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Tab for this arrangement is available for purchase in my Etsy shop: banjogranny.etsy.com. Tuning in video is: d# C F Bb C, which is Sandy River Belle tuning in key of Eb (D#).

A friend of mine gave me this banjo that she found when cleaning out her Dad’s house. He never played it, so he said she could give it to me. 😊 It was covered in dust, had a tension tuner on the 5th string, and a Mylar head. A local luthier cleaned it up, put a Fiberskyn head on it, along with a geared 5th string tuner. The difference is night and day. It has a decently bright tone for an open ...

A more mellow version than my previous post of this tune. Played without metal fingerpicks. Tuning is: f A# F A# C (Double C tuning, tuned down one whole step.) Sorry for the previously incorrect tuning listed!

This is a somewhat shortened version, because for the life of me I cannot master the left hand fingering on the 1 of the final 3 chords. Also, I couldn’t find a good backing track for it, so I’m playing along with the original recording, so I end it just before the very brief drum solo. This tune wore me out! I’m too old to work this hard! This is in G tuning.

Based on Jason Romero’s version (3-finger). Tuning is d B E A B At first I tried to tab out exactly what Jason was playing, and I came pretty close. But the more I practiced it, the more I found myself changing it up a little - mostly to make it easier for me to play. (I certainly couldn’t improve on Jason’s version!) I need to work out some variations to make the song longer without being too ...

Slightly longer version, and hopefully better dynamics than the first draft. 😊

Haven’t posted in a while. Here’s a first draft of Words Unspoken (by Steve Martin & Pete Wernick). I’m still working on it, so I’ll hopefully post a more polished version later.

Tuning: d A D G A

G tuning

TAB for this arrangement is available for purchase in my Etsy shop at banjogranny.etsy.com. Double C tuning: g C G C D

Big Country (3-finger style)

TAB for this arrangement is available for purchase in my Etsy shop at banjogranny.etsy.com. Tuning: g C G C D#

Georgia Row (Clawhammer)

This is one of my favorite Patty Griffin songs. I wish I could sing it, because the lyrics are amazing, but I don’t have the vocal range for it.

Sally in the Garden

Julianne Johnson (clawhammer)

Flowery Girls

Cumberland Gap (Clawhammer)

Music for a Found Harmonium (Clawhammer)

Coleman’s March (Clawhammer)

Shady Grove (Clawhammer)

Blackjack Grove (Clawhammer)

John Stinson’s Reel #2

Here Comes the Sun

Soldier's Joy

Blackbird

Never Going Back Again

99 Years (and One Dark Day)

Lonesome Road Blues