Tom Dooley Clawhammer banjo Tabs

Doc Watson

Tom Dooley Clawhammer banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Beginner

Tags: #old-time, #vocal, #major key, #traditional

Tom Dooley is an old standard. It's been done by many popular artists, including Doc Watson. While Doc was mainly known as a flat-picking guitar man, he was also a clawhammer banjo player!

Start with the melody then check out some other arrangements. You'll get some insight as to how you can embellish a melody with banjo licks and tricks.

Learn how to play Tom Dooley on Clawhammer banjo with this selection of tablatures:

Melody
- Difficulty
- Key
  G
- Tempo
  60 bpm
- Tuning
  GDGBD
Here's a simplified melody arrangement of Tom Dooley for Clawhammer banjo. Listen in Tunefox and to Doc Watson or other recordings. You want to learn and "get to know the song" befo...
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Melody + Bum-Ditty
- Difficulty
- Key
  G
- Tempo
  60 bpm
- Tuning
  GDGBD
Combine melody and the basic bum-ditty pattern in this simple clawhammer banjo arrangement of Tom Dooley. There's a few licks to check out if you want to embellish things a bit furt...
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Melody + Chord-Ditty
- Difficulty
- Key
  G
- Tempo
  60 bpm
- Tuning
  GDGBD
Add in some chords and brush strokes to your melody & bum-ditty patterns to get a much fuller sound when playing Tom Dooley on the banjo!
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Clawhammer
- Difficulty
- Key
  G
- Tempo
  60 bpm
- Tuning
  GDGBD
Learn this arrangement of Tom Dooley if you are ready to add in a lot of common clawhammer banjo licks and tricks! Doc Watson played this song in the key of A. Capo at the sec...
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Tom Dooley Clawhammer banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Melody

Melody + Bum-Ditty

Melody + Chord-Ditty

Clawhammer