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Cotton Eyed Joe - Old-Time

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  • Old-Time
  • Key   G
  • Capo   2
  • Tempo   60 bpm
  • Tuning   GDGBD

Here's a simple version of Cotton Eyed Joe for Clawhammer banjo. It uses a few bum-ditties and "strum-ditties" along with the basic melody. The other tricky part comes in measure 4 of the B part. You'll play bum (ditt)-y. this can be kind of tricky. Use the focus feature to loop and listen repeatedly. Then, practice repeatedly at a very slow speed.


After getting the basic arrangement down, check out those licks. There's a whole lot of cool banjo vocabulary to explore. Remember to play attention to the fret and pick hand fingerings in the banjo tablature.

Explore more Cotton Eyed Joe Clawhammer banjo Tabs:

Melody, Clawhammer, Melody #2
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