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    Banjo Will the Circle Be Unbroken tab

    Scruggs Style

    The Carter Family

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      100 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    An incredibly popular standard bluegrass tune. This version of Will the Circle Be Unbroken is for beginners and highlights the forward roll pattern.

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  • Melodic Style

    The Carter Family

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      100 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    This is for intermediate to advanced players, and demonstrates how you can play fancy licks while staying true to the melody of the song.

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  • Backup

    The Carter Family

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      100 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    This is a fun backup arrangement of Will the Circle Be Unbroken showing you how to go back and forth between vamping, rolls, and licks.

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More about Will the Circle Be Unbroken

This is a more of a hymnal tune that's famous in Christendom. It was written in 1907 by Ada R. Habershon. Charles H Gabriel invested his artistic knowledge in turning these written lyrics into song music. The songs "Can the circle be unbroken" and "Daddy sang bass" features most of the chorus of this song. It is also featured on Netflix's Pretty Little Liars. It is to be noted that the tune ascribed to this song that is sung today in Christendom differs from the original tune composed by Gabriel. The ballad index of this song records the Metropolitan Quartet in 1927, which was the first known record in this tune. Another version of this song that was written by AP Carter was written or intended to be a funeral hymn the Carter family released this version in the year 1935. This version was titled "Can the Circle be Unbroken?". Structurally, this version is patterned according to the tune and verse structure of the famous version. However, the difference is in the lyrics and a modified chorus. Nevertheless, this version has often been recorded and performed under the title "Will the Circle be Unbroken." When mother Mary performed this tune in 1972, it was titled "Will the Circle be Unbroken."

Here are 3 killer arrangements of Will the Circle Be Unbroken for you to share with friends at your next jam. The Scruggs style arrangement will get you started learning slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs. Once you’re feeling confident with that try your luck with the Melodic style solo, which will teach you how to play the melody for Will the Circle Be Unbroken using up the neck scales. Finally, the Backup arrangement will show you how to play this song with others and sound l...ike a pro doing it. There are many Scruggs, melodic and bluesy licks in these three banjo Will the Circle Be Unbroken tablatures, which can be used to personalize each arrangement into your liking. To change measure into different arrangement, just click on the "Original Measure" text above the measure and select a different lick. You can also click the "Shuffle licks" button at the bottom of the page to randomly change all of the licks in the tablature and create a wholly unique arrangement of this song. You'll also find some useful tools which will help you to learn how to play Will the Circle Be Unbroken 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. Each Tunefox banjo Will the Circle Be Unbroken tab contains real-sounding backing tracks. These backing tracks allow you to practice the arrangement you’re learning with with an entire band and you can change volume of the band, banjo and metronome to suit your liking. Members can export their arrangements into PDF, allowing them to print and bring them to their next jam session.

Will the Circle Be Unbroken lyrics

I was standing by my window
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away Will the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky Lord, I...Lord, I hate to see her go * Refrain I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave * Refrain I went home, my home was lonely
Now my mother she has gone
All my brothers, sisters crying
What a home so sad and alone * Refrain