Here's
where you can listen to the mp3's I've uploaded to the
web.
As far as I am able to determine, all tunes are either in the Public Domain or are my own works. All works are licensed under a
Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0 license
If I have tabbed out my version of the tune, you can find a copy by clicking on the "tab" link after the tune, or by going to The Good Stuff.
As far as I am able to determine, all tunes are either in the Public Domain or are my own works. All works are licensed under a
If I have tabbed out my version of the tune, you can find a copy by clicking on the "tab" link after the tune, or by going to The Good Stuff.
Recent Additions: 11/19/2012
- Angelina Baker (A Mixolodian)
- Clawhammer Banjo
Tunes,Songs
and Other Recordings
(Alphabetical by Genre)
Clawhammer Banjo Solos
- Angelina Baker (A Mixolodian)
- This fiddle tune is usually played in the key of D, or at least out of Double D tuning on the banjo. There was a request on the Banjo HangOut for a version in A tuning. I had been fooling around with the tune in A, so I tabbed it out and discovered that I had apparently "crookedized" it, as well as shifted it to a modal key. Tab
- Arkansas Traveler
- This is a well-known banjo and fiddle tune that isn't played often enough. This one is done in the key of G Tab
- Barlow Knife
- This is a fun little tune that I can play all day! Done on my Deering Goodtime, it is the first recording with the Fyberskin head and No-Knot tailpiece. Standard G tuning. Tab
- Black Eyed Daisy
- This is an old tune I learned from a tab by Bob Carlin. I really like the simplicity of the tune.
- Breaking Up Christmas
- Clawhammer Banjo (aEADE)
- Cluck Old Hen
- A traditional fiddle/banjo tune rendered in the Kyle Creed style. I find this style cleaner, more uncluttered than much of the newer versions.
- Colored Aristocracy
- Clawhammer Banjo (gDGBD)
- Cumberland Gap
- A fairly standard fiddle/banjo tune common throughout the Appalachian Mountains. Played in "Sandy River Belles" tuning (gEADE).
- Drowsy Maggy
- Clawhammer banjo
- Glass of Gin
- I was fooling around with the banjo tuned to double C and capoed the other day and came up with this simple tune. Lots of drop-thumb, kind of a nice cooler after the heat of an Arizona summer day.
- Lizard On The Garden Wall
- An original tune for Clawhammer banjo. I came up with this one while sitting on the patio watching a lizard running along the face of my garden wall while being pursued by a Cardinal. The lizard won this round! Tab
- Magpie
- An upbeat little clawhammer banjo tune in the key of G.
- Mississippi Sawyer
- Clawhammer banjo version of the old fiddle tune.
- Needlecase
- Clawhammer Banjo rendition of an old fiddle tune.
- Old Jawbone
- A Henry Reed fiddle tune rendered on my Chuck Lee Lone Star openback banjo. I hope to one day add the fiddle to this catchy melody. Done in the key of G.
- Pusch Ridge
- Another original tune, but I think it just a bit of that old-time sound to it. Tab
- Rolling Mills (on a fretless banjo)
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Tuning: eBC#F#B. Played on a fretless mountain banjo with Minstrel strings, which require a lower tuning. If this on on my steel string banjo, the tuning would be f#DEAD.
Tab - Sally In The Tater Patch
- My Clawhammer banjo version of "Sally In The Garden" mixed with "Tater Patch."
- Spooky Cripple Creek
- Clawhammer Banjo in a minor tuning. This came about on All Hallow's Eve a few years ago after hearing a version by Donald Zepp that struck me as eerie.
- Danville Girl
- Vocal and Banjo. This is a nice hobo/love song.
I like the fact that the basic clawhammer stroke works great for 3/4
time tunes.
Tab
- Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child #74)
- Guitar and Vocal. Tab
- Good Old Mountain Dew
- Clawhammer banjo and vocal.
- John B Sails
- Clawhammer and Vocal (also known as Sloop John B). Tab
- Lady Margaret
- Clawhammer banjo and vocal of the oldtime version of Child 74.
- Old Bangum
- An old ballad, unaccompanied. I got this version from one
done by Mike and Peggy Seeger.
I really like these old songs. There are other versions, one of them done often by string bands is called "Wild Hog In The Woods." - Clawhammer banjo and Vocal.
- The Fox
- Clawhammer banjo and Vocal. This is an old song that I've known since a boy. Tab
- Worried Man Blues
- Vocal and Banjo I have always liked this tune, and finally got around to working up a clawhammer arrangement for it. Tab
Fiddle Tunes
Folk Songs
Guitar Solos
- Ländler and Caprice
- I haven't really played Classical
guitar in
over 20
years, but recently I felt my Goya G-10 longing to try some. So, I dug
out an old notation book and spent a couple of hours practicing a few
of the short ones I used to play. Here is a Ländler by Joseph
Küffner and a Caprice by Ferdinando Carulli.
Singer/Songwriter Stuff
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut
- An original talking blues with Clawhammer banjo.
- Talkin' Ortega Dining Commons Blues
- An original talking blues in the Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan vein. I wrote this one in a Spanish class while I was at University in the early '60s. I don't think I could get away with it in this day and age.
Ukulele & Mountain Dulcimer Pieces
- Blue Ukulele Waltz
- An original Ukelele instrumental. Lots of reverb in the mix.