October 2024 < Back Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Key of G Sweetheart, You've Done Me Wrong - Key of Bb Coleman's March - Key of D Jambalaya - Key of C Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back - Key of G The Old Home Place - Key of G The Sunny Side of the Mountain - Key of G Blue Moon of Kentucky - Key of D, modulate to A Love, Please Come Home - Key of G Y'all Come - Key of G Midnight on the Water - Key of D The Girl I Left Behind Me - Key of G Soldier's Joy - Key of D Paradise - Key of D Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me - Key of A Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Key of A Previous Next

July 2024 < Back Pick A While - Key of G I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby - Key of C This Train - Key of G If I Should Wander Back Tonight - Key of G Folsom Prison Blues - Key of F The Miner's Prayer - Key of F Redwing - Key of G Dooley - Key of A Banks of the Ohio - Key of G The Green, Green Grass of Home - Key of C Red Clay Halo - Key of G How's the World Treating You - Key of C Footprints In The Snow - Key of D Jambalaya - Key of G Katy Daley - Key of C Wagon Wheel - Key of G Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Key of A Previous Next

Gear Corner Banjo - Gretsch G9400 Broadkaster Deluxe This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Mandolin - Ibanez M510-BS Read More Resonator Guitar - Flinthill Square Neck Read More

Bluegrass Instruments & Accessories Banjo The 5-String Banjo, played in the 3-finger "Scruggs" style is one of the defining sounds of bluegrass music. Read More Banjo Capo Choosing a banjo capo is an important decision when playing in a group. Read More Banjolele/Uke Ukuleles are not part of the typical bluegrass ensemble. Due to a renewed popularity in the United States, they are becoming more common at bluegrass jams. Read More Bass The upright bass is a very valuable instrument to the bluegrass ensemble but it can be somewhat misunderstood at times. Read More Dobro In bluegrass music, the "dobro" refers to a resonator guitar, played across the lap - with a steel bar sliding on the strings. Read More Dobro/Resonator Capo A dobro capo "sandwiches" the strings between a bar and a pad. They come in a few different styles. Read More Fiddle What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? A violin has strings and a fiddle has strangs! Read More Guitar In bluegrass music, the guitar plays an integral part of the ensemble as the basis of rhythm and chord-structure for the songs. Read More Guitar Capo There are almost an infinite number of guitar capos around. Choosing one with adjustable tension is essential for keeping your instrument in-tune during capo changes. Read More Mandolin With Bill Monroe being known as a mandolin player, it is an instrument that finds a welcome home in bluegrass jams. Read More Tuners Being in tune with everyone else in the jam session is of the utmost importance! Read More

Bluegrass Jam Songs Bluegrass songs often have varying lyrics from version to version. Included here are an approximation of lyrics that will get you through most jams. Don't get too concerned if the verses come up in a different order or if some lyrics are different. It all follows the same structure - and that's what's most important in a jam. Speaking of structure, bluegrass songs typically follow a verse/chorus pattern. In the following tunes, the chorus is indented and only written out once - to save space. It should be repeated and inserted where appropriate. Additionally, instrumental breaks usually follow the structure of the verse. The following tunes have been transcribed in a "transposed" version for instruments using a capo, a "concert pitch" version for instruments not using a capo, and a "nashville" version that uses chord numbers instead of letters. They have been formatted in a PDF file so that they're easy to download and view on one sheet. The video links should match the key provided for that tune so you can play along. Some older recordings might be slightly off from our electronic A=440 standard tuning. *Please send a message if any "dead" links turn up. Since the videos are sourced from YouTube, their owners may occasionally make changes that have impacts here. **More songs are coming. Please send a message if you'd like a particular tune in this format. 'Til the End of the World Rolls 'Round View Song A Few Old Memories View Song A Hundred and Ten in the Shade View Song Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me View Song Are You Waiting Just for Me View Song Banks of the Ohio View Song Big Spike Hammer View Song Blue Night View Song Blue Railroad Train View Song Blue Ridge Cabin Home View Song Blue Ridge Mountain Blues View Song Bootleg John View Song Bury Me Beneath the Willow View Song Christmas Time's A Comin' View Song Cold, Lonely, and Blue View Song Cry, Cry Darlin' View Song Dark Hollow View Song East Virginia Blues View Song Endless Highway View Song Goin' to Bring Her Back View Song Going to the Races View Song Hard Hearted View Song Head Over Heels View Song Hello Mary Lou View Song High on a Mountain Top View Song Hold On View Song Honey You Don't Know My Mind View Song How Mountain Girls Can Love View Song I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) View Song I Haven't Got the Right to Love You View Song I Saw the Light View Song I Wonder Where You Are Tonight View Song I Wonder if You Feel the Way I Do View Song I'll Fly Away View Song I'll Stay Around View Song I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome View Song I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open View Song I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home View Song If I Lose View Song If I Should Wander Back Tonight View Song In the Gravel Yard View Song In the Pines View Song It's Mighty Dark to Travel View Song Jambalaya View Song Keep on the Sunny Side View Song Knockin' on Your Door View Song Let Me Be Your Friend View Song Little Cabin Home on the Hill View Song Long Gone View Song Long Journey Home View Song Lost Highway View Song Love, Please Come Home View Song Man of Constant Sorrow View Song Molly and Tenbrooks View Song Mountain Dew View Song My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains View Song My Little Georgia Rose View Song My Rose of Old Kentucky View Song My Walkin' Shoes View Song Nine Pound Hammer View Song Ninety-Nine Years View Song Old Train View Song Pig in a Pen View Song Raised by the Railroad Line View Song Red Clay Halo View Song Rocky Road Blues View Song Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms View Song Salty Dog Blues View Song Sittin' on Top of the World View Song Some Old Day View Song Steel Rails View Song Streets of Baltimore View Song Sunny Side of the Mountain View Song The Train that Carried My Girl from Town View Song Think of What You've Done View Song Those Memories of You View Song Toy Heart View Song Uncle Pen View Song We Live in Two Different Worlds Dear View Song White Freight Liner Blues View Song Wild Bill Jones View Song Will You Be Loving Another Man View Song Will the Circle Be Unbroken View Song Worried Man Blues View Song Your Love is Like a Flower View Song

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Concert Pitch - Hard Hearted.pdf Nashville - Hard Hearted.pdf

May 2024 < Back Steel Rails - Key of D Dooley - Key of G Lonesome Valley - Key of G The Old Hometown - Key of G I'll Fly Away - Key of C Red Clay Halo - Key of G Are You Missing Me - Key of G Tennessee Waltz - Key of C Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Key of C Freight Train - Key of D If I Should Wander Back Tonight - Key of G Down Where the River Bends - Key of G The Sinking of the Reuben James - Key of C Little Cabin Home on the Hill - Key of G I Still Miss Someone - Key of G Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Key of A Previous Next

Concert Pitch - Uncle Pen.pdf Nashville - Uncle Pen.pdf

Banjos The 5-String Banjo, played in the 3-finger "Scruggs" style is one of the defining sounds of bluegrass music. Banjos have a long history and have gone through many changes since first coming to the Americas on slave ships from West Africa. Because of this, it is important to make sure you're playing the appropriate banjo for each style of banjo music. Left - Gretsch G9400 Broadkaster Deluxe - This 5-string resonator banjo is what most people think of when discussing bluegrass banjos. It has 5 strings - including the short 5th string that gives it the distinctive sound, a resonator on the back - to project loudly in a bluegrass ensemble, and a flathead tone ring under the head for a increased depth of sound. This banjo is normally played with a thumb and two finger picks in order to get the characteristic attack of the bluegrass banjo. Middle - Gretsch G9451 Dixie Deluxe - This 5-string open-back banjo should not be confused with its bluegrass sibling. Although it still has 5 strings, it is usually played with bare fingers in a clawhammer or frailing style - often heard in old time music. Lacking a resonator, it doesn't project as much and has a much more "round" sound to it. Right - Stromberg-Voisinet Tenor Banjo - Notice that this banjo is missing the 5th string that is characteristic of bluegrass and old time banjos. They are most commonly played with a pick, similar to guitar. Tenor banjos find a ready home in jazz, jugband, and celtic music.

December 2023 < Back White Freight Liner Blues - Key of G Does It Have to End This Way - Key of G Foggy Mountain Special - Key of G Worried Man Blues - Key of G Jingle Bells - Key of G All I Want for Christmas, Dear, Is You - Key of D Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Key of G Red Wing - Key of G 8th of January - Key of D You Are My Sunshine - Key of G Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Key of G Christmas in Prison - Key of G Sweetheart You've Done Me Wrong - Key of C Train 45 - Key of G Mama Don't Allow - Key of G Christmas Time's A Comin' - Key of G Previous Next

< Back Dobro/Resonator Capo A dobro capo "sandwiches" the strings between a bar and a pad. They come in a few different styles. Shubb C6b - This is often the "first" capo for dobro players because it is so similar in form to a traditional guitar capo - in cost as well . One major advantage to this style capo is that the brass bar sits on top of the fret so it is always accurately lined up to play in tune. A considerable disadvantage is that each capo needs to be adjusted and set up for the guitar it is going to be used on. If you're using a Shubb, consult their website to make sure it is properly adjusted for the resonator guitar on which it's being used. Charlie's Slide Pro Capo - This capo ignores the neck of the guitar and attaches directly to the strings. Charlie's capo also has great one-handed adjustment with the wedge mechanism it uses to tighten the capo to the strings. It is small but heavy - a good thing - to get the most tone out of the instrument. Since it is attached only to the strings, a tuner - or very good ear - is essential to making sure it is positioned in the correct place. Sometimes perspective can cause it to be askew. It is expensive, but is sold directly from the manufacturer so there's never the hunt to find it "in stock" somewhere. *Not Pictured - Beard Wave Capo - This capo functions in a similar manner to Charlie's. The main difference is that the Beard Wave uses a screw/wheel to tighten the capo to the strings. This capo is a little more refined looking than Charlie's, is slightly more affordable, but can be difficult to find "in stock" at this time. Previous Next