Buckley's Guide for the Banjo - 1868 (banjo tabs, pdf + mp3s)
Buckley's Guide for the Banjo - 2024 tablature edition
Here's a complete tablature transcription of Buckley's Guide for the Banjo from 1868! These are presented in the finest tablature for your playing pleasure. The original book was published in standard notation for a lower tuning. These have been transposed a minor third up from the original book so they sit perfectly on a modern banjo in C tuning (gCGBD) or G tuning (gDGBD). These are a delight to play and come in a mix of stroke style as well as guitar style. Stroke style is very much like what we call clawhammer today. Guitar style is very much like classical guitar or fingerstyle playing. Your purchase comes with mp3s of the entire book to help you learn each song. Here is a complete list of all 98 instrumental solos:
- Examples & Exercises
- Exercises for Thumb, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd fingers
- When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home
- Clog Hornpipe
- Waltz
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic
- Bobey Nickles’ Jig
- General Pope’s Jig
- Andrew Leavitt’s Jig
- Savory’s Jig
- Bolton Clog Hornpipe
- Pat Maloy’s Jig
- Billy Morris’s Jig
- Lon Morris’s Jig
- The Jubilee
- Fandango
- Tiger Jig
- John Anderson My Joe
- Do They Think Of Me At Home?
- Nelly Was A Lady
- Ladies In De Parlor
- Dearest Mae
- Turn Up Jack (Jig)
- Uncle Ned
- Charleston Gals
- Soap Fat Man
- Picayune Butler
- Darling Nelly Gray
- Nine O’Clock Bell (Jig)
- Annie Lisle
- Ring, Boys, Ring
- Abraham’s Daughter
- Willie We Have Missed You
- Villikins And His Dinah
- Bully For All
- Tenpenny Bit
- De Old Lame Horse
- Lor Bres De Ladies
- Sugar In De Gourd
- The Frolic
- Les Sylphides
- Pea Nut Girl
- Kate Kearny Waltz
- Lazy Joe
- Tonawanda Hornpipe
- Congo Jig
- Pearl Waltz
- Varginny Tobacco Plant
- Blue Bell Valse
- Chickahominy Jig
- Contraband Jig
- Aunt Dinah’s Sauce Pan
- Wrecker’s Daughter
- Wood Up Quick Step
- Anvil Chorus
- Scotch Jig
- Snapping Turtle Jig
- Toe De Mark Jig
- May-Flower Schottische
- Yorktown Polka
- Sally Come Up
- Don’t You Hear De Bulgine
- G. Swain Buckley’s Celebrated Minor Jig
- Star Spangled Banner
- Johnny Campbell’s Jig
- The Cure
- General Burnside’s Jig
- No One To Love (duet)
- Jedediah’s Clog Hornpipe
- Dick Sand’s Clog Hornpipe
- Let Me Kiss Him For His Mother
- Jim Lee’s Jig
- Fisher’s Hornpipe
- Jack Is The Lad
- Chimes On The Bells
- Pat The Boy Jig
- Kettle Drum Polk
- Niagara Polka
- Pacific Schottische
- Bandurand Polka
- Napoleon W. Gould’s Polka
- Frank Converse’s Jig
- Von Bonhorst’s Jig
- Union Jig
- Budworth Jig
- Dan Bryant’s Jig
- Buckley’s Hornpipe
- Dan Emmett’s Reel
- Storm Galop
- The Lily (Mazurka)
- Excelsior Rondo
- Empire Hornpipe
- Joe Murphy’s Jig
- Viva La America
- Spalding’s Jigs, No.1-5
- Sheridan’s Hornpipe
- Fred Buckley’s Hornpipe
- Ben Cotton’s Clog Dance
- Hayes’ Clog Hornpipe
Kyle Gray Young is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.