Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs

As played by August Merrill, Missouri fiddler, and collected by R.P. Christeson. Missouri tunes are often notey, and I suspect with more familiarity, I'd want to simplify this more for banjo ease....

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Banjo fans..Im posting an old recording (1985) of two tunes by Sousa. I recently found (its easy to loose things when you move a lot) this recording of the Sousa tunes which features Mary Levine, a s...

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John Salyer's tune, played out of "Old-G" tuning. I pulled it out of another of my *.mp3's at the hangout: "Old G-athon" which has four other tunes with it....

I learned this beautiful arrangement from watching Dave Hum on YouTube. It is in the beautiful Double C tuning. I'm using a capo on the second fret, and on the seventh fret of the 5th string. I tab...

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A modern composition of an old-timey tune. It's a bit challenging to play with its timing, but pleasant and lively. The "Golden Ticket" may have originated as a well-understood concept from...

Alternative title: Sketch after a Tune by Gautier d'Espinal...

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 ...

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 brigh...

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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...

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

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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....

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

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An original tune...

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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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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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