bluegrass banjo tab collection
for the serious bluegrass banjo student
This is a set of tabs of 99 essential and classic bluegrass banjo solos, (see list below,) that I have developed over the years for my students. It is not an instruction manual for beginners.
These easy-to-read (LARGE) tabs are printed on photocopied, 3 hole-punched sheets intended to go into your own binder. They are all excellent arrangements of well-known bluegrass banjo standards for any serious banjo student who is at least at the advanced beginner or intermediate level. With this collection, I have carefully created arrangements that I felt were either very mainstream and definitive or, if a song does not really have a definitive version, then I arranged something that made a lot of musical sense, sounded good and "real" yet was easy enough to learn play.
Mail $30(personal check is OK if within the USA, (and if outside the USA, mail $35 cash only) to cover the cost of duplication and mailing to
Ben Freed
45 Evergreen Row
Armonk, NY
10504
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1.
Alabama Jubilee |
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2.
Angeline the Baker |
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3.
Arab Bounce |
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4.
Auld Lang Syne |
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5.
Back Up and Push |
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6.
Ballad of Jed Clampet |
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7.
Banjo Signal |
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8.
Beaumont Rag |
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9.
Big Mon |
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10.
Big Sandy River |
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11.
Bill Cheatham |
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12.
Billy in the Lowground |
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13.
Black Mountain Rag |
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14.
Blackberry Blossom |
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15.
Blackjack |
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16.
Blue Night |
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17.
Blue Ridge Cabin Home |
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18.
Bugle Call Rag |
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19.
Cherokee Shuffle |
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20.
Clinch Mountain Backstep |
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21.
Crazy Creek |
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22.
Cripple Creek |
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23.
Cumberland Gap |
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24.
Dark Hollow |
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25.
Dear Old Dixie |
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26.
Devil's Dream |
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27.
Dixie Breakdown |
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28.
Dixie Hoedown |
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29.
Down Yonder |
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30.
Farewell Blues |
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31.
Fireball Mail |
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32.
Flop Eared Mule |
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33.
Foggy Mountain Breakdown |
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34.
Foggy Mountain Special |
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35.
Follow the Leader |
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36.
Forked Deer |
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37.
Georgia Rose |
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38.
Gold Rush |
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39.
Goodbye Liza Jane |
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40.
Grandfather’s Clock |
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41.
Grey Eagle |
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42.
Groundspeed |
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43.
Hot Burrito Breakdown |
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44.
How Mountain Girls Can Love |
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45.
I Saw the Light |
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46.
John Hardy |
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47.
John Henry (G tuning) |
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48.
John Henry (C tuning) |
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49.
June Apple |
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50.
Katy Hill |
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51.
Leather Britches |
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52.
Lime Rock |
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53.
Limehouse Blues |
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54.
Little Cabin Home on the Hill |
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55.
Little Maggie |
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56.
Lonesome Road Blues |
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57.
Long Journey Home |
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58.
Molly and Tenbrooks |
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59.
Monroe’s Hornpipe |
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60.
Nashville Skyline Rag |
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61.
Nine Pound Hammer |
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62.
Old Home Place |
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63.
Old Joe Clark |
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64.
Paddy on the Turnpike |
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65.
Pike County Breakdown |
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66.
Ragtime Annie |
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67.
Red Haired Boy |
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68.
Red River Valley |
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69.
Red Wing |
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70.
Remington Ride |
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71.
Reuben |
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72.
Road to Columbus |
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73.
Roanoke |
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74.
Rocky Top |
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75.
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms |
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76.
Sailor’s Hornpipe |
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77.
Sally Ann, Scruggs version |
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78.
Sally Ann, old time version |
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79.
Sally Goodin’ |
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80.
Salty Dog Blues |
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81.
Salt Creek |
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82.
Shenandoah Breakdown |
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83.
Shuckin’ the Corn |
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84.
Sitting on Top of the World |
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85.
Sled Ridin' |
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86.
Soldier’s Joy |
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87.
St. Anne’s Reel |
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88.
Sweet Dixie |
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89.
Sweet Georgia Brown |
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90.
Take Me in Your Lifeboat |
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91.
Temperance Reel |
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92.
Theme Time |
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93.
This Land is Your Land |
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94.
Turkey in the Straw |
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95.
Wheelhoss |
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96.
Whitewater |
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97.
Will the Circle be Unbroken |
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98.
Wreck of the Old '97 |
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99.
Your Are My Sunshine |
Mail $30(personal check is OK if within the USA, ( and if outside the USA, mail $35 cash only) to cover the cost of duplication and mailing to
Ben Freed
45 Evergreen Row
Armonk, NY
10504