Comprehensive repertoire book of fiddle tunes adapted for banjo, in easy to read tablature, by the renowned player and teacher of the 5-String Banjo, Tony Trischka. For the early picker to the advanced player, this book and its companion recordings on 2 CDs will enable the player to learn by example and broaden their technical range.

Fiddle tunes have been adapted for Banjo since the early 1850??s. The explorations contained here include a large collection of popular American fiddle tunes and a section of Celtic tunes played in the three major Bluegrass Banjo styles. These Bluegrass, Old Time and Celtic banjo traditions will expand the players?? knowledge of the instrument, and deepen their understanding of bluegrass and traditional music.

The techniques employed will build the players technical prowess and broaden their enjoyment of playing. And the tunes, both popular and lesser known, will add new variety to the next jam session! Tablature only.

Repertoire of fiddle tunes for the early to the advanced banjo player. In easy to read tablature with 2 companion CDs. Expands the players?? knowledge of Bluegrass banjo styles and banjo music. Builds playing skills and adds variety to their playing.

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Learning to Read Tablature
• Some Things You'll Need to Know
• THE TUNES
• Angeline the Baker (two versions)
• Big Eyed Rabbit
• Big John McNeill
• Fiddler's Hoedown
• Big Mon
• Big Sciota
• Big Scioty
• Bill Cheathem
• Billy in the Lowground
• Blackberry Blossom
• Black Mountain Rag
• Bonaparte's Retreat
• Booth Shot Lincoln
• Boston Boy
• Brilliancy
• Cattle in the Cane
• St Anne's Reel
• Cherokee Shuffle
• Chicken Reel
• Cindy
• Cluck Old Hen
• Cold Frosty Morning
• Coal Holler
• Cotton Eyed Joe
• Cotton Patch
• Cuckoo's Nest
• Cumberland Gap
• Devil's Dream
• Doggy on the Carpet
• Done Gone
• Dusty Miller
• East Tennessee Blues
• Eighth of January
• Elzic's Farewell
• Fine Times at Our Hose
• Fire on the Mountain
• Fisher's Hornpipe (F)
• Garfield's Blackberry Blossom
• Get Up John
• Grey Eagle
• Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman
• Huckleberry Hornpipe
• I'll be Sixteen Next Sunday
• Jawbones
• Jeff Davis
• Jenny Comb Your Hair
• Jerusalem Ridge
• June Apple
• Katy Hill
• Lady Hamilton
• Liberty
• Little Sadie
• Lonesome Fiddle Blues
• McMichen's Hornpipe
• Money Musk
• Muddy Roads
• Old Bunch of Keys
• Old Dangerfield
• Old Joe Clark (three versions)
• Paddy on the Turnpike
• Pigtown Fling
• Poplar Bluff
• Portsmouth
• Puncheon Floor
• Ragtime Annie
• Rice Straw
• The Route
• Sail Away Ladies
• Sally Ann
• Sally Goodin (four versions)
• Sally Johnson
• Snowflake Reel
• Soldier's Joy (two versions)
• Sourwood Mountain
• Stone's Rag
• Texas Gales
• Turkey in the Straw
• Washington's March
• Wheel Hoss
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• Wild Rose of the Mountain

BOBBY THOMPSON TUNES
• Arkansas Traveler
• Bill Cheathem
• Cripple Creek
• Fisher's Hornpipe
• Flop Eared Mule
• Katy Hill

CELTIC TUNES
• Banish Misfortune
• The Blackbird
• The Blarney Pilgrim
• Blow the Wind Westerly
• Darby the Driver
• Delahunty's Hornpipe
• Drowsy Maggie
• Flowers of Edinburgh
• Garry Owen
• Irish Washerwoman
• Miss McLeod's Reel
• Miss Monroe's Jig
• Napoleon Crossing the Rhine
• Northumberland Bagpipe
• O'Fenlon's Hornpipe
• Paddy Kelly's Jig
• Paddywack
• Red Haired Boy
• Red Haired Lass
• Rickett's Hornpipe
• Rights of Man
• Rye Straw
• Temperance Reel
• The Youngest Daughter

HENRY REED TUNES
• Arkansas Traveler
• Cripple Creek
• Ducks in the Pond
• Fisher's Hornpipe (D)
• Flop Eared Mule
• Forked Deer
• The Girl I Left Behind
• Jawbones
• Kitchen Girl
• Leather Britches
• Mississippi Sawyer
• Over the Waterfall
• Salt River
• Shortnin' Bread
• Texas (New Castle)

280 pages, 2 CD's