If they are in a stack of notes (a chord) they are optional. I've gotten around this by setting up my "C" banjo with a lighter first string (.0095) and a heavier forth string (.024). However, I frequently drop them out if it is a fast tune or as a variation. (*.pdf), Fiddler's Hoe-Down (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Fire on the Mountain (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Five Miles from Town (M100) (*.tef) TABLATURES LISTED BY KEY A - C - D - G Ive arranged Whiskey Before Breakfast in double C tuning (gCGCD). (*.pdf), Charlie's Hornpipe (Stack of Barley) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Climb Upstairs the Monkey (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Cyrill's G Schottische (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Fever in the South (M100) (*.tef) C for double C, etc.). Easy and advanced banjo lessons with video & tab. Intro (*.pdf), http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Banjoben's Personal Tab Collection ONLINE: 99 Essential Bluegrass Banjo Solos. Welcome! Yes it works, and it means one doesn't have to learn any new fingerings. If you dont have said software you can download a free viewer/printer from http://www.tabledit.com/tefview/. MIDI FILES: 217_clawhammer_banjo_tunes_midi_files_001-020.zip These MIDI files go along with the first 20 tunes (Contributed by Stephen McConnel) Kelly-Banjo_Tunes-001 Title Page; Kelly-Banjo_Tunes-002 How to Read the Tabs; Kelly-Banjo_Tunes-003 Goodnight Ladies, Groundhog, Bingo; Kelly-Banjo_Tunes-004 Au Clair DeLune, Blue Bells of Scotland Easy and advanced banjo lessons with video & tab. There are a couple of drop thumb licks which are marked with a "T" below the note. So you could brush the whole chord but you might lose a bit of the melody. (*.pdf), Mississippi Sawyer (M100) (*.tef) You use this tuning for the old-time favorite Soldiers Joy. Because its a tune just about every banjo player plays often one of the first learned in double C (or double D) tuning. Here are the 99 bluegrass banjo solos, now all online, in both the MP3s and the PDF files for you to download directly from this page(If you want the hard copy of the collection, click here to order: Banjoben's Personal Tab Collection: 99 Essential Bluegrass Banjo Solos) (*.pdf), Oyster River Hornpipe (fife version) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Rocky Road to Jordan (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes (*.tef) (*.pdf), Shenandoah Valley Waltz (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Step to the Music Johnny (*.tef) (*.pdf), Spotted Pony, The Other (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Walk Along John to Kansas (*.tef) (*.pdf), Five Miles of Ellum Wood (*.tef) Western Gem - this tune actually modulates, starting in A and then going to E. Check out my first book of tabs, Fifteen Fiddle Tunes for Five String Banjo self-published in 1974, over 40 years ago. Generally any double C song that doesn't use the 1st song too much will work, and there's often more tabs for Double C too. The beginners or less agile people that use my tabs might have an easier time if they skip the optional notesand it will still sound good. By Tim Jumper. (*.pdf), Goodbye, My Honey, I'm Gone (*.tef) (*.pdf), Grasshopper Sittin' on a Sweet Here is a version of Whiskey Before Breakfast for clawhammer banjo which I reduced down to its bare-bones skeleton. Clawhammer Banjo Tutorials. There are hundreds of tabs in my collection. A lot of clawhammer banjo players don't use this much, I think it's a benefit to hold down a chord, or partial chord, if it's easy. Note: the arrows indicate a downward brush on the bottom strings. (*.pdf), Illinois Rickett's Hornpipe (*.tef) (*.pdf), Jefferson and Liberty Quadrille (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Jim Clark's Hornpipe (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Johnny Don't Come Home Drunk (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Joseph Won the Coated Fiddle (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Lantern in the Ditch (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Marmaduke's Hornpipe (M100) (*.tef) (HINT: there are a lot of notes that could be optional but I don't put parentheses on them.) It can be heard on "Dave Douglass - Old-Time Banjo Tunes" CD. (*.pdf), Eighth of January (M100) (*.tef) Call Toll Free: 1-866-3-BANJOS (866-322-6567) Reviews Includes a banjo fret board with all of the notes marked. The tabs were written in Tabledit. (*.pdf), Fire on the Mountain (Isham Monday's) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Jack Danielson's Reel (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Jenny Run Away in the Mud in the Night (*.tef) (*.pdf), Johnny, Bring the Jug Around the Hill (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Little Red Barn Quadrille (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Polk County Breakdown (M100) (*.tef) Tunes with the parenthetical statement "(M100)" 5 String Banjo Chord Chart, Double C Tuning, g, C, G, C, D, includes the major, minor and seventh chord fingerings. (*.pdf), Chickens Dont Roost too High (*.tef) (*.pdf), Forty Miles from Georgetown Without any Whiskey (*.tef) (*.pdf), Grey Eagle, Cyrill Stinnett's (M100) (*.tef) (*.pdf), Heck Broke Loose in Georgia (*.tef) (*.pdf), Aunt Mary's Hornpipe (M100) (*.tef) Old G: gDGBE The tabs are also available as *.pdf files (see http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Banjo fret board with all of the melody my first book of, A `` T '' below the note his lovely bluegrass-cum-old-time 3-finger style Tunes, Tunes! 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