Banjo Tunes

[Cannon Fodder]

Just starting out with a banjo. Any songs in tab form?

[dculgan]

If you are interested in playing, or learning to play the banjo in the style of the period you should check out the minstrel banjo forum at http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/. I don't recall if there is much tab available there or not but well worth the time to look it over. Dave Culgan.

[5strings]

I'm not sure if I know of any Civil War music books with tab. Just starting out you may want to take a few banjo lessons and just start playing as much as you can. There was a definite style back then as Dave has mentioned, all depends on what you want to get out of the music.

[Rhutcherson]

Hi,

You might want to try this book. It has some of Foster's most popular work in an easy tab format.

http://www.amazon.com/Banjo-Knee-BK-...5690971&sr=1-1

Enjoy - Cole Hutcherson

[5strings]

You are right Cole, that is a good book, I even bought it a few years ago and forgot all about it...sorry about that. Now I have to see if I can find it here in my study.

[Cannon Fodder]

Thank you for the info. I was wanting songs to play in camp and those will help.

[Mackay92]

And of course you are playing in the clawhammer style? Nothing bugs me more than playing in camp and someone asks me why I'm not playing bluegrass . While there is nothing wrong with old-time two or three-finger style, "bluegrass" style picking is inappropriate.

[Cannon Fodder]

Started learning in December. I don't care to learn Bluegrass finger picking. I love the sound of Clawhammer.

[hanktrent]

Is clawhammer period? It seems different from what I hear some of the more-researched banjo players playing at events.

Hank Trent
hanktrent@gmail.com

[Cannon Fodder]

Probably just Thumbstrum, but Clawhammer sure sounds better at events than Bluegrass picking.