Banjo tab is for 3-finger (bluegrass/melodic) playing unless otherwise noted.
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Sites with fiddle-tune notation &/or recordings
SItes with chords to tunes, song lyrics
My free TablEdit banjo tabs below...
All or some free tabs...
Al Badger (mainly clawhammer)
Banjo Hangout (a major resource; mix of TablEdit, Tabrite, pdf)
Banjo in the Hollow (Xavier Baron's and others; mostly zipped TablEdit)
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)
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)
Jack Baker (Jack is only allowing midis to be heard. No tab. 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)
Ross Nickerson (instructional site; TablEdit)
Walkin' On Water Records (gospel tabs; pdf; 5-string chord charts)
Not free 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)
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)
Fiddle tunes and tune notation--free
8notes.com, Traditional music [an amazing musical resource; the home page]
Alf's abc page with links to lots of abc code and sites
Bruce Shawyer's fabulous abc list of jigs Other jigs Reels & Hornpipes
Library and Archives of Canada sorted by title Same, sorted by performer
Collection of collections of fiddle tunes--HUGE resource
Dan Cobb's Music of Ireland (many many tunes in abc format)
Digital Tradition Folk Music Database
Fiddle Tunes from Bernie Waugh
Fiddler's Companion at ibiblio.org Alphabetical listing Abc info
GreatCanadianFiddle.blogspot.com
Highland Music Trust...a collection of collections of Scottish tunes in pdf format
Hill Country Tunes by Sam Bayard .
Identitairs Québécois--notation and midi for ~450 French Canadian tunes!
JC's ABC Tune Match at trillian.mit.edu
JC's list of Ryan/Cole's 1000 fiddle tunes in abc format
JC's Online Music Books -- various collections in abc format
JC's list of O'Neill's 1001 tunes from "The Dance Music of Ireland" in abc format
John Lamancusa's Old Time Fiddle Tunes
Rex McGee's fiddle instruction site
The Session -- mostly Irish tunes, abc, stnd. notation, and lots of good commentary
Traditional Music Library (UK) American Scottish Irish Old-Timey
Washington Oldtime Fiddlers' Association (WOTFA) Tune of the Month (notation, mpg)
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.
How do you make your right hand do what you ask it to? Practice! Here are 20+ tabbed rolls guaranteed to promote right-hand development (v8)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Old Joe Clark---a few ideas for the A-part (G tuning)
Pig in a Pen, mainly forward-rolled (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)
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)
Streets of Laredo (key of D, G tuning)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (key of D, G tuning, 5th to A)
Talk About Suffering (G tuning)
'Tis a Gift To Be Simple (G tuning)
Travis-style picking examples (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)
Wildwood Flower (key of C, G tuning)
TablEdit Tips:
[Alt]+[D] forces sharp.
[Alt]+[B]
forces flat.