volume One

Intermediate Level - Scruggs/Melodic style

G tuning = gDGBD      Gm tuning = gDGBbD       Dm tuning = fDFAD
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Tab Price
B027 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
        (this song was a hit for Joe South in 1968 - tab
        consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

3.00
B057 ONE TIN SOLDIER (Legend of Billy Jack)
        (theme from the 1971 movie, recorded by the band
        "Coven" - the tab is based on their recording and
        consists of verse and chorus on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

3.50
B133 COUNTRY ROADS
        (written by John Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert,
        first recorded by John Denver on his 1971 album
        "Poems, Prayers and Promises" - tab consists of
        verse, 2 choruses and bridge on lower neck)

G

G

4.00
B170 EL CONDOR PASA
        (written by Daniel Alomía Robles (of Peru) in 1913,
        based on a traditional Andean folk tune - Simon and
        Garfunkel included it on their "Bridge Over Troubled
        Water" album in 1970 - tab consists of 2 verses and
        chorus on lower and mid-neck)

Gm

Gm

3.50
B235 KILLING ME SOFTLY (With His Song)
        (written in 1971 by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel,
        first recorded by Lori Lieberman in 1971, hit for
        Roberta Flack in 1973 - tab consists of 2 verses
        and 2 choruses on lower to mid-neck)

G

G

3.50
B248 ME AND BOBBY McGHEE
        (written by Kris Kristofferson, first recorded by Roger
        Miller, then by Gordon Lightfoot in 1969, hit for Janis
        Joplin in 1970 - tab consists of 2 sections on lower
        to mid-neck)

G

G

3.50
B332 SCARBOROUGH FAIR
        (tab is based on Simon and Garfunkel's recording
        from their 1966 "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and
        Thyme" album, and consists of 2 verses on lower
        and upper neck)

Dm

Dm

3.50
B360 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
        (written by Robbie Robertson, first recorded by The
        Band in 1969, hit for Joan Baez in 1971 - the tab
        consists of verse and chorus on lower neck)

Em

G

3.00

Cost of tabs in LeWalt hard copy format and recordings if purchased separately: $43.50.
 For all 8 tabs in LeWalt format with CD: $25.95.
 ORDER # LBC 6060
Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $27.50.
 For all 8 tabs in TablEdit format emailed: $16.95.
 ORDER # TBC 6060


BANJO POP TUNES - Volume Two

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - Scruggs/Melodic Style

G tuning = gDGBD      Gm tuning = gDGBbD      Gadd9 tuning = aDGBD
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Level

Tab Price
B260 MARY IN THE MORNING
        (words and music by Johnny Cymball and
        Mike Lendell, recorded by Al Martino in 1967,
        also recorded by Elvis Presley on his 1970
        album "That's The Way It Is" - tab consists of
        2 verses and chorus on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

I

4.00
B331 SCARBOROUGH FAIR
        (3/4 time - tab is based on Simon and
        Garfunkel's recording from their 1966
        "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"
        album, and consists of 2 verses on lower
        neck, with 2 measures on upper neck)

Gm

Gm

I

3.50
B476 GENTLE ON MY MIND
        (written by John Hartford, and recorded by
        Glen Campbell, for whom it was a hit in 1968,
        tab consists of 2 verses on lower neck, with
        4 measures on upper neck)

G

G

A

3.50
B569 SNOWBIRD
        (written by Gene MacLellan, first recorded by
        Anne Murray in 1970 - tab is based on her
        recording and consists of 2 verses on lower
        and mid-neck)

G

G

A

3.00
B592 YESTERDAY
        (written by Paul McCartney, first recorded
        on the Beatles' 1965 album "Help!" - tab is
        arranged to be played at fast tempo and
        consists of 3 verses and bridge on lower and
        mid-neck)

C

G

A

4.00
B1176 TIME IN A BOTTLE
        (3/4 time - written and first recorded by Jim
        Croce in 1973 - tab consists of intro, verse
        and chorus on lower and upper neck)

Dm

Gadd9

A

3.50
B1465 ANNIE'S SONG
        (3/4 time - written and first recorded by John
        Denver in 1974 - tab consists of 2 verses on
        upper and lower neck)

C

G

I

4.00
B1466 MORNING HAS BROKEN
        (3/4 time - lyrics written by Eleanor Farjeon
        (1881-1965) - Cat Stevens included it on his
        1971 "Teaser and the Firecat" album - tab is
        based on his recording and consists of intro,
        turnarounds and verses on lower and upper
        neck)

C and D

Gadd9

I

4.50
B1507 BOTH SIDES NOW
        (written by Joni Mitchell and first recorded by
        Judy Collins in 1968 - tab is based on Joni
        Mitchell's recording from her 1969 "Clouds"
        album, and consists of 2 verses and chorus
        on lower and upper neck)

G

G

I

3.00
B1549 CATS IN THE CRADLE
        (written by Harry Chapin - tab is based on his
        recording from his 1974 album "Verities and
        Balderdash", and consists of intro, verse and
        chorus on lower neck)

G

G

I

3.00
B1552 LEROY BROWN
        (written and first recorded by Jim Croce for
        his 1973 album "Life and Times" - the tab
        consists of 3 sections on lower and upper
        neck)

G

G

I

2.00
B1575 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ('Round the Old Oak
       Tree) - (written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell
        Brown, hit in 1973 for Tony Orlando and
        Dawn - tab consists of intro, verse and
        chorus on lower and upper neck)

G

G

A

4.00

Cost of tabs in LeWalt hard copy format and recordings if purchased separately: $66.00.
 For all 12 tabs in LeWalt format with CD: $39.95.
 ORDER # LBC 6061
Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $42.00.
 For all 12 tabs in TablEdit format emailed: $24.95.
 ORDER # TBC 6061


BEATLE BANJO SONGS

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - Scruggs/Melodic Style

G tuning = gDGBD      Gmod (G Modified) = gBGBD
D tuning = a#DF#AD     Gm (G minor) = gDGBbD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Level

Tab Price
B197 HEY JUDE
        (originally titled "Hey Jules", first recorded in
        1968 - tab consists of 2 verses, chorus and
        bridge-reprise/fade on lower to mid-neck)

D

D

I

4.50
B239 LET IT BE
        (written by Paul McCartney, first recorded in
        1969 and released in 1970 from the Beatles
        "Let It Be" album - tab consists of verse and
        chorus on lower neck)

G

Gmod

I

3.00
B285 NORWEGIAN WOOD (This Bird Has Flown)
        (3/4 time - written by John Lennon, included
        on the Beatles' 1965 "Rubber Soul" album,
        tab consists of 2 verses and bridge on lower
        and upper neck)

G

G

I

3.50
B592 YESTERDAY
        (written by Paul McCartney, first recorded on
        the Beatles' 1965 album "Help!" - the tab is
        arranged to be played at fast tempo and
        consists of 3 verses and bridge on lower and
        mid-neck)

C

G

A

4.00
B809 LADY MADONNA
        (written by Lennon and McCartney, first
        recorded in 1968 - tab consists of intro, 2
        verses, chorus and ending on lower neck)

G

G

I

3.50
B844 IF I FELL
        (written by John Lennon, recorded in 1964,
        tab consists of intro and one section on lower
        and mid-neck)

C

G

I

3.50
B845 NOWHERE MAN
        (tab is based on the Beatles' 1965 recording
        from their "Rubber Soul" album and consists
        of 4 sections on lower and upper neck)

C

G

A

4.00
B1201 ELEANOR RIGBY
        (written by Paul McCartney, first released on
        the Beatles' 1966 "Revolver" album - tab
        consists of verse and chorus on lower neck)

Gm

Gm

I

3.00

Cost of tabs in LeWalt hard copy format and recordings if purchased separately: $45.00.
 For all 8 tabs in LeWalt format with CD: $26.95.
 ORDER # LBC 6062
Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $29.00.
 For all 8 tabs in TablEdit format emailed: $16.95.
 ORDER # TBC 6062


BANJO JAZZ AND STANDARDS - Volume One

Intermediate and Advanced Levels
Scruggs/Melodic style - G tuning

 

Title and Description

Key

Level

Tab Price
B853 THERE'LL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
        (written by Gordon Mack and Warren Harry in 1942
        for the musical "Iceland" - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

Eb

A

3.00
B854 OUT OF NOWHERE (You Came to Me Out of Nowhere)
        (written by Edward Heyman and John Green in 1931,
        first recorded by Ruth Etting the same year and by
        Lena Horne in 1941 - tab is based on Johnny Smith's
        guitar recording and consists of 2 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

G

A

3.00
B1785 BIRTH OF THE BLUES
        (music by Ray Henderson, lyrics by Lew Brown and
        Buddy G. DeSylva, published in 1926, first recorded
        by Cab Calloway in 1943 - tab is based on Sammy
        Davis Jr's and on Chet Atkins' recordings, and
        consists of 2 verses and bridge on lower to mid-neck)

G

A

3.00
B1872 STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
        (written by Edgar Sampson in 1934, recorded the
        same year by Benny Goodman, named for the Savoy
        Ballroom in Harlem - tab consists of 2 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

D

A

3.00
B2032 ST LOUIS BLUES
        (written by William C. Handy and published in 1914
        by his own company - first recorded in 1920 by
        Marion Harris, then by Bessie Smith and Louis
        Armstrong in 1925 - tab is based on Chet Atkins'
        recording and consists of 6 sections and ending on
        lower and upper neck)

G

A

4.50
B2368 CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO
        (written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the
        1941 movie "Sun Valley Serenade", recorded by
        Glenn Miller the same year - tab is based on his
        recording and consists of intro, 3 sections and
        extended ending on lower and upper neck)

G

A

4.50
B2374 PIANO ROLL BLUES
        (written by Cy Coben in 1949, recorded by Hoagy
        Carmichael and Betty Hutton in 1950 - tab consists
        of 2 sections and ending on lower and mid-neck)

C

A

2.50
B2377 MAYBERRY R.F.D. THEME ("The Fishin' Hole")
        (written in 1960 by Herbert Spencer and Earle Hagen,
        tab consists of 6 verses and 2 choruses on lower and
        upper neck, and includes "walking bass")

D

A

3.00
B2407 BLUE FESCUE ("Blue Grass")
        (Blues and Texas Swing - written by Harold Streeter,
        tab consists of 4 sections and ending on lower neck)

G

I

3.50
B2451 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
        (written by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell, first
        recorded by Ellington in 1940 as an instrumental,
        with lyrics added in 1942 - tab consists of 8 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G

A

3.50

Cost of tabs in LeWalt hard copy format and recordings if purchased separately: $53.50.
 For all 10 tabs in LeWalt format with CD: $31.95.
 ORDER # LBC 7136
Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $33.50.
 For all 10 tabs in TablEdit format emailed: $19.95.
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BANJO JAZZ AND STANDARDS - Volume Two

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic style - G Tuning

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
B487 HOW HIGH THE MOON
        (40's Jazz/Pop - written by Nancy Hamilton and
        Morgan Lewis, featured in the 1940 Broadway
        revue "Two for the Show", first recorded by Benny
        Goodman in 1940, then by Les Paul and Mary
        Ford in 1951 - tab consists of 2 sections on upper
        and lower neck)

G

3.00
B516 NOLA
        (20's Pop/Jazz - 6/8 time - written by Felix Arndt
        on piano in 1916 for Fred Van Eps, early 20th
        century classical 5-string banjo player (Felix was
        Van Eps musical partner until 1919, at which time
        he was replaced by George Gershwin) - the tab
        consists of 4 sections, ranging from lower to high
        upper neck)

G

4.00
B546 SHEIK OF ARABY
        (20's Jazz/Pop - written by Harry Smith, Francis
        Wheeler and Ted Snyder in 1921, inspired by the
        Rudolph Valentino film "The Sheik", first recorded
        by Fats Waller in 1939 - tab is partially based on
        Merle Travis' guitar recording and consists of 2
        sections, ranging from lower to upper neck)

G

3.00
B579 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE
        (40's Pop - written by Gene Lockhart and Ernest
        Seitz in 1918, recorded by Les Paul and Mary
        Ford in 1949 - tab is based on Don Reno's 1962
        recording and consists of 2 sections, ranging
        from lower to high upper neck)

G

4.00
B770 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
        (20's Pop/Jazz - written in 1925 by Ben Bernie,
        Maceo Pinkard and Ken Casey, first recorded in
        1926 by Ben Bernie - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

C

3.00
B772 PANHANDLE RAG
        (Texas Swing - written and first recorded by Leon
        McAuliffe with Bob Wills in 1949 - tab consists of
        2 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

3.00
B775 TAKE THE A TRAIN
        (40's Jazz - written by Billy Strayhorn in 1939,
        first recorded in 1941 by Duke Ellington (his
        orchestra's signature song) - tab consists of 2
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

3.00
B1200 BLUE SKIES
        (20's uptempo Jazz/Pop - written by Irving Berlin
        in 1926 for the Rodgers and Hart musical "Betsy",
        recorded in 1927 by Ben Selvin - tab consists of
        verse and chorus on lower and mid-neck)

C

3.00

Cost of tabs in LeWalt hard copy format and recordings if purchased separately: $42.00.
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 ORDER # LBC 6051
Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $26.00.
 For all 8 tabs in TablEdit format emailed: $15.95.
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BANJO JAZZ AND STANDARDS - Volume Three

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic style - G Tuning

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
B437 CARAVAN
        (30's uptempo jazz standard - written by Juan
        Tizol, first recorded in 1936 by Barney Bigard and
        his Jazzopators, then by Duke Ellington in 1937,
        tab is partly based on Chet Atkins' recording and
        consists of 4 sections ranging from lower to high
        upper neck)

Cm

4.50
B487 HOW HIGH THE MOON
        (40's Jazz/Pop - written by Nancy Hamilton and
        Morgan Lewis, featured in the 1940 Broadway
        revue "Two for the Show", first recorded by Benny
        Goodman in 1940, then by Les Paul and Mary
        Ford in 1951 - tab consists of 2 sections on upper
        and lower neck)

G

3.00
B512 MISTY
        (originally a slow ballad written and first recorded
        by Erroll Garner in 1954, this is an uptempo jazz
        treatment - tab consists of 3 verses, bridge and
        ending on lower and upper neck)

F

4.50
B772 PANHANDLE RAG
        (Texas Swing - written and first recorded by Leon
        McAuliffe with Bob Wills in 1949 - tab consists of
        2 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

3.00
B775 TAKE THE A TRAIN
        (40's Jazz - written by Billy Strayhorn in 1939,
        first recorded in 1941 by Duke Ellington - tab
        consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

3.00
B1200 BLUE SKIES
        (20's uptempo Jazz/Pop - written by Irving Berlin
        in 1926 for the Rodgers and Hart musical "Betsy",
        recorded in 1927 by Ben Selvin - tab consists of
        verse and chorus on lower and mid-neck)

C

3.00
B1228 I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
        (20's Pop - written by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn
        in 1924 and first recorded by Isham Jones and The
        Ray Miller Orchestra in 1925 - tab is partly based
        on Chet Atkins guitar recording and consists of 2
        sections on lower and upper neck)

C

3.00
B1230 SO RARE
        (30's Jazz - written by Jimmy Dorsey in 1937, a
        Frank Sinatra standard - the tab consists of 2
        sections on lower and upper neck)

B

3.00
B1231 GRAVY WALTZ
        (60's Jazz waltz - written by Ray Brown and Steve
        Allen - tab consists of 3 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

C

2.50
B1479 THIS MASQUERADE
        (70's Jazz - written by Leon Russell in 1976, first
        recorded by George Benson the same year - tab
        is based on his recording and consists of intro, 3
        sections and ending, ranging from lower to upper
        neck)

Bm

3.50
B1526 MACK THE KNIFE
        (30's uptempo Jazz in 3 keys, written in 1928 by
        Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, recorded by Louis
        Armstrong in 1956, then by Bobby Darin in 1959,
        tab consists of 4 verses on lower and mid-neck)

G, Ab
and A

3.50
B1548 MOONGLOW
        (30's jazz - written by Will Hudson, Irving Mills
        and Eddie DeLange as a band theme in 1934,
        recorded by the Dorsey Brothers with Ethel
        Waters the same year - tab is based on their
        recording and consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

G

3.00
B1720 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
        (50's Jazz - written in 1952 by George Shearing
        and George David Weiss, title refers to Charlie
        "Bird" Parker and the Birdland Jazz Club named
        after him - first recorded by George Shearing, hit
        for Ella Fitzgerald in 1954 - tab is based on Chet
        Atkins' guitar recording, and George Shearing's
        recording, and consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

Em

3.00

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Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $42.50.
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BANJO JAZZ AND BLUES

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - Scruggs/Melodic style

G tuning = gDGBD      Gm tuning = gDGBbD      D tuning = aDF#AD
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Level

Tab Price
B103 AVALON
        (20's Jazz - first recorded by Al Jolson in
        1920 - tab is based on Chet Atkins' guitar
        recording and consists of one section on
        lower to mid-neck)

C

G

I

3.00
B383 WORRIED BLUES
        (traditional 12-bar Blues - tab is based on
        Doc Watson's and Ben Eldridge's recording
        and consists of 3 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

D

D

A

3.50
B387 WINDY AND WARM
        (Country blues rag - written by guitarist
        John D. Loudermilk during the 60's for Chet
        Atkins (one of two instrumentals he wrote),
        tab is based on Chet's guitar recording and
        consists of 5 sections on lower and mid-neck)

Gm

Gm

A

3.50
B433 CRAZY CREEK
        (Jazz-based fiddle tune - tab is based on
        Tommy Jackson's fiddle recording and on
        Bill Keith's 1976 recording from his album
        "Something Auld, Something Newgrass,
        Something Borrowed, Something
        Bluegrass", and consists of intro and 4
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

A

3.50
B437 CARAVAN
        (30's jazz standard - written by Juan Tizol,
        first recorded in 1936 by Barney Bigard and
        his Jazzopators, then by Duke Ellington in
        1937 - tab is partly based on Chet Atkins'
        recording and consists of 4 sections ranging
        from lower to high upper neck)

Cm

G

A

4.50
B512 MISTY
        (originally a slow ballad written and first
        recorded by Erroll Garner in 1954, this is
        an uptempo jazz treatment - tab consists
        of 3 verses, bridge and ending on lower
        and upper neck)

F

G

A

4.50
B1228 I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
        (20's Pop - written by Isham Jones and
        Gus Kahn in 1924 and first recorded by
        Isham Jones and The Ray Miller Orchestra
        in 1925 - tab is partly based on Chet Atkins
        guitar recording and consists of 2 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

C

G

I

3.00

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BANJO BLUES

Intermediate and Advanced Levels

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
G tuning = gDGBD      Dm tuning = aDFAD      D tuning = aDF#AD
     Gm tuning = gDGBbD     D6 = aBF#AD

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Title and Description

Tuning & Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B138 CAROLINA BOOGIE
        (12-Bar blues - written by Earl Scruggs
        (similar to "Foggy Mountain Special") - tab
        is based on his recording and consists of
        2 sections on upper neck)

G/G

I

S

2.50
B217 I AM A PILGRIM
        (tab consists of 2 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

G/G

I

SM

3.00
B272 NINE POUND HAMMER
        (first recorded by the "Hill Billies" in 1927,
        tab consists of 2 verses on lower and upper
        neck)

G/G

I

SM

3.00
B278 NASHVILLE BLUES
        (written and first recorded by Earl Scruggs
        in 1965 for Flatt and Scruggs "Town and
        Country" album - the tab is based on his
        recording and consists of 3 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

Dm/Dm

I

SM

4.00
B335 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
        (first recorded by the "Mississippi Sheiks"
        in 1930, then by Bill Monroe in 1957 - tab
        consists of 3 verses on lower and upper
        neck)

G/G

I

S

3.50
B357 TAKE THIS HAMMER
        (similar lyrically to "Nine Pound Hammer",
        first published in 1915 by Newman Ivey
        White - tab is based on the Osborne Bros'
        1963 recording and consists of 3 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

3.50
B383 WORRIED BLUES
        (12-bar blues - tab is partially based on Doc
        Watson's and Ben Eldridge's recording and
        consists of 3 sections on lower and upper
        neck)

D/D

A

SM

3.50
B387 WINDY AND WARM
        (written by guitarist John D. Loudermilk
        during the 60's for Chet Atkins - tab is
        based on Chet's recording and consists of
        5 sections on lower and mid-neck)

Gm/Gm

A

SM

3.50
B461 FOGGY MOUNTAIN SPECIAL
        (12-bar blues - written and first recorded by
        Earl Scruggs in 1954 - tab is based on his
        recording and consists of 5 sections on
        upper and lower neck)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B707 NO TITLE YET BLUES
        (tab is based on Eric Weissberg's 1963
        recording and consists of 3 sections on
        lower neck)

D6/D

A

SM

4.00

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BANJO RAGS AND JAZZ

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic style

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Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Tab Price
B294 PIG ANKLE RAG
        (traditional Ragtime - composer unknown - tab
        consists of 5 sections on lower and upper neck)

C

C

4.00
B1232 BLUESETTE
        (60's Jazz waltz - written and first recorded by
        Toots Theilman in 1962 - tab is based on his
        recording and consists of intro and 3 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G

G

5.00
B1469 MAME
        (Broadway play - music written by Jerry Herman,
        first titled "My Best Girl", based on the 1955 novel
        "Auntie Mame" by Patrick Dennis - tab is based
        on Louis Armstrong's 1966 recording and consists
        of 2 verses on lower and upper neck)

C

G

3.50
B1475 HELLO, DOLLY
        (60's Broadway show theme - tab is based on Louis
        Armstrong's 1964 recording and consists of 4 verses
        and ending on lower and upper neck)

G

G

3.50
B1477 ALL OF ME
        (30's jazz standard - written by Gerald Marks and
        Seymour Simons in 1931 - a hit for both Louis
        Armstrong and Paul Whiteman in 1932 - tab
        consists of 4 verses and ending on lower and mid-
        neck with 2 measures on upper neck)

G

G

3.00
B1478 SKITSY
        (80's Jazz - written by Harold Streeter - the tab
        consists of 3 sections on lower and upper neck)

Em

G

4.00
B1479 THIS MASQUERADE
        (70's Jazz - written by Leon Russell in 1976, first
        recorded by George Benson the same year - tab is
        based on his recording and consists of intro, 3
        sections and ending, ranging from lower to upper
        neck)

Bm

G

3.50
B1526 MACK THE KNIFE
        (30's uptempo Jazz in 3 keys, written by Kurt Weill
        and Bertolt Brecht for their music drama "Die
        Dreigroschenoper" ("The Threepenny Opera") that
        premiered in Berlin in 1928, then recorded by Louis
        Armstrong in 1956, and by Bobby Darin in 1959,
        tab consists of 4 verses on lower and mid-neck)

G/Ab/A

G

3.50
B1716 SOUTH
        (30's Dixieland and Swing - tab is partially based
        on Chet Atkins' guitar recording and consists of 2
        sections on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

3.00

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BANJO RAGS, DIXIELAND, and HONKY TONK

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - Scruggs/Melodic Style

G tuning = gDGBD      Gm tuning = gDGBbD

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Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Level

Tab Price
B263 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW
        (Dixieland - written in 1955, first titled
        "Leningrad Nights", hit for British group
        "Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen" in 1961,
        tab consists of 2 sections and refrain on
        lower to mid-neck)

Gm

Gm

I

3.50
B297 PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN (Music, Music,
        Music) - (Honky Tonk - first recorded in
        1949 by Teresa Brewer - tab is based on
        her recording and consists of verse and
        chorus on lower and mid-neck)

C

G

A

3.00
B385 WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA
        (60's Pop/Rag - written by Melanie Safka,
        first recorded by Melanie in the late 60's,
        tab consists of 2 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

G

G

I

3.00
B515 MAPLE LEAF RAG
        (Ragtime - written by Scott Joplin in 1897,
        published in 1899, and recorded on a piano
        roll in 1916 - tab consists of 4 sections on
        lower and high upper neck)

G

G

A

5.00
B563 SPAGHETTI RAG
        (Ragtime - written, played and introduced
        by Lyons and Yosco in 1910 - tab is
        adapted from 4-string banjo and consists
        of intro and 4 sections on lower and upper
        neck)

G and C

G

A

3.50
B570 STUMBLING
        (20's Honky Tonk - written by Edward
        Elzear Confrey in 1922, early hit for Joe
        "Fingers" Carr on piano - tab consists of 2
        sections on mid to upper neck)

G

G

A

3.00
B670 DILL PICKLE RAG
        (Kansas City novelty rag and fiddle tune,
        written in 1907 by Charles L. Johnson - tab
        consists of first 2 sections on upper neck)

G

G

A

3.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume One

Basic Level - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Style

Tab Price
B016 COTTON FIELDS
        (written and first recorded by Huddie Ledbetter
        (Lead Belly) in 1936 - the tab is based on the
        Osborne Brothers' recording and consists of verse
        and chorus on lower neck)

S

3.00
B043 LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL
        (tab is based on Earl Scruggs' playing on Bill
        Monroe's 1948 recording, and consists of verse
        and chorus on lower neck)

S

3.00
B051 MOUNTAIN DEW
        (written in 1945 by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, hit
        for Grandpa Jones in the 50's - tab consists of
        verse and chorus on lower neck)

S

3.00
B053 MAPLE ON THE HILL
        (tab consists of 2 sections on lower neck; first
        section is as played by Ralph Stanley on the
        Stanley Brothers' 1959 recording, second section
        is by Harold Streeter)

S

3.50
B059 PRETTY POLLY (aka "The Gosport Tragedy"
        or "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter")
        (tab consists of 2 sections on lower neck)

SM

2.50
B202 I SAW THE LIGHT
        (written and first recorded by Hank Williams in
        1948 - tab consists of verse and chorus on lower
        neck)

S

3.00
B231 JESSE JAMES
        (written by Billy Gashade and first recorded by
        Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1924 - tab consists
        of verse and chorus on lower neck)

SM

3.00
B788 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
        (first titled "Can the Circle Be Unbroken, first
        recorded by the Carter Family in 1935 - tab is as
        played by Earl Scruggs and consists of one
        section on lower neck)

S

2.00
B803 JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY
        (recorded by the Carter Family during the 30's,
        then by Flatt and Scruggs in 1951 - tab consists
        of 2 sections on lower neck)

SM

2.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Two

Scruggs style - G Tuning

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Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
B054 OLD TIME RELIGION
        (Gospel - written in 1889 by Charles Tillman - tab
        consists of 4 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

3.00
B075 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
        (Folk - Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics for this
        song in 1940 to the melody of the Baptist hymn
        "Oh, My Loving Brother", and first called it "God
        Blessed America for Me" - tab consists of 2
        sections on lower neck)

G

3.00
B077 WHY ME, LORD
        (Gospel - 3/4 time - written and first recorded by
        Kris Kristofferson in 1971 - the tab consists of
        2 verses and chorus on lower and upper neck)

G

3.50
B082 BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW
        (Folk - performed by Bradley Kincaid during the
        1920's and recorded by the Carter Family in 1927,
        tab consists of 2 sections; one each on lower and
        upper neck)

G

3.00
B086 WABASH CANNONBALL
        (Folk song about a fictional train, written by J. A.
        Roff and published in 1882 as "The Great Rock
        Island Route" - recorded by the Carter Family in
        1929, hit for Roy Acuff in 1936 - tab consists of 2
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

3.00
B090 WILDWOOD FLOWER
        (Country - written and published in 1860 as "I'll
        Twine 'Mid the Ringlets", recorded by the Carter
        Family in 1928 - tab consists of 3 sections on
        lower to mid-neck)

G

4.00
B700 LEGEND OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
        (Country - hit for Merle Haggard in 1968 (this is
        not the same song as Foggy Mt Breakdown),
        tab consists of one break on lower neck)

G

2.50
B735 KNOXVILLE GIRL
        (Folk - 3/4 time - tab consists of 2 verses on
        lower neck)

G

3.00
B1256 BEFORE I MET YOU
        (Bluegrass - 3/4 time - tab is based on Flatt and
        Scruggs' 1955 recording and consists of verse
        and refrain on lower neck)

G

3.00

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Three

Multi-Level: B = Basic, I = Intermediate, A - Advanced
Scruggs/Melodic style

G tuning = gDGBD      D tuning = f#DF#AD

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Level

Tab Price
B766 MAMA BLUES
        (tab is as played by Earl Scruggs and
        consists of 2 sections on lower and upper
        neck)

D

D

I

3.50
B786 TENNESSEE BLUES
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1941 mandolin
        and guitar recording and consists of 3 breaks
        on lower and high upper neck)

G

G

A

3.50
B1790 THOSE MEMORIES
        (written by Alan O' Bryant in 1978, included
        on the 1987 "Trio" album by Dolly Parton,
        Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - the tab
        consists of 2 breaks, ranging from lower to
        high upper neck)

G

G

A

3.00
B1794 TEARDROPS IN MY EYES
        (tab is based on Red Allen's recording and
        consists of verse and chorus on lower neck)

G

G

I

3.00
B1808 BRAKEMAN'S BLUES
        (written and first recorded in 1928 by Jimmie
        Rodgers - tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1951
        recording and consists of intro and 2 breaks
        on lower and upper neck)

D

G

A

3.50
B2337 YOU ARE MY FLOWER
        (written by Maybelle Carter, first recorded by
        the Carter Family in 1938 - tab is a simile of
        the traditional guitar approach, based partly
        on Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs' 1964
        recording, and consists of intro and 2 breaks
        on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

I

3.50
B2434 BORROWED LOVE
        (tab is as played by Earl Scruggs on his
        "Earl Scruggs With Friends" album, and
        consists of intro and break on lower neck)

G

G

B

2.50
B2468 JESUS WALKED THIS LONESOME VALLEY
        (composer is anonymous - recorded by the
        "Million Dollar Quartet" in 1956 - the tab is
        arranged to be played at fast tempo and
        consists of 2 breaks on lower neck, plus a
        third break at advanced level on upper neck)

G

G

I

3.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Four

Intermediate Level - G tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Style

Tab Price
B002 ALL THE GOOD TIMES ARE PAST AND GONE
        (3/4 time - tab consists of 2 sections on lower
        neck with 2 measures on upper neck)

SM

3.00
B081 WALKING IN MY SLEEP
        (recorded by Bill Clifton and the Dixie Mountain
        Boys in the late 50's - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower and mid-neck)

SM

2.50
B086 WABASH CANNONBALL
        (song about a fictional train, written by J. A. Roff,
        published in 1882 as "The Great Rock Island
        Route", recorded by the Carter Family in 1929, hit
        for Roy Acuff in 1936 - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

SM

3.00
B120 BANJO IN THE HOLLOW
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard in 1959,
        tab is based on his recording from the Dillards'
        1963 album "Back Porch Bluegrass", and consists
        of 4 sections on lower and mid-neck)

SM

3.00
B124 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
        (3/4 and 4/4 time, written and first recorded by Bill
        Monroe in 1946 - tab consists of 2 verses and 2
        refrains on lower neck)

S

4.00
B141 CUMBERLAND GAP
        (tab is based on Don Reno's 1959 recording, Earl
        Scruggs' 1962 recording, and on Joe Stuart's
        version, and consists of 4 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

S

3.00
B149 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley in
        1959, based on an earlier tune called "Lonesome
        John" - tab consists of 6 sections on lower neck
        with one measure on upper neck)

SM

3.50
B166 EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE
        (written and first recorded by Grandpa Jones
        sometime during the 1940's - tab consists of
        verse and chorus on lower neck)

SM

3.00

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Five

Intermediate Level - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Style

Tab Price
B335 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
        (first recorded by the "Mississippi Sheiks" in
        1930, then by Bill Monroe in 1957 - tab consists
        of 3 verses on lower and upper neck)

S

3.50
B338 SANTA CLAUS
        (written by Bill Keith, recorded with Bill Monroe in
        1965 - tab is based on his recording and consists
        of 2 sections on lower to mid-neck)

SM

3.00
B370 WRECK OF THE OLD 97
        (song about a train called the "Fast Mail" that left
        the track near Danville, Virginia on Sept. 27, 1903,
        first recorded by Vernon Dalhart in 1924 - tab is
        based on Flatt and Scruggs' recording, consisting
        of 2 verses on lower and upper neck)

SM

3.00
B373 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
        (first titled "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" - first
        recorded by the Carter Family in 1935 - tab
        consists of 3 verses on lower and upper neck)

SM

3.50
B380 WHEEL HOSS
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1955,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 5
        sections on lower to mid-neck)

SM

3.50
B434 COTTON EYED JOE
        (tab is partially based on Don Reno's playing on
        Reno and Smiley's 1957 recording and consists
        of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

SM

3.00
B650 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
        (tab is based on Ralph Stanley's 1959 recording
        and consists of 2 sections on lower and upper
        neck)

S

3.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Six

Intermediate Level - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Style

Tab Price
B035 IN THE PINES
        (circa 1870's - 3/4 time - tab is based on Bill
        Monroe's 1941 recording and consists of 2
        sections on lower and upper neck)

SM

3.00
B146 CRIPPLE CREEK
        (tab consists of 4 sections, including Melodic
        style fiddle tune simile, plus Earl Scruggs' quotes
        from his 1962 recording, on lower to mid-neck)

SM

3.00
B318 SHADY GROVE
        (18th century ballad, similar to English song
        "Matty Groves" - tab consists of 5 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

SM

3.50
B439 DAYBREAK IN DIXIE
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley in
        1957 - tab is based on his recording and consists
        of 2 sections; except for the upper neck intro, tab
        is on lower neck)

S

3.00
B705 SINKIN' CREEK
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard for the
        Dillards' 1963 "Back Porch Bluegrass" album - the
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 4
        sections and 2 endings on lower and mid-neck)

SM

3.50
B777 MIDNIGHT FLYER
        (tab is as played by Sonny Osborne and consists
        of one verse on lower neck)

S

2.00
B808 FOX ON THE RUN
        (written by Tony Hazzard for Manfred Mann in the
        60's, hit for the "Country Gentlemen" also in the
        60's - tab consists of 3 breaks and backup on
        lower neck)

SM

3.50
B1226 LEGEND OF THE REBEL SOLDIER
        (based on the 1847 poem "Shall My Soul Pass
        Through Old Ireland" by Caroline Norton, with
        melody based on "Rolling Home" (circa 1920),
        new lyrics and first recording by Charlie Moore
        in 1976 - tab consists of 2 sections on lower and
        mid-neck)

SM

3.00

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Seven

Intermediate Level - G Tuning

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Style

Tab Price
B172 FIREBALL MAIL
        (tab is based on the recordings of Roy Acuff, Don
        Reno and Mac Wiseman, and consists of 2 sections
        on lower neck)

G

S

3.00
B195 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
        (fast 4/4 time - earliest known recording of this 19th
        century piece is by Clarence Ashley in 1933, with
        the most famous recording by "The Animals" in 1964,
        tab consists of 2 sections on lower neck)

Em

SM

3.00
B212 I WONDER HOW THE OLD FOLKS ARE AT HOME
        (aka Homestead on the Farm) - (tab is based on
        Mac Wiseman's 1952 recording and consists of 2
        sections on lower neck)

G

S

3.00
B217 I AM A PILGRIM
        (tab consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

SM

3.00
B220 JOHN HENRY
        (tab consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

SM

3.50
B259 MY LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1950 with
        Rudy Lyle on banjo - tab consists of verse and refrain
        on lower neck)

G

S

3.00
B310 RIDING ON THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN
        (tab is as played by Ralph Stanley on his 1960
        recording, and consists of one section on lower neck)

G

S

2.00
B312 RIDING ON THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
        (written by Steve Goodman and first recorded by Arlo
        Guthrie in 1972 - tab consists of verse, bridge and
        chorus on lower to mid-neck)

G

SM

3.50
B359 TRAGIC ROMANCE
        (composer is unknown - first recorded by Vernon
        Dalhart in 1924, hit for the Lily Brothers in 1957 with
        Don Stover on banjo, and for Cowboy Copas in 1960,
        tab consists of 2 verses on lower and upper neck)

G

SM

3.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Eight

Advanced Level

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
G tuning = gDGBD      C tuning = gCGBD     D tuning = f#DF#AD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Style

Tab Price
B161 DARLING COREY
        (first recorded by Clarence Gill as "Little
        Corey" in 1927, then by Bill and Charlie
        Monroe in 1936 - tab consists of 2 sections
        on upper and lower neck)

G

G

SM

3.00
B181 GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1949 recording
        and consists of 2 verses on lower and upper
        neck)

G

G

S

3.00
B189 GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
        (written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work - tab is
        based in part on Don Reno's 1963 recording
        and on Ben Eldridge's later recording, and
        consists of 4 sections on lower and mid-neck,
        including harmonics (chimes)

G

G

SM

3.50
B213 I AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW
        (first recorded by the Carter Family in 1928,
        tab is based on Flatt and Scruggs' 1961
        recording and consists of 4 verses in 2
        arrangements on upper and lower neck)

G and C

C

SM

4.00
B243 LITTLE MAGGIE
        (late 1800's - first recorded by Grayson and
        Whittier in 1928 - tab is based on the Lily
        Brothers recording and on Ralph Stanley's
        recording, and consists of 4 verses on lower
        and upper neck)

G

G

SM

3.00
B258 MOLLY AND TENBROOKS
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1949 recording
        and consists of 3 sections on lower and upper
        neck)

G

G

S

3.50
B309 REUBEN (Reuben's Train aka "Train 45")
        (first published in 1909, first recorded in 1924
        by Fiddlin' John Carson - tab is based on a
        combination of Earl Scruggs' 1962 recording
        and Dan Crary's guitar recording from his
        1970 "Bluegrass Guitar" album, and consists
        of 4 sections on lower and upper neck)

D

D

SM

4.00

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Nine

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic Style

G tuning = gDGBD         C tuning = gCGBD
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Tab Price
B343 SALTY DOG BLUES
        (tab is based on Earl Scruggs' playing on Flatt and
        Scruggs' 1952 recording and consists of 4 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G

G

3.00
B353 TENNESSEE STUD
        (written by Jimmy Driftwood, first recorded by Eddy
        Arnold in 1959 - tab is based on Ben Eldridge's
        recording and consists of extended intro, 2 verses
        and chorus, ranging from lower to upper neck)

D

G

3.50
B366 WHEN YOU and I WERE YOUNG, MAGGIE
        (written by George Washington Johnson, published
        in 1864 and first recorded in 1905 by Corinne Morgan
        and Frank C. Stanley - tab is based on Don Reno's
        1957 recording and consists of 2 verses and 2
        choruses on lower and upper neck)

G

G

4.00
B378 WHOA, MULE, WHOA
        (first recorded by Alan Lomax in 1941 as played and
        sung by Sidney Stripling - tab is based on Walter
        Hensley's 1964 recording and consists of intro, 5
        sections and ending on lower and upper neck)

C

C

4.50
B395 ARAB BOUNCE
        (tab is based on Jimmy Martin's 1970 recording and
        consists of 2 sections on lower to mid-neck)

G

G

3.00
B405 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG
        (tab is based in part on Doc Watson's 1964 guitar
        recording and consists of 5 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

G

G

4.00
B413 BIG SANDY RIVER
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1962,
        tab consists of 4 sections, including 2 fiddle similes,
        on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

3.00

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Ten

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic style - G Tuning

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
B435 CHEROKEE SHUFFLE
        (same as the fiddle tune "Lost (or Lonesome)
        Indian" except with bridge added - tab is based on
        fiddler Tommy Jackson's recording and consists of
        6 sections on upper and lower neck)

G

4.00
B446 DEAR OLD DIXIE
        (written and first recorded by Earl Scruggs in
        1953 - tab is based on his recording and consists
        of intro and 3 sections on upper and lower neck)

G

5.50
B462 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1946 recording and
        consists of verse and chorus on lower and upper
        neck)

C

3.00
B491 JOHN HARDY
        (first recorded by Eva Davis in 1924 - tab consists
        of 3 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

4.00
B539 ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS
        (tab is based on Earl Scruggs' breaks on Flatt and
        Scruggs' 1951 recording, consisting of 3 sections
        on lower and mid-neck)

G

3.50
B540 ROCKY TOP
        (written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant in 1967,
        hit for Osborne Brothers the same year - tab
        consists of 2 arrangements totaling 2 verses, 2
        choruses and ending on lower and upper neck)

G and C

5.00
B545 ROANOKE
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1955,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 4
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

3.50
B585 UNCLE PEN
        (written and first recorded in 1950 by Bill Monroe,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 2
        fiddle simile sections and 2 vocal simile sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G

3.50
B776 NEW CAMPTOWN RACES
        (written by Frank Wakefield in 1953 - tab is based
        on Ben Eldridge's recording and consists of 3
        sections on lower and mid-neck)

G

3.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO FAVORITES - Volume Eleven

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic style - G Tuning

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
B444 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN
        (tab is based on Earl Scruggs' playing on Flatt
        and Scruggs' 1957 recording and consists of 4
        sections on lower to mid-neck)

F

3.00
BG449 DUELING BANJOS
        (written by Arthur Smith in 1955, titled "Feudin'
        Banjos" - first recorded by Smith on 4-string banjo
        with Don Reno on 5-string - tab is based on the
        banjo and guitar duet played by Eric Weissberg
        and Steve Mandel in the 1972 movie "Deliverance"
        and consists of 4 sections for banjo and guitar
        on lower to mid-neck)

G

6.50
B459 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN
        (written by Earl Scruggs and first recorded in 1949
        by Flatt and Scruggs - the tab is based on his
        recording and consists of 5 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

G

5.00
B485 HICKORY HOLLOW
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard on the
        Dillard's 1963 "Back Porch Bluegrass" album,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 4
        sections on lower and mid-neck, with 3 measures
        on high upper neck and 2 in Single-string style)

G

4.00
B523 OLD JOE CLARK
        (born in 1839, Joe Clark was one of the first to
        enlist in the Civil War, and one of the first to
        receive an early disability discharge - tab is
        partially based on the playing of Tony Ellis and
        Joe Stuart and consists of intro and 4 sections
        on lower neck)

G

3.50
B555 SALLY GOODWIN
        (earliest known recording is by Eck Robertson in
        1922 - tab is based on the recordings of Joe
        Stuart, Alan Munde, Butch Robbins, and Earl
        Scruggs, and consists of 7 sections on upper and
        lower neck)

G

4.00

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STRAIGHT-AHEAD BLUEGRASS BANJO
Volume One

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Level

Style

Tab Price
B141 CUMBERLAND GAP
        (tab is based on Don Reno's 1959 recording, Earl
        Scruggs' 1962 recording, and on Joe Stuart's version,
        and consists of 4 sections on lower and upper neck)

A

SM

3.00
B149 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley in 1959,
        based on an earlier one called "Lonesome John" - tab
        consists of 6 sections on lower neck)

I

SM

3.50
B166 EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE
        (written and first recorded by Grandpa Jones during
        the 1940's - tab consists of verse and chorus on
        lower neck)

I

SM

3.00
B212 I WONDER HOW THE OLD FOLKS ARE AT HOME
        (aka Homestead on the Farm) - (tab is based on
        Mac Wiseman's 1952 recording and consists of 2
        sections on lower neck)

I

S

3.00
B230 JENNY LYNN
        (this tune is quoted in Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen"
        outro ("Jenny Lynn was played frequently by his
        uncle) - tab is based on a 1950's American Folkways
        recording and consists of intro and 5 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

A

S

3.50
B243 LITTLE MAGGIE
        (late 1800's - first recorded by Grayson and Whittier
        in 1928 - tab is based on the Lily Brothers recording
        and on Ralph Stanley's recording, and consists of 4
        verses on lower and upper neck)

A

SM

3.00
B318 SHADY GROVE
        (similar to English ballad "Matty Groves" - tab
        consists of 5 sections on lower and upper neck)

A

SM

3.50
B359 TRAGIC ROMANCE
        (composer is unknown, first recorded by Vernon
        Dalhart in 1924, then by the Lily Brothers in 1957
        with Don Stover on banjo, then by Cowboy Copas in
        1960 - tab consists of 2 verses on lower and upper
        neck)

I

SM

3.50
B439 DAYBREAK IN DIXIE
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley in 1957,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of upper
        neck intro and 2 sections on lower neck)

I

S

3.00

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STRAIGHT-AHEAD BLUEGRASS BANJO
Volume Two

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Level

Style

Tab Price
B403 BIG COUNTRY
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe - tab
        consists of 4 sections on lower and upper neck)

A

SM

4.50
B422 BANJOLINA
        (tab is based on Bobby Thompson's 1957 recording
        and consists of 6 sections on lower and upper neck)

A

SM

5.50
B426 BIG TILDA
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley in 1955,
        tab consists of 4 sections on lower and upper neck)

A

S

4.00
B483 HAMILTON COUNTY BREAKDOWN
        (tab is based on Tommy Jackson's 1950's fiddle
        recording and on Doug Dillard's 1963 recording, and
        consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

A

SM

3.00
B497 LONESOME ROAD BLUES
        (first recorded by the "Blue Ridge Duo" in 1924 - tab
        is based in part on Earl Scruggs' 1962 recording and
        consists of 4 sections on upper and lower neck)

A

SM

4.00
B531 PIKE COUNTY BREAKDOWN
        (tab is based on Earl Scruggs' and Bill Monroe's
        1952 recordings and consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

A

SM

4.00
B777 MIDNIGHT FLYER
        (tab is as played by Sonny Osborne and consists of
        one verse on lower neck)

I

S

2.00

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STRAIGHT-AHEAD BLUEGRASS BANJO
Volume Three

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Level

Style

Tab Price
B568 SOCKEYE
        (written and first recorded by Don Reno in 1959 - tab
        is based on his recording and consists of intro, 4
        sections and ending on lower and upper neck)

A

S

4.50
B771 ROAD TO COLUMBUS
        (written by Bill Monroe, recorded in 1977 by Kenny
        Baker with Monroe - tab consists of 2 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

A

SM

3.00
B781 SHENANDOAH BREAKDOWN
        (written by Joe Drumright - tab is partially based on
        Bill Monroe's 1964 recording and consists of 4
        sections on lower and upper neck)

A

SM

4.00
B799 GEORGIA CRACKER
        (composer is unknown - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower and mid-neck)

A

SM

3.00
B808 FOX ON THE RUN
        (written by Tony Hazzard for Manfred Mann in the
        60's, hit for the "Country Gentlemen" also in the 60's,
        tab consists of 3 breaks and backup on lower neck)

I

SM

3.50
B1175 THEME TIME
        (tab is based on Bill Emerson's recording from his
        1987 "Home of the Red Fox" album and consists of
        4 sections, ranging from lower to high upper neck)

A

S

3.50
B1233 SWEET SUNNY SOUTH
        (first recorded by the North Carolina Ramblers in
        1927, then by Charlie Poole in 1929 - tab consists
        of one verse on lower neck)

I

S

2.00
B405 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG
        (tab is based in part on Doc Watson's 1964 guitar
        recording and consists of 5 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

A

SM

4.00

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BLUEGRASS BANJO ESSENTIALS - Volume One

26 "must" tunes for all bluegrass banjo players - 3 hours of
slow/fast demonstrations with "play-along sections" on 3 CDs

Intermediate and Advanced Levels

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles      M = Melodic Style
G tuning = gDGBD      C tuning = gCGBD     D tuning = f#DF#AD

 

Title and Description

Tuning and Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B032 HOME, SWEET HOME - (Don Reno)

D/D

I

S

3.50
B051 MOUNTAIN DEW - (Grandpa Jones)

G/G

I

S

3.00
B120 BANJO IN THE HOLLOW - (Doug Dillard)

G/G

I

SM

3.00
B129 BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT - (Earl Scruggs)

G/G

I

SM

3.50
B146 CRIPPLE CREEK - (fiddle tune)

G/G

I

SM

3.00
B149 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP
         (two arrangements - Ralph Stanley)

G/G

I

SM

3.50
B156 DEVIL'S DREAM - (fiddle tune)

G/G

A

M

3.50
B243 LITTLE MAGGIE - (mountain ballad)

G/G

A

SM

3.00
B309 REUBEN - (fiddle tune)

D/D

A

SM

4.00
B326 SOLDIER'S JOY - (fiddle tune)

C/C

A

SM

3.00
B335 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD - (Bill Monroe)

G/G

I

S

3.50
B343 SALTY DOG BLUES - (Flatt and Scruggs)

G/G

A

SM

3.00
B405 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG - (fiddle tune)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
BG449 DUELING BANJOS - (includes guitar tablature)

G/G

A

SM

6.50
B459 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN
        (Earl Scruggs)

G/G

A

SM

5.00
B461 FOGGY MOUNTAIN SPECIAL - (Earl Scruggs)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B497 LONESOME ROAD BLUES - (traditional)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B519 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL - (fiddle tune)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B523 OLD JOE CLARK - (fiddle tune)

G/G

A

SM

3.50
B539 ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS
         (Flatt and Scruggs)

G/G

A

SM

3.50
B537 RAWHIDE - (Bill Monroe - with Rudy Lyle's break)

G/G

A

SM

5.50
B540 ROCKY TOP - (2 arrangements - Osborne Bros)

G/G

A

SM

5.00
B545 ROANOKE - (Bill Monroe)

G/G

A

SM

3.50
B555 SALLY GOODWIN - (fiddle tune)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B781 SHENANDOAH BREAKDOWN
         (Bill Monroe, Joe Drumwright)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B808 FOX ON THE RUN - (Bluegrass)

G/G

I

SM

3.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO ESSENTIALS - Volume Two

All in the key of G and in G Tuning, except for Jerusalem Ridge...
30 banjo instrumentals and breaks - 3 hours of slow/fast
demonstrations with "play-along" sections on 3 CDs

Intermediate and Advanced Levels
S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles

 

Title and Description

Level

Style

Tab Price
B124 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY - (Bill Monroe)

I

S

4.00
B172 FIREBALL MAIL - (Don Reno)

I

S

3.00
B202 I SAW THE LIGHT - (Gospel - Hank Williams)

I

S

3.00
B212 I WONDER HOW THE OLD FOLKS ARE AT HOME
         (Mac Wiseman)

I

S

3.00
B259 MY LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE - (Bill Monroe)

I

S

3.00
B373 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN - (Carter Family)

A

SM

3.50
B380 WHEEL HOSS - (Bill Monroe)

A

SM

3.50
B403 BIG COUNTRY - (Bill Monroe)

A

SM

4.50
B439 DAYBREAK IN DIXIE - (Ralph Stanley)

I

S

3.00
B422 BANJOLINA - (Bobby Thompson)

A

SM

5.50
B424 BUGLE CALL RAG - (Earl Scruggs)

A

SM

4.00
B435 CHEROKEE SHUFFLE - (Tommy Jackson)

A

SM

4.00
B446 DEAR OLD DIXIE - (Earl Scruggs)

A

SM

5.50
B474 GROUND SPEED - (Earl Scruggs)

A

SM

4.00
B483 HAMILTON COUNTY BREAKDOWN - (H. McCormick)

A

SM

3.00
B485 HICKORY HOLLOW - (Doug Dillard)

A

SM

4.00
B491 JOHN HARDY - (traditional Bluegrass)

A

SM

4.00
B498 LIMEHOUSE BLUES - (Don Reno)

A

SM

4.00
B531 PIKE COUNTY BREAKDOWN - (B. Monroe, E. Scruggs)

A

SM

4.00
B544 REMINGTON RIDE - (Don Reno)

A

SM

4.00
B427 BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM - (traditional fiddle tune)

A

SM

3.00
B559 SALT CREEK - (Bill Monroe)

A

SM

3.50
B562 SHUCKIN' THE CORN - (Earl Scruggs)

A

SM

4.00
B568 SOCKEYE - (Don Reno)

A

SM

4.50
B771 ROAD TO COLUMBUS - (Bill Monroe)

A

SM

3.00
B585 UNCLE PEN - (Bill Monroe)

A

SM

3.50
B650 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN - (Ralph Stanley)

I

S

3.50
B447 DIXIE BREAKDOWN - (Don Reno)

A

SM

4.00
B785 JERUSALEM RIDGE
         (Bill Monroe - Gm Tuning: gDGBbD, key of Gm)

A

SM

3.00
B1175 THEME TIME - (Bill Emerson)

A

S

3.50

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EARL SCRUGGS BANJO TUNES - Volume One

Basic and Advanced Levels

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
G tuning = gDGBD      C tuning = gCGBD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Tuning & Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B455 FAREWELL BLUES
        (Dixieland and Bluegrass - tab is based on
        Earl Scruggs' 1951 recording and consists
        of intro, 4 sections and ending on lower and
        upper neck)

C/C

A

SM

4.50
B457 FOGGY MOUNTAIN CHIMES
        (Bluegrass - written by Earl Scruggs and
        recorded in 1953 by Flatt and Scruggs,
        tab is based on his recording and consists
        of 3 sections with chimes in Section 3, on
        lower and upper neck - tuners are required
        for playing this tab)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B458 FLINT HILL SPECIAL
        (Bluegrass - written and recorded by Earl
        Scruggs in 1952 - tab is based on his
        recording and consists of 5 sections on
        lower neck - tuners are required for
        playing this tab)

G/G

A

SM

4.50
B459 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN
        (Bluegrass - written by Earl Scruggs and
        recorded in 1949 by Flatt and Scruggs,
        tab is based on Earl Scruggs' recording
        and consists of 5 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

5.00
B461 FOGGY MOUNTAIN SPECIAL
        (Bluegrass 12-Bar Swing Blues - written
        and first recorded by Earl Scruggs in 1954,
        tab is based on his recording and consists
        of 5 sections on upper and lower neck in
        Single-String and Scruggs/melodic styles)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B474 GROUND SPEED
        (Bluegrass - written and first recorded by
        Earl Scruggs on his 1962 "Foggy Mountain
        Banjo" album - tab is based on his version
        and consists of 4 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B539 ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        breaks from Flatt and Scruggs' 1951
        recording, and consists of 3 sections on
        lower and mid-neck)

G/G

A

SM

3.50
B555 SALLY GOODWIN
        (traditional fiddle tune - earliest known
        recording is by Eck Robertson in 1922,
        tab is based on the recordings of Joe
        Stuart, Alan Munde, Butch Robbins, and
        Earl Scruggs, and consists of 7 sections
        on upper and lower neck)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B562 SHUCKIN' THE CORN
        (Bluegrass - written and first recorded by
        Earl Scruggs in 1957 - tab is based on his
        recording and consists of 5 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B788 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
        (Gospel - first titled "Can the Circle Be
        Unbroken, first recorded by the Carter
        Family in 1935 - tab is as played by Earl
        Scruggs and consists of one section on
        lower neck)

G/G

B

S

2.00
B803 JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY
        (Country and Bluegrass - recorded by the
        Carter Family during the 30's, then by Flatt
        and Scruggs in 1951 - tab consists of 2
        sections on lower neck)

G/G

B

S

2.50

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EARL SCRUGGS BANJO TUNES - Volume Two

Multi-Level

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
G tuning = gDGBD      C tuning = gCGBD
D tuning = f#DF#AD      Dm tuning = aDFAD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Tuning & Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B031 HOME, SWEET HOME
        (American Folk song for over 150 years,
        adapted from 1823 opera "Clari, Maid of
        Milan" - music by Sir Henry Bishop and
        lyrics by John Howard Payne - the tab is
        based on Earl Scruggs' 1962 recording and
        consists of verse and chorus on lower and
        upper neck)

C/C

I

SM

3.00
B043 LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        playing on Bill Monroe's 1948 recording,
        and consists of verse and chorus on lower
        neck)

G/G

B

S

3.00
B065 RING OF FIRE
        (60's Country - written by June Carter and
        Merle Kilgore, first recorded by Johnny
        Cash on his 1963 compilation album, "Ring
        of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash" - biggest
        hit of his career - tab is based on Earl
        Scruggs' version and consists of verse and
        chorus on lower and mid-neck)

G/G

I

SM

3.00
B129 BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT (Beverly
        Hillbillies' theme) - (tab is based on Flatt
        and Scruggs' 1962 recording and consists
        of 2 sections on lower neck)

G/G

I

SM

3.50
B138 CAROLINA BOOGIE
        (12-Bar Blues - written by Earl Scruggs
        (similar to "Foggy Mountain Special") - tab
        is based on his recording and consists of
        2 sections on upper neck)

G/G

I

S

2.50
B199 HEY PORTER
        (written and first recorded by Johnny Cash
        in 1954 - tab consists of one mid-neck
        break as played by Earl Scruggs with the
        Earl Scruggs Revue)

D/D

I

S

2.00
B221 JOHN HENRY
        (tab is based on Earl Scruggs' 1962
        recording, and consists of 2 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

D/D

I

SM

3.50
B278 NASHVILLE BLUES
        (Bluegrass - written and recorded by Earl
        Scruggs in 1965 for Flatt and Scruggs
        "Town and Country" album - the tab is
        based on his recording and consists of 3
        sections on lower and upper neck)

Dm/Dm

A

SM

4.00
B309 REUBEN
        (Bluegrass and traditional fiddle tune - first
        printed in 1909, first recorded in 1924 by
        Fiddlin' John Carson - tab is based on a
        combination of Earl Scruggs' 1962
        recording and Dan Crary's guitar recording
        from his 1970 "Bluegrass Guitar" album,
        and consists of 4 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

D/D

A

SM

4.00
B424 BUGLE CALL RAG
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Merle Travis'
        guitar recording and on Earl Scruggs' 1962
        banjo recording - tab consists of intro and
        3 sections on upper and lower neck, and
        includes harmonics (chimes)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B446 DEAR OLD DIXIE
        (Bluegrass - written and first recorded by
        Earl Scruggs in 1953 - tab is based on
        his recording and consists of intro and 3
        sections on upper and lower neck)

G/G

A

SM

5.50
B690 BLEAKER STREET RAG
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        recording and consists of 2 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G/C

I

S

3.00
B1256 BEFORE I MET YOU
        (Bluegrass - 3/4 time - tab is based on
        Flatt and Scruggs' 1955 recording and
        consists of verse and refrain on lower neck)

G/G

B

S

3.00

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EARL SCRUGGS BANJO TUNES - Volume Three

Intermediate and Advanced Levels

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
G tuning = gDGBD      C tuning = gCGBD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Tuning & Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B279 NASHVILLE SKYLINE RAG
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        playing from the 1970 Earl Scruggs Revue
        recording and consists of 4 sections on
        lower to mid-neck)

G/C

A

SM

3.00
B343 SALTY DOG BLUES
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        playing on Flatt and Scruggs' 1952
        recording and consists of 4 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

3.00
B358 TURKEY CHASE
        (fiddle tune - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        recording and consists of 2 sections, all
        on upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

3.00
B444 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN
        (Folk and Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl
        Scruggs' playing on Flatt and Scruggs' 1957
        recording and consists of 4 sections on
        lower to mid-neck)

G/F

A

SM

3.00
B454 EARL'S BREAKDOWN
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        1951 recording and consists of 5 sections
        ranging from lower to high upper neck,
        tuners are required to play this tab)

G/G

A

SM

5.00
B497 LONESOME ROAD BLUES
        (traditional Folk and Bluegrass - first
        recorded by the "Blue Ridge Duo" in 1924,
        tab is based in part on Earl Scruggs' 1962
        recording and consists of 4 sections on
        upper and lower neck)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B517 NOTHING TO IT
        (fiddle tune - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        banjo and Doc Watson's guitar recording,
        and consists of 4 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

C/C

A

SM

4.00
B531 PIKE COUNTY BREAKDOWN
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Earl Scruggs'
        and Bill Monroe's 1952 recordings and
        consists of 4 sections on lower and upper
        neck)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B533 POLKA ON THE BANJO
        ("Polka-Grass" - written and first recorded
        by Earl Scruggs - tab is based on his 1960
        recording and consists of 2 sections in 2
        keys on lower and upper neck)

G/C

A

SM

4.50
B542 RANDY LYNN RAG
        (Bluegrass - written and first recorded by
        Earl Scruggs in 1956 - tab is based on his
        recording and consists of 4 sections on
        lower and upper neck - Scruggs style,
        tuners are required to play this tab)

G/G

A

SM

4.00
B548 SALLY ANN
        (traditional fiddle tune - published in 1918
        and first recorded by "The Hill Billies" in
        1925 - tab is based on Earl Scruggs' 1962
        recording and consists of 5 sections on
        upper and lower neck)

G/G

A

SM

3.50
B737 MY SARO JANE
        (Bluegrass - written by Lester Flatt and
        Earl Scruggs, first recorded in 1964 - tab
        consists of 2 sections on lower neck, with
        the first as played by Earl Scruggs, and
        the second by Harold Streeter)

G/G

I

S

3.50

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DON RENO BANJO TUNES - Volume One

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - Scruggs/Melodic Style

G tuning = gDGBD     D tuning = aDF#AD
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Level

Tab Price
B032 HOME, SWEET HOME
        (American Folk song for over 150 years,
        adapted from the 1823 opera "Clari, Maid of
        Milan" - music by Sir Henry Bishop with
        lyrics by John Howard Payne - tab is partially
        based on Don Reno's 1959 recording and
        consists of 4 sections on lower neck,
        including two D tuner sections)

D

D

I

3.50
B172 FIREBALL MAIL
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on the recordings
        of Roy Acuff, Don Reno and Mac Wiseman,
        and consists of 2 sections on lower neck)

G

G

I

3.00
B334 STEEL GUITAR RAG
        (Texas Swing and Bluegrass - written by
        Leon McAuliffe and first recorded by Bob
        Wills and his Texas Playboys in 1936 - the
        tab is based on Don Reno's recording and
        consists of 3 sections, ranging from lower
        to high upper neck)

G

G

A

3.50
B363 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE
        (favorite flat pick guitar and banjo piece,
        written by Austrian military bandmaster
        Josef Franz Wagner (1856-1908) about
        the double eagle in the Austro-Hungarian
        coat of arms - tab is based on Don Reno's
        1961 recording and consists of 2 sections
        on lower neck)

G

G

I

3.50
B366 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG, MAGGIE
        (Folk/Bluegrass - written by George
        Washington Johnson, published in 1864
        and first recorded in 1905 by Corinne
        Morgan and Frank C. Stanley - tab is
        based on Don Reno's 1957 recording and
        consists of 2 verses and 2 choruses on
        lower and upper neck)

G

G

A

4.00
B406 GREEN MOUNTAIN HOP (Black Mountain Rag)
        (traditional fiddle tune - tab is partly based on
        Don Reno's 1961 recording and consists of 5
        sections on upper and lower neck)

D

D

A

4.00
B434 COTTON EYED JOE
        (50's Bluegrass - tab is partially based on
        Don Reno's playing on Reno and Smiley's
        1957 recording and consists of one section
        each on lower and upper neck)

G

G

I

3.00

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DON RENO BANJO TUNES - Volume Two

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic style - G Tuning

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
B419 BEER BARREL POLKA
        (written by Czech musician Jaromír Vejvoda in
        1927, first recorded in 1939 by Will Glahé with
        English lyrics - tab is based on Don Reno's 1957
        recording and consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

C

4.50
B423 BELLS OF ST. MARYS
        (written by A. Emmett Adams and Douglas Furber
        in 1917, first recorded in 1920 by Frances Alda,
        then for the 1945 Hollywood musical of the same
        name by Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman - tab is
        based on Don Reno's banjo and on Chet Atkins'
        guitar recordings, and consists of 2 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G

4.00
B425 BANJO SIGNALS
        (Bluegrass - tab is based on Don Reno's 1958
        recording and consists of 4 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

G

3.50
B447 DIXIE BREAKDOWN
        (Bluegrass - written by Don Reno - tab is based
        on Don Reno's 1954 recording and on Doug
        Dillard's later recording, and consists of 4 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G

4.00
B498 LIMEHOUSE BLUES
        (30's Dixieland - written by Douglas Furber and
        Philip Braham - the tab is based mainly on Don
        Reno's 1956 recording, but also on Benny
        Goodman's 1939 recording, and on Jethro Burns'
        mandolin recording, and consists of 4 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G

4.00
B499 LITTLE ROCK GETAWAY
        (Jazz-based fiddle tune - written by Joe Sullivan
        in 1938 - tab is based partly on Don Reno's 1959
        recording and consists of intro and 4 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G

3.00

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DON RENO BANJO TUNES - Volume Three

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic style - G Tuning

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Title and Description

Key

Tab Price
B544 REMINGTON RIDE
        (Texas Swing and Bluegrass - written and first
        recorded by Herb Remington (member of Bob
        Wills' band (1946-1950) in 1950 - tab is based
        on Don Reno's 1956 recording and consists of
        4 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

4.00
B564 SAN ANTONIO ROSE
        (Texas Swing and Bluegrass - music written by
        Bob Wills' and first recorded instrumentally in
        1938; when members of his band added lyrics
        and retitled it "New San Antonio Rose", it became
        Bob Wills' first hit - tab is based on Don Reno's
        1961 recording and consists of - 2 verses and
        chorus on lower and mid-neck)

C

3.50
B568 SOCKEYE
        (Bluegrass - written and first recorded by Don
        Reno in 1959 - tab is based on his recording and
        consists of intro, 4 sections and ending on lower
        and upper neck)

G

4.50
B572 SILVER BELLS
        (Bluegrass - not the Christmas song, - the tab is
        based on Don Reno's recording and consists of 4
        sections on upper and lower neck in "double-
        thumb" and Scruggs/Melodic styles)

G

3.00
B579 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE
        (40's Pop - written by Gene Lockhart and Ernest
        Seitz in 1918, recorded by Les Paul and Mary
        Ford in 1949 - tab is based on Don Reno's 1962
        recording and consists of 2 sections, ranging from
        lower to high upper neck)

G

4.00
B588 WASHINGTON and LEE SWING
        (fight song of Washington and Lee University,
        written in 1910 by Mark Sheafe, Clarence Robbins
        and Thornton Allen, recorded by both Glenn Miller
        and Louis Armstrong - the tab is based on Don
        Reno's 1962 recording, with 2 arrangements on
        lower and upper neck)

G and C

4.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO - BILL MONROE TUNES
Volume One

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Level

Style

Tab Price
B029 GOTTA TRAVEL ON
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1958 recording and
        consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

I

S

3.00
B124 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
        (3/4 and 4/4 time, written and first recorded by Bill
        Monroe in 1946 - tab consists of 2 verses and 2
        refrains on lower neck)

I

S

4.00
B181 GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1949 recording and
        consists of 2 verses on lower and upper neck)

A

S

3.00
B211 I'M WORKING ON A BUILDING
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1954 recording and
        consists of verse and chorus on lower neck)

I

SM

3.00
B258 MOLLY AND TENBROOKS
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1949 recording and
        consists of 3 sections on lower and upper neck)

A

S

3.50
B335 SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
        (first recorded by the "Mississippi Sheiks" in 1930,
        then by Bill Monroe in 1957 - tab consists of 3 verses
        on lower and upper neck)

I

S

3.50
B338 SANTA CLAUS
        (written by Bill Keith, recorded with Bill Monroe in
        1965 - tab is based on his recording and consists of
        2 sections on lower to mid-neck)

I

SM

3.00
B380 WHEEL HOSS
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1955,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 5
        sections on lower and mid-neck)

A

SM

3.50

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BLUEGRASS BANJO - BILL MONROE TUNES
Volume Two

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic Style

G tuning = gDGBD         Gm tuning = gDGBbD
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Tab Price
B259 MY LITTLE GEORGIA ROSE
        (written and first recorded in 1950 by Bill Monroe
        with Rudy Lyle on banjo - tab consists of verse and
        refrain on lower neck)

G

G

3.00
B395 ARAB BOUNCE
        (tab is based on Jimmy Martin's 1970 recording and
        consists of 2 sections on lower to mid-neck)

G

G

3.00
B413 BIG SANDY RIVER
        (written and first recorded in 1962 by Bill Monroe,
        tab consists of 4 sections, including 2 fiddle similes,
        on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

3.00
B462 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1946 recording and
        consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

C

G

3.00
B495 KENTUCKY MANDOLIN
        (written by Herschel Sizemore and first recorded by
        Bill Monroe sometime after 1959 - tab consists of 4
        sections on lower and upper neck)

Gm

Gm

3.00
B537 RAWHIDE
        (written and recorded by Bill Monroe in 1952 - tab is
        based on his recording and consists of 6 sections
        on lower and upper neck, including Rudy Lyle's upper
        neck break)

G

G

5.50
B741 GOLD RUSH
        (written and recorded by Bill Monroe in 1968 - tab is
        based on his recording and consists of 4 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G

G

4.00

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BLUEGRASS BANJO - BILL MONROE TUNES
Volume Three

Advanced Level - Scruggs/Melodic Style

G tuning = gDGBD         Gm tuning = gDGBbD
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Tab Price
B035 IN THE PINES
        (circa 1870's - 3/4 time - the tab is based on Bill
        Monroe's 1941 recording and consists of 2 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G

G

3.00
B403 BIG COUNTRY
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe - tab
        consists of 4 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

4.50
B545 ROANOKE
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1955,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 4
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

3.50
B559 SALT CREEK
        (tab is based on Bill Keith's playing on Bill Monroe's
        1964 recording and consists of 5 sections on lower
        and mid-neck)

G

G

3.50
B585 UNCLE PEN
        (written and first recorded in 1950 by Bill Monroe,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 2 vocal
        simile sections and 2 fiddle simile sections on lower
        and upper neck)

G

G

3.50
B771 ROAD TO COLUMBUS
        (written by Bill Monroe, recorded in 1977 by Kenny
        Baker with Bill on mandolin - tab consists of 2
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

3.00
B780 MONROE'S HORNPIPE
        (first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1958 but held back
        for inclusion on his 1965 "Bluegrass Instrumentals"
        album - tab is based on his recording and consists
        of 8 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

3.50
B781 SHENANDOAH BREAKDOWN
        (written by Joe Drumright - tab is based in part on
        Bill Monroe's 1964 recording and consists of 4
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

4.00
B785 JERUSALEM RIDGE
        (written and first recorded by Bill Monroe, named for
        the area he grew up in near Rosine, Kentucky - tab
        consists of 3 sections on lower and upper neck)

Gm

Gm

3.00
B800 GREY EAGLE
        (similar to the Scottish tune "Miller of Drone" - tab
        consists of 5 sections, ranging from lower to upper
        neck)

G

G

4.00
B1481 BLUEGRASS STOMP
        (12-Bar Blues - written and first recorded by Bill
        Monroe in 1949 - tab is based on his recording and
        consists of 3 sections on upper and lower neck)

D

aDGBD

2.50

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RALPH STANLEY BLUEGRASS BANJO TUNES

Multi-Level

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
G tuning = gDGBD      Gmo (G modal) tuning = gDGCD      D tuning = f#DF#AD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Tuning & Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B053 MAPLE ON THE HILL
        (tab consists of 2 sections on lower neck;
        first section is as played by Ralph Stanley
        on his 1959 recording)

G/G

B

S

3.50
B149 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley
        in 1959, this tune is based on an earlier one
        called "Lonesome John" - tab consists of 6
        sections on lower neck with one measure
        on upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

3.50
B150 CLINCH MOUNTAIN BACKSTEP
        (tab consists of 4 sections on lower neck)

Gmo/Gm

I

S

3.00
B243 LITTLE MAGGIE
        (late 1800's - first recorded by Grayson and
        Whittier in 1928 - tab is based on the Lily
        Brothers recording and on Ralph Stanley's
        recording, and consists of 4 verses on lower
        and upper neck)

G/G

A

SM

3.00
B310 RIDING ON THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN
        (tab is as played by Ralph Stanley on his
        1960 recording, and consists of one section
        on lower neck)

G/G

I

S

2.00
B426 BIG TILDA
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley
        in 1955 - tab consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

G/G

A

S

4.00
B439 DAYBREAK IN DIXIE
        (written and first recorded by Ralph Stanley
        in 1957 - tab is based on his recording and
        consists of 2 sections - except for upper
        neck intro, tab is on lower neck)

G/G

I

S

3.00
B484 HARD TIMES
        (tab is based on Ralph Stanley's 1955
        recording and consists of 6 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

D/D

A

SM

5.00
B650 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
        (tab is based on Ralph Stanley's 1959
        recording and consists of 2 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G/G

I

S

3.50

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DOUG DILLARD BLUEGRASS BANJO TUNES

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - G Tuning, key of G
Scruggs/Melodic style

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Title and Description

Level

Tab Price
B120 BANJO IN THE HOLLOW
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard in 1959,
        tab is based on his recording from the Dillards'
        1963 album "Back Porch Bluegrass", and consists
        of 4 sections on lower and mid-neck)

I

3.00
B262 MY GRASS IS BLUE (aka Doug's Tune)
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard - tab
        consists of 4 sections on lower neck)

A

4.50
B384 WHILE I WAS PRAYING
        (recorded by both the Dillards and the Stanley
        Brothers - tab consists of 2 verses on lower and
        upper neck)

I

3.00
B485 HICKORY HOLLOW
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard on the
        Dillard's 1963 album "Back Porch Bluegrass" - the
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 4
        sections on lower and mid-neck, with 3 measures
        on high upper neck and 2 in Single-string style)

A

4.00
B705 SINKIN' CREEK
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard for the
        Dillards' 1963 "Back Porch Bluegrass" album - the
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 4
        sections and 2 endings on lower and mid-neck)

I

3.50
B740 DOUG'S TUNE
        (written and first recorded by Doug Dillard in 1963,
        tab is based on his recording and consists of 5
        sections on lower neck)

A

5.00

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GOSPEL BANJO - Volume One

Basic and Intermediate Levels - G Tuning, key of G

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Level

Style

Tab Price
B028 GOSPEL TRAIN
        (first published in 1872, tab is as played by Roy
        Lewis on the Lewis Family's recording, and
        consists of 2 sections on lower neck)

I

S

3.00
B037 JESUS SAVIOR, PILOT ME (the "Sailor's Hymn")
        (written and published in 1871 - tab is based on
        Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs' 1958 recording and
        consists of verse and refrain on lower neck)

B

S

3.00
B045 LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN
        (a favorite of railroaders, written in 1890 by Charles
        Tillman and Eliza Snow - tab consists of verse and
        chorus on lower neck)

I

S

3.50
B054 OLD TIME RELIGION
        (written in 1889 by Charles Tillman - tab consists of
        4 sections on lower and upper neck)

I

SM

3.00
B077 WHY ME, LORD
        (3/4 time - written and recorded by Kris Kristofferson
        in 1971 - tab consists of 2 verses and chorus on
        lower and upper neck)

I

SM

3.50
B200 HE WILL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE
        (tab consists of intro and 2 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

I

S

3.50
B202 I SAW THE LIGHT
        (written and first recorded by Hank Williams in 1948,
        tab consists of verse and chorus on lower neck)

B

S

3.00
B211 I'M WORKING ON A BUILDING
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1954 recording and
        consists of verse and chorus on lower neck)

I

SM

3.00

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GOSPEL BANJO - Volume Two

Multi-Level - G Tuning

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles     
M = Melodic style     CM = Chord/Melody style

 

Title and Description

Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B788 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
        (first titled "Can the Circle Be Unbroken", first
        recorded by the Carter Family in 1935 - tab is
        as played by Earl Scruggs and consists of
        one section on lower neck)

G

B

S

2.00
B1401 AMAZING GRACE
        (3/4 time - written by John Newton, published
        in 1779 - tab consists of 2 sections on lower
        and upper neck in Chord/Melody style)

C and G

I

CM

3.00
B1523 HOBO'S MEDITATION
        (3/4 time - first recorded by Jimmie Rodgers
        in 1932, also included on the 1987 "Trio"
        album by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and
        Linda Ronstadt - tab consists of intro and 2
        sections on lower and mid-neck)

G

I

SM

3.50
B1776 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
        (written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861, first
        published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1862,
        tab consists of 2 arrangements; one in slow
        Chord/Melody style and one in uptempo
        Scruggs/Melodic style on lower and upper
        neck)

G

A

CM/SM

3.50
B2369 ANGEL BAND
        (3/4 time - written by William Bradbury and
        Jefferson Hascall, first titled "My Latest Sun
        is Sinking Fast", published in 1860 - tab is
        based on the Stanley Brothers and Flatt and
        Scruggs recordings, and consists of intro,
        verse and chorus on lower neck)

G

I

S

3.50
B2375 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
        (first recorded by fiddler Dick Burnett as the
        "Farewell Song" in 1913, then by Emry Arthur
        in 1928 - tab is based on the “Soggy Bottom
        Boys” version from the 2000 movie “O Brother
        Where Art Thou”, and consists of intro and 4
        sections on lower neck)

G

I

SM

3.50
B2421 HALLELUJAH I'M READY
        (tab is based on the recording by "Hilltop
        News" and consists of 2 breaks and backup
        on lower neck)

G

I

S

3.50
B2436 SENT FORTH BY GOD'S BLESSING (Ash Grove)
        (3/4 time - tab consists of 2 sections on lower
        to mid-neck and includes optional second
        banjo part)

C

I

M

3.50
B2445 OLD RUGGED CROSS
        (3/4 time - written in 1912 by George Bennard,
        regarded as the most popular hymn of the
        20th century - tab consists of intro, verse and
        refrain on lower and upper neck)

G

I

SM

3.00

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GOSPEL BANJO - Volume Three

Intermediate Level - G Tuning

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Style

Tab Price
B217 I AM A PILGRIM
        (tab consists of 2 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

SM

3.00
B293 POWER IN THE BLOOD
        (recorded by the Lewis Family - tab consists of 2
        sections on lower neck)

C and G

S

3.00
B296 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND
        (written by Gene MacLellan in the 60's - tab consists
        of 2 verses on lower and upper neck)

G

SM

3.00
B362 USING MY BIBLE FOR A ROADMAP
        (written by Don Reno and C. Schroeder in 1950, first
        recorded by Reno and Smiley in 1952 - tab consists
        of verse and chorus on lower neck)

G

S

3.00
B373 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
        (first titled "Can the Circle Be Unbroken", first
        recorded by the Carter Family in 1935 - tab consists
        of 3 verses on lower and upper neck)

G

SM

3.50
B384 WHILE I WAS PRAYING (Somebody Touched Me)
        (recorded by both the Dillards and the Stanley
        Brothers - tab consists of 2 verses on lower and
        upper neck)

G

S

3.00
B640 AMAZING GRACE
        (4/4 time uptempo version - written by John Newton,
        published in 1779 - tab consists of 2 verses on lower
        and upper neck)

G

S

3.00
B1506 SEEK YE FIRST
       (tab consists of intro and one verse on lower and
        mid-neck)

G

SM

3.00
B1508 BLESSED ASSURANCE
        (3/4 time - written by Fanny Crosby and Phoebe
        Knapp in 1873 - tab consists of 2 arrangements
        on lower to mid-neck)

G and C

SM

5.50

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GOSPEL BANJO - Volume Four

Intermediate and Advanced Levels - G tuning

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
CM = Chord/Melody style

 

Title and Description

Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B1518 PURPLE ROBE
        (tab is based in part on Ralph Stanley's 1959
        recording, consisting of verse and chorus
        breaks on lower neck, and backup on lower
        and upper neck)

G

I

S

4.50
B1519 OLD BRUSH ARBOR
        (tab consists of intro, verse and chorus breaks
        on lower neck, plus upper neck backup)

G

I

S

5.00
B1528 TAKE ME IN YOUR LIFEBOAT
        (tab is based on Flatt and Scruggs' 1951
        recording, and consists of 2 sections on
        lower neck)

G

I

S

3.50
B1530 'TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS
        (written by William Kirkpatrick and Louisa
        Stead in 1882 - tab consists of 2 sections
        on upper and lower neck)

G and D

I

CM

3.00
B1572 TURN YOUR RADIO ON
        (written by Albert Brumley in 1937, published
        in 1938, hit for both Ray Stevens and the
        Blackwood Brothers - tab consists of intro,
        verse and chorus on lower neck)

G

I

SM

3.50
B1737 SATAN'S CHOIR
        (tab is based on Seldom Scene's recording
        from their 1988 "A Change of Scenery" album
        and consists of intro, verse and chorus breaks,
        on lower and upper neck)

G

A

SM

3.50
B1761 I'LL FLY AWAY
        (written by Albert Brumley in 1929, first
        recorded by James and Martha Carson in
        1946 - the tab consists of verse and chorus
        breaks on lower neck)

G

I

S

3.00
B1805 I LIKE TO HEAR 'EM PREACH IT
        (tab is based on Jimmy Martin's 1959
        recording and consists of intro and break on
        lower neck)

G

I

S

3.00
B2031 MAN IN THE MIDDLE
        (written by Tom Harley Campbell, recorded by
        Hot Rize on their 1981 "Radio Boogie" album,
        tab consists of 2 intros, backup and 3 breaks
        on lower and upper neck)

D

A

SM

5.00
B2359 OVER IN THE GLORY LAND
        (tab consists of break from Rob McCoury's
        recording on lower neck, arranged for two
        banjos as played on the recording)

G

I

S

3.50
B2360 IN THE GLORY LAND WAY
        (tab consists of one lower neck break, as
        played by Earl Scruggs)

G

I

S

2.00
B2457 LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN IN GLORY
        (tab consists of lower neck break in Scruggs
        style, and advanced level upper neck break in
        Scruggs/Melodic style)

G

I/A

S/SM

3.50

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GOSPEL BANJO - Volume Five

Intermediate and Advanced Levels

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles
CM = Chord/Melody style

 

Title and Description

Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B180 GREAT SPECKLED BIRD
        (written by Reverend Guy Smith, based on
        Jeremiah 12:9, first recorded by Roy Acuff in
        1936 - tab consists of 2 verses on lower and
        upper neck)

G

I

S

3.00
B650 SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
        (tab is based on Ralph Stanley's 1959
        recording and consists of 2 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

G

I

S

3.50
B1466 MORNING HAS BROKEN (Christ Be Beside Me)
        (3/4 time - lyrics for this ancient Gaelic
        melody were written by Eleanor Farjeon
        (1881-1965) - Cat Stevens included it on his
        1971 "Teaser and the Firecat" album - tab
        is based on his recording and consists of
        intro, turnarounds and verses on lower and
        upper neck)

C and D

A

SM

4.50
B2313 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
        (composer is anonymous - popularized in the
        1930's and first recorded by the Selah Jubilee
        Singers in 1941 - tab consists of 2 verses on
        lower and upper neck)

G

A

SM/CM

3.00
B2322 IN THE GARDEN
        (3/4 time - written by C. Austin Miles in 1912,
        tab consists of lower neck verse and chorus)

C

I

SM

3.00
B2328 OLD IRISH BLESSING
        (Celtic - tab consists of one verse on lower
        and mid-neck - gDGBbD tuning)

Gm

I

CM

2.50
B2350 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
        (words by Katharine Lee Bates (1893), music
        by Samuel A. Ward (1895) - tab consists of
        2 arrangements on lower and mid-neck)

G

A

CM/SM

3.50
B2353 HOW GREAT THOU ART
        (lyrics written in 1885 by Swedish minister
        Carl Boberg, set to a Swedish folk melody in
        1888, published in English in 1949 - song was
        popularized by Billy Graham during his 1950's
        crusades - tab consists of 2 verses and
        chorus on upper and lower neck)

G

A

SM/CM

3.00

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CHRISTMAS BANJO - Volume One

Intermediate Level - G Tuning

CM = Chord/Melody style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles

 

Title and Description

Key

Style

Tab Price
B1393 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
        (author unknown, published in Britain in 1833 - tab
        consists of one verse on upper and lower neck)

Em

CM

2.50
B1394 WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE (Quest of the
        Magi) - (3/4 time - written by Reverend John Henry
        Hopkins, Jr., in 1863 - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

Em

SM

3.00
B1398 SILENT NIGHT (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht)
        (3/4 time - written by Father Josef Mohr and Franz
        Xaver Gruber, published in 1859 - tab consists of
        one verse on lower and mid-neck)

G

CM

3.00
B1399 JOY TO THE WORLD
        (words by Isaac Watts and music by Lowell Mason,
        tab consists of one section on lower and upper neck)

G

CM

2.00
B1400 HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
        (written by Charles Wesley, published in "Hymns
        and Sacred Poems" in 1739 - tab consists of one
        verse on lower to mid-neck)

C

CM

2.50
B1403 IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
        (3/4 time - written by Edmund Sears in 1849 - tab
        consists of verse and chorus on lower to mid-neck)

G

CM

3.00
B1779 SILVER BELLS
        (3/4 time - first sung in the 1951 movie; "The Lemon
        Drop Kid" by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell - tab
        consists of verse and chorus on lower to mid-neck)

G

SM

3.00
B2454 O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL (Adeste Fideles)
        (written by John F. Wade in 1743 - tab consists of
        one verse on lower neck)

C

CM

2.50

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CHRISTMAS BANJO - Volume Two

Intermediate Level - G Tuning

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles

 

Title and Description

Key

Style

Tab Price
B872 HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
        (written by Charles Wesley, published in "Hymns and
        Sacred Poems" in 1739 - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower to mid-neck)

C

S

3.50
B874 HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
        (written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman in
        1946, recorded by Autry in 1947 - tab consists of 2
        sections on lower and upper neck)

G

SM

3.00
B876 JINGLE BELLS
        (written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857, first titled
        "One Horse Open Sleigh" - tab consists of 2 verses
        and chorus on lower neck)

G

SM

3.00
B878 JOLLY OLD SAINT NICHOLAS
        (known as "Nicholas the Wonderworker", "Nicholas
        of Myra (270 to 346 A.D.) is the model for Santa
        Claus - tab consists of 2 verses on lower neck)

G and C

S

3.00
B879 JOY TO THE WORLD
        (words by Isaac Watts and music by Lowell Mason,
        tab consists of 2 sections on lower and mid-neck)

G

SM

3.50
B883 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
        (written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, first
        sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in 1934, first
        recorded by George Happle and the Hotel Taft
        Orchestra the same year - tab consists of 4 sections
        on lower and mid-neck)

G

SM

3.00
B888 TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
        (dating to 16th century, copyrighted in 1909 - tab
        consists of 6 sections on lower and mid-neck)

D

SM

3.50
B890 WINTER WONDERLAND
        (written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard Smith,
        first recorded by Richard Himber and his Hotel
        Carelton Orchestra the same year - tab consists of
        verse and chorus on lower and upper neck)

C

SM

3.00

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FIDDLE TUNES FOR BANJO - Volume One

Intermediate Level

SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles      M = Melodic style
G tuning = gDGBD      C tuning = gCGBD     D tuning = aDF#AD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Style

Tab Price
B021 BUCK DANCER'S CHOICE
        (4/4 and 6/4 time - tab is based on Kirk and
        Sam McGee's 6-string banjo recording and
        consists of 4 sections on lower neck)

C

G

SM

4.00
B110 BUFFALO GALS
        (written and published as "Lubly Fan" in 1844
        by the blackface minstrel John Hodges, who
        performed as "Cool White" - tab is partially
        based on Eric Weissburg's version and
        consists of 4 sections on lower neck)

G

G

SM

3.00
B123 BACK UP AND PUSH (Rubber Dolly)
        (tab is based on Bill Monroe's 1948 recording
        and consists of 2 arrangements for a total of
        3 sections on lower to mid-neck)

G and C

G

SM

3.50
B146 CRIPPLE CREEK
        (tab consists of 4 sections, including a
        Melodic style section, plus Earl Scruggs'
        quotes from his 1962 recording, on lower
        to mid-neck)

G

G

SM

3.00
B156 DEVIL'S DREAM
        (composer unknown - played either as a jig
        or a reel, but usually the latter, this has been
        a popular tune in New England since 1834,
        tab is based on Bill Keith's playing on Bill
        Monroe's 1963 recording and consists of intro,
        4 sections and ending on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

M

3.50
B158 DILL PICKLE RAG
        (written in 1907 by Charles L. Johnson - tab
        consists of first 2 sections on lower and
        upper neck)

C

G

M

3.50
B183 GARY OWEN
        (6/8 time Irish jig - General Custer's battle
        charge - tab consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

G

G

M

3.00
B326 SOLDIER'S JOY
        (dating to Revolutionary War and popular
        during the Civil War - first recorded by the
        Skillet Lickers in 1929 - tab consists of 4
        sections on lower neck)

C

C

SM

3.00
B431 CHINESE BREAKDOWN
        (tab is based on Tommy Jackson's fiddle
        recording and consists of 2 sections on lower
        to mid-neck)

D

D

SM

3.00
B505 LONESOME INDIAN (aka "Lost Indian", and
        "Gone Indian") - (tab consists of 4 sections
        on lower and upper neck - capo 5th string at
        7th fret for high A)

G

D

SM

3.00
B548 SALLY ANN
        (published in 1918 and first recorded by "The
        Hill Billies" in 1925 - tab is based on Earl
        Scruggs' 1962 recording and consists of 5
        sections on upper and lower neck)

G

G

SM

3.50
B565 SAILOR'S HORNPIPE (Jack's the Lad)
        (first published as "College Hornpipe" in
        1797 by J. Dale of London - featured in
        Popeye cartoons beginning in the 1930s - tab
        consists of 4 sections on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

M

3.00

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 For all 12 tabs in LeWalt format with CD: $37.95.
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Cost of tabs in TablEdit format if purchased separately: $39.00.
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FIDDLE TUNES FOR BANJO - Volume Two

Intermediate Level

SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles     M = Melodic style
G tuning = gDGBD     C tuning = gCGBD     D tuning = f# (or a)DF#AD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Key

Tuning

Style

Tab Price
B111 BUFFALO GALS
        (written and published as "Lubly Fan" in 1844
        by the blackface minstrel John Hodges, who
        performed as "Cool White" - tab consists of
        5 sections on lower and upper neck)

D

D

SM

3.00
B205 IRISH WASHERWOMAN
        (6/8 time Irish jig - tab consists of 2 sections
        on lower and mid-neck)

G

G

M

3.00
B230 JENNY LYNN
        (this tune is quoted in Bill Monroe's "Uncle
        Pen" outro (it was played often by Monroe's
        uncle) - tab is based on a 1950's American
        Folkways recording and consists of intro and
        5 sections on lower and upper neck)

G

G

S

3.50
B327 SOLDIER'S JOY
        (circa Revolutionary War but popular during
        the Civil War - first recorded by the Skillet
        Lickers in 1929 - tab consists of 4 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

D

D

SM

3.00
B549 SALLY ANN
        (published in 1918 and first recorded by "The
        Hill Billies" in 1925 - the tab consists of 4
        sections on upper and lower neck)

D

D

SM

3.50
B580 TOMAHAWK
        (tab is based on Tommy Jackson's fiddle
        recording and consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

G

G

SM

3.00
B671 ARKANSAS TRAVELER
        (written in the 1800's by Colonel Sanford C.
        Faulkner - tab consists of 4 sections on lower
        and upper neck)

D

D

M

3.00
B780 MONROE'S HORNPIPE
        (first recorded by Bill Monroe in 1958 but held
        back for inclusion on his 1965 "Bluegrass
        Instrumentals" album - tab is based on his
        recording and consists of 8 sections on
        lower and upper neck)

G

G

SM

3.50
B789 WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST
        (tab is based in part on Norman Blake's 1976
        flat pick guitar recording and consists of 3
        sections on lower and mid-neck)

D

G

M

2.50
B790 DUSTY MILLER
        (tab consists of 3 sections, mostly in Melodic
        style on lower and upper neck)

G

G

SM

3.00
B1551 CUCKOO'S NEST
        (circa early 18th century - tab consists of 4
        sections on lower and upper neck)

D

G

M

3.00

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FIDDLE TUNES FOR BANJO - Volume Three

Intermediate and Advanced Levels

S = Scruggs style     SM = Scruggs and Melodic styles     M = Melodic style
G tuning = gDGBD      Gma7 tuning = f#DGBD

All CD demonstration recordings include "play-along" sections

 

Title and Description

Tuning & Key

Level

Style

Tab Price
B390 YO HAN PA SNIPPEN
        (Schottische - tab consists of 6 sections
        on lower and upper neck)

G-C/D

I

M

3.00
B1494 O'GALLAGHER'S HORNPIPE
       &