Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

As played by WV fiddler Ralph Roberts, recorded by Don Borchelt and Jimmy Triplett. John's Tune is short little tune and fun to hear and play. It's named after the fiddler's grandfather who began every fiddle session with it!

A-B Cherokee Shuffle in G with guitar backup

Cherokee Shuffle in G (forgot capo:)

Thanks to Carl Baron who has shared a tune he's performed often in a special place at a folk festival. I don't get to see these remarkable little scenes of nature, but I can imagine their bright flight at night.

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Description of how of how I play the tune. Banjo aDADe In D and G

Goschenhoppen Fiddlers playing on stage in 2011

Tune from Berks County. PA in aDAde. In two keys, D and G.

An original tune

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Remix of this Doobie Brothers song to bring up the banjo in the mix

Learned for clawhammer banjo from the playing of Missouri fiddler Bill Driver with some cello banjo accompaniment

A tune in the key of G, from the fiddling of Bill Driver.

Ode Magician 13 7nch

A challenging piece for the Tune of the Week. I stuck with a chordal approach which I learned when studying bluegrass, and still use constantly.

Written in 1917, made famous by The Carter Family... this recording is from 2015...

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

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An original tune

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This is a SUNO AI version of a song that I wrote 16 years ago after a fight/make up with my wife. I hope you like it.

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Two versions of many -- Dwight Diller and Clark Kessinger.

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spaghetti western atmospheric piece with baritone banjo

Snake River Reel and Nine Witches Reel. Double C tuning, tuned down to something like double Bb. First is Cerddoriarth Fynyddig/Mountain Music's version, second is an original by him.

Chadwell's Station played clawhammer, slow and with standard tuning tuned down to E. Learnt it from Cerddoriaeth Fynyddig/Mountain Music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGFMKUu_6g

Slower finger picked version

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Learned for a Tune of the Week, I'm grateful anytime to hear the composer, Brad Kolodner, and the other fine musicians, including his father, who he often plays with.

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A Doc White fiddle tune I originally learned back in the early 1970s. Banjo tuned aDAde