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Tennessee Waltz banjo tabs

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    Banjo Tennessee Waltz tab

    Chord Melody Style

    Traditional

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      D
    • Tempo
      50 bpm
    • Tuning
      aDGBD

    This is a great chord melody style arrangement of the Tennessee waltz. Make sure to spike your 5th string at the 7th fret. Try playing with swing mode engaged. It will really make the rhythm come to life. Check out the Lick switcher too. There's a lot of great variations in there.

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More about Tennessee Waltz

A classic waltz tune beloved by the country and Bluegrass world.

In every Tunefox tablature arrangement you'll find measures where you can switch out licks to see different options to use for your improvisation. This feature is called the Lick Switcher. How do you find the Lick Switcher? Look for text that says "Original Measure" over different measures in the Tennessee Waltz tab you are learning and click on that text. It'll open up the Lick Switcher where you can select a substitute measure for that spot in the song. You'll find that there are different styles of licks like Scruggs, Melodic, Bluesy, and more. Want to see a completely different version of this song? Click on "Shuffle Licks" on the bottom of tool panel to randomly shuffle the licks in the song.

You'll also find some useful tools which will help you to learn how to play Tennessee Waltz on banjo. For example, you can use the "Hide Notes" feature, which will hide some notes for you so you can learn parts of the melody by ear. The "Memory train" tool will progressively hide notes each time you play through a section or the entirety of a song. Take your speed to the next level with the "Speed Up" feature. This tool will automatically increase playback speed each time you loop the song.

Using backing tracks for practice should be an essential part of every musician’s routine. With Tunefox, you can practice Tennessee Waltz as fast or as slow as you want and mix the volume of the tracks with the instrument to your liking. There’s also a metronome so you can always feel the pulse of the song with or without the band track playing along.

Members can also export all of their banjo Tennessee Waltz arrangements into PDF files.

Tennessee Waltz lyrics

I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced her to my loved one and while they were dancin' My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just how much I have lost Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing The beautiful Tennessee Waltz I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced her to my loved one and while they were dancin' My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just how much I have lost Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing The beautiful Tennessee Waltz