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Fiddle Tune Favorites

Learn how play popular fiddle tunes with this banjo tablature pack. Explore traditional melodies that capture the spirit of folk and bluegrass while building your playing skills and enriching your banjo learning experience.

  • Banjo Arkansas Traveler

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    Arkansas Traveler

    This is a tune you may be familiar with. The melody has traditional lyrics and is also used in the Nursery rhyme, "Baby Bumblebee"....

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  • Banjo Bill Cheatum

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    Bill Cheatum

    Bill Cheatum is known under many names, some include "Cheatum," "Cheat 'Em," "Old Bill Cheatum." This fiddle tune is common through...

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  • Banjo Cherokee Shuffle

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    Cherokee Shuffle

    Banjo player Howard Bursen and many others have identified "Cherokee Shuffle" as a West Coast version of “Lost Indian” which could ...

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  • Banjo Whiskey Before Breakfast

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    Whiskey Before Breakfast

    The "Whiskey before breakfast" tune is a broadly known tune that is no stranger to being mixed up with an ancient and conventional t...

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  • Banjo Red Haired Boy

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    Red Haired Boy

    ‘Red Haired Child ' is the English translation of the Gaelic name 'Giolla Rua' (or 'Gilderoy') and is generally thought to represent...

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  • Banjo Big Sciota

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    Big Sciota

    Big Sciota is a popular tune in the old-time and bluegrass repertoire and is named for the Scioto/Sciota river which flows through ...

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  • Banjo Blackberry Blossom

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    Blackberry Blossom

    This tune that has been included in over 250 tune books, proving that “Blackberry Blossom” is one of the most popular fiddle tunes ...

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  • Banjo Forked Deer

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    Forked Deer

    Indeed, the title "Forked Air" was used by Paul Tyler in a 1950 notebook in which Key A was used. Hamblen remembered his grandfather...

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  • Banjo Turkey in the Straw

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    Turkey in the Straw

    Turkey in the Straw is a famous American folk song that is iconic of rural America in pop culture. It was extracted from "My Grandmo...

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  • Banjo Salt Creek

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    Salt Creek

    It is quite unclear if this is the original title of the tune or if it had been changed. Jabbour might have changed the name because...

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  • Banjo Billy in the Lowground

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    Billy in the Lowground

    One of the most popular fiddle tunes to date, Billy in the Lowground was first recorded in the 1920s. Gotten from studies based on ...

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