Banjo tab is for 3-finger (bluegrass/melodic) playing unless otherwise noted.

All or some free tab sites

Not free tab sites

Sites with fiddle-tune notation &/or recordings

SItes with chords to tunes, song lyrics

My free TablEdit banjo tabs below...

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All or some free tabs...

Al Badger (mainly clawhammer)

Alltabs.com (a major resource; TablEdit)

Banjo Hangout (a major resource; mix of TablEdit, Tabrite, pdf)

Banjo in the Hollow (Xavier Baron's and others; mostly zipped TablEdit)

BanjoTrain (Lee Kaufman's instructional site)

Bart Veerman (mix of bluegrass and clawhammer; pdf)

Dave Marshall, Virtual Bluegrass Band (mainly clawhammer)

Don Borchelt (fiddle tunes for banjo--major resource; TablEdit)

EzFolk.com (clawhammer; html)

Five Strings Inside (clawhammer; html)

Folk of the Wood (a few tabs, instructional site)

FreeTabs.com (.zip files only) (mix of bluegrass, clawhammer and other instruments)

Hetzler's Fakebook (good fiddle tune reference--mostly midi, some pdf)

Hicham Azzouzl's banjobluegrass.free (a major resource; TablEdit)

Howzee-bee (Hans Holzherr?) (TablEdit)

Jack Baker (Jack is back! The best site for first-rate free banjo tab on the web! TablEdit)

Jack Tuttle (12 classic BG tunes/songs, backup licks and endings; pdf)

Jay Buckey (mostly fiddle tunes, separate tab for each instrument; pdf)

Mike Iverson (clawhammer)

Philip Mann (bluegrassbanjo.org) (major resource, all TABrite)

Richie Dotson

Ross Nickerson (instructional site; TablEdit)

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Not free tabs...

Accurate Custom Tablature (A.C.T.) pdf list of tabs

Banjo Newsletter (a major resource, requires purchasing back issues)

Ben Freed (single collection, free mp3's of tabs; pdf)

Eddie Collins (format not specified)

Jack Hatfield (a major resource; most are printed, only new additions areTablEdit)

Lee Marcus (a major resource; TablEdit)

Seanray.com's 8-page pdf file (an order form) of available tabs

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Chords and/or Lyrics to songs

UK Traditional Bluegrass Music page (a large collection of tunes, song lyrics, and chords)

UK Home Place Recording Studio (words and chords to bluegrass songs)

Mike Wright's raccoonbend.com (flatpick guitar tabs/chords--not banjo, but lots of chords to fiddle and other tunes)

Jim Bottorff's page

UltimateGuitar.com

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A few bluegrass and melodic tabs by me in TablEdit format

These tabs may or may not include right-hand fingerings and have no accompaniment---just pure synth-banjer.


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Angeline the Baker (Angelina Baker), melodic style (key of D, G tuning)

April's Reel, melodic/Scruggs style (key of G, G tuning)

Big Mon, mostly Scruggs style (key of A, G tuning)

Black and White Rag, melodic style (G tuning)

Black Mountain Rag, melodic/Scruggs style(G tuning)

Blackberry Rag, more melodic than Scruggs style (key of C, G tuning)

Breaking Up Christmas, melodic style (G tuning)

Breaking Up Christmas, Scruggs style (G tuning)

Carroll County Blues (G tuning)

Chicken Reel, mostly Scruggs-style (G tuning)

Cluck Old Hen, Scruggs style (G tuning)

Cluck Old Hen #2, Scruggs style (G tuning)

Country Boy Rock 'n Roll (G tuning)

Cripple Creek, chromatic version (G tuning)

Daley's Reel, melodic style (G tuning)

Darlin' Corey (fragment) in D (G tuning)

Deep Ellum Blues in D (G tuning)

Fireball Mail (G tuning)

Froggy Went a Courtin' (G tuning)

Green Mountain Hop (Black Mountain Rag) (G tuning, key of G or A)

Greensleeves in E minor (G tuning)

Ground Hog up-the-neck break (G tuning)

Hello Mary Lou (G tuning)

Hey Good Lookin' (G tuning)

Interstate Rag (key of D, G tuning)

Jenny Lynn (or Lind) (G tuning)

Katy Hill, Scruggs-ish (G tuning)

Keep My Skillet Good 'n Greasy (G tuning)

Little Annie (key of D, G tuning, capo A)

Little Boxes [On the Hillside] (G tuning)

Little Darling Pal of Mine, up-the-neck break (G tuning)

Little Maggie (G tuning)

Man of Constant Sorrow (key of G)

Miller's Reel, melodic style (G tuning)

Mississippi Sawyer, melodic style (G tuning, Key of C, capo up 2 to play in D)

Mississippi Sawyer, melodic style (G tuning, uncapoed in D)

Miss McLeod's Reel, melodic style (G tuning)

Miss McLeod's Reel, Scruggs style (G tuning)

Molly and Tenbrooks (key of C, G tuning, uncapoed)

My Dixie Darling (G tuning)

Old Joe Clark---a few ideas for the A-part (G tuning)

Pig in a Pen (G tuning)

Pig in a Pen, mainly forward-rolled (G tuning)

Remington Ride (G tuning)

Saline Canine Blues (G tuning)

Sally Goodin---a couple of ideas (G tuning)

Shady Grove, BG style (G tuning)

Shady Grove, up-the-neck break, modal-style (G tuning)

Shady Grove in Dm (G tuning, 5th to A)

Shendandoah Valley Breakdown (key of A, G tuning)

Shortnin' Bread (G tuning)

Smith's Reel #1, melodic style (key of D, G tuning)

Smith's Reel #2, melodic style (key of G, G tuning)

Soldier's Joy (key of D, G tuning, 5th to A)

Soppin' the gravy, melodic style for moderate tempo (key of D, G tuning)

Soppin' the gravy, scruggs/melodic style for faster tempo (key of D, G tuning)

Soppin' the gravy, 100% scruggs style for keeping up with Stuart Duncan at 150bpm (key of D, G tuning)

Streets of Laredo (key of D, G tuning)

Talk about suffering (G tuning)

'Tis a Gift To Be Simple (G tuning)

Turkey in the Straw, scruggs style w/ tinge of melodic (G tuning)

Walking in My Sleep, scruggs style w/ tinge of melodic (G tuning)

Wheel Hoss (G tuning)

White House Blues (G tuning)

White Xmas (G tuning)

Wildwood Flower (key of C, G tuning)

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