Banjo Tabs

“Jingle Bells”, also known as “One Horse Open Sleigh”, is one of the best known and commonly sung secular Christmas songs in the world.
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“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” is a famous bluegrass music instrumental by the seminal bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs.

Many 5-string banjo players consider Foggy Mountain Breakdown one of the instrument’s fastest and most rhythmically challenging pieces. Only very skilled 5-string banjo players can play it at the same speed and beat that Scruggs can.

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This article helps you read banjo tabs. Read the rest of this entry »

G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G

Playing every other note of a major scale starting on each note creates the diatonic chords of a major scale.
( Gmaj.7 = 1-3-5-7, Am7 = 2-4-6-8, Bm7 = 3-5-7-9, etc.) Read the rest of this entry »

By Dan Levenson and friends, as heard on Boiled Buzzards: Early Bird Special Read the rest of this entry »

One break, by Phillip Mann Read the rest of this entry »

Three breaks, by Alison Brown. Read the rest of this entry »

One break, based on the playing of Bela Fleck. Read the rest of this entry »

Backup and solo as played by Earl Scruggs.
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