Kyle's Banjo Club - The Complete First Year (130+ tabs)

Presenting Kyle's Banjo Club - The Complete First Year! There are more than 130 tunes available in this collection. All songs are listed below with the original year, the source, and the banjo tuning. If there is an asterisk, that means it's one of my original banjo arrangements. Otherwise, it's most likely a transcription of a piece of historical banjo repertoire originally published in standard notation. Mp3s of each song are included.

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 1 - August 2021

• Buckley's Banjo Jig (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, C)
• Devil's Dream (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, no bass)
• Grape Vine Twist (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, no bass)
• I'm Off For Brighton (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, C)
• Irish Jig (1887, Hitchcock's Banjo Collection, Frank B. Converse, G)
• Pea Nut Girl (1868, Buckley's Banjo Guide, C)
• Tame Her When Da Snaw Comes (traditional Shetland reel, G)*
• The Goddesses (1651, The English Dancing Master, John Playford, sawmill)*
• The Flowers Of Antrim (1903, O'Neill's Music Of Ireland, G)*
• Titus Banjo Jig (1855, Buckley's Violin Tunes, G)*

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 2 - September 2021

• Cluck Old Hen (1940, Traditional Music In America, sawmill)*
• Empty Pockets (1862, The Drummers' & Fifers' Guide, sawmill)*
• Hawk's Got A Chicken (traditional American fiddle tune, sawmill)*
• I Lost My Love (1880, Merry Melodies Vol 1 by James Kerr, sawmill)*
• Jem The Miller (1909, Old Irish Folk Music & Songs, Turlough O'Carolan, sawmill)*
• Kick Up The Devil On A Holiday (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, sawmill)
• Lucy Neal (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, sawmill)
• Reel St. Jean (traditional French-Canadian reel, sawmill)*
• Scotch Air (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, Frank B. Converse, sawmill)
• The Lamentation Of Owen Roe O'Neil (1903, O'Neill's Music Of Ireland, Turlough O'Carolan, sawmill)*

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 3 - October 2021

• Autumn Woods (1903, O'Neill's Music Of Ireland, G)*
• The Spider Dance Reel (1908, J.W. Pepper Collection Of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, etc., G)*
• The Frost's On The Pumpkin & The Fodder's In The Shock (traditional American schottische, G)*
• The Eleventh Of October (1883, Stephen Grier's Music Manuscript Collection, G)*
• The 14th Of October (1800, The John Buttrey Manuscript, G)*
• Reel Du Chat Noir (traditional Québécois reel, G & D)*
• The Old Witch Of Ochiltree (1760, The Caledonian Pocket Companion, G minor)*
• Dance Of The Scarecrows (1924, The Improved Paramount Method For Banjo, C)
• Unsworth's Giggle Toot (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, no bass & G)
• Hallow Een (1726, Musick For The Scots Songs in Tea Table Miscellany, G)*

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 4 - November 2021

• Jim Crack Corn (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, C)
• Briggs' Corn Schucking Jig (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, C)
• Turkey In The Straw (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, C)
• Turkey In The Straw (1926, EZ Method, How To Play The Banjo by Wm. J. Smith, C)
• Gumbo Reel (1886, Frank B. Converse's Analytical Banjo Method, C)
• Johnny Stole A Ham (1883, Winner's New American School For The Banjo, no bass)
• Buttered Peas (1740, The Complete Country Dancing Master, G)*
• Mansikka On Punainen Marja (Strawberry Is A Red Berry) (traditional Finnish folk tune, G)*
• The Turkey Gobbler (1905, The American Veteran Fifer, A.F. Hopkins, G)*
• Hogs In The Tater Patch (traditional American reel, G)
• Thanksgiving (1903, O'Neill's Music Of Ireland, G)*

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 5 - December 2021

• Winter Apples (1903, O'Neill's Music Of Ireland, G)*
• When Frost & Snow Does Cover The Ground (1733, The British Musical Miscellany, G)*
• Winter (1788, Selection Of Scotch, English, Irish, & Foreign Airs, Vol. 3, G)*
• The Snow Storm (1843, The Musician's Companion, G)*
• Snowshoer's Reel (traditional Canadian reel, G)*
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (written by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne, G)*
• Ei Tule Suvi Ja Ei Sula Lumi (The Summer Won't Come & The Snow Won't Melt) (traditional Finnish folk tune, G)*
• Snow Flake Schottische (1886, George C. Dobson's National Banjo Method, C)
• Jingle Bells (1921, Paramount Method For Banjo by Frederick J. Bacon, C)
• Auld Lang Syne (1887, Hitchcock's Banjo Collection by Frank B. Converse, C)

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 6 - January 2022

• New Year’s Day In The Morning (1755, The Universal Magazine of Knowledge & Pleasure, G)
• New Year’s Gift (1800s, William Hall Lister’s manuscript, G)
• I Wish You A Merry New Year (1785, Selection of Scotch, English, Irish, & Foreign Airs, G)
• New York Jig (1887, Hitchcock’s Banjo Collection by Frank B. Converse, G)
• The New Sailor’s Hornpipe (c.1840, John Moore’s manuscript, England, G)*
• Unsworth’s New Jig (1858, Phil Rice’s Method For The Banjo, G)
• The Birthday Party Waltz (1883, Horace Weston, C) - duet
• The Eighth Of January (traditional American reel, G)*
• When The Snow & The Frost Are All Over (1909, Old Irish Folk Music & Songs, G minor)
• Drive The Cold Winter Away (17th century traditional English country dance, G minor)

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 7 - February 2022

• My Love Is But A Lassie (1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, C)
• Cupid’s Dream Waltz (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, Frank Converse, C)
• Little Cupid Schottische (1890, National School For The Banjo, Alfred A. Farland, C)
• Valentine Jig (1900, Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs, & Hornpipes, Herbert J. Ellis, C) - duet
• Old Dan Tucker (1851, The Complete Preceptor For The Banjo, G)
• Old Dan Tucker (1851, my clawhammer arrangement based on the original, G)*
• Old Tar River (1851, The Complete Preceptor For The Banjo, G)
• O Carry Me Back To Ole Virginia Shore (1851, The Complete Preceptor For The Banjo, no bass)
• Louisiana Belle (1851, The Complete Preceptor For The Banjo, no bass)
• How To Excel On The Banjo Part 1, exercises 1-4 (C, Emile Grimshaw, 1926)
• Kiss The Cold Winter Away (traditional Scottish folk tune, G)*

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 8 - March 2022

• State Anthem Of Ukraine (1863, Mykhailo Verbytsky, G)*
• The Spring Well (1903, O’Neill’s Music Of Ireland, G)*
• Spring Jig (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, Frank Converse, C)
• St. Patrick’s Day (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, Frank Converse, G)
• Spring Belle Breakdown (1900, Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs, & Hornpipes, Herbert J. Ellis, C) - duet
• Briggs’ Movements (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, no bass)
• Camptown Hornpipe (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, no bass)
• Get Up In The Mornin’ (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, no bass)
• Money Musk (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, no bass)
• Old 76 Reel (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, no bass)
• Walk Into The Parlor Jig (1855, Briggs' Banjo Instructor, no bass)
• How To Excel On The Banjo Part 1, exercises 5-8 (1926, Emile Grimshaw, C)

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 9 - April 2022

• Aркан (traditional Ukrainian dance, Gm)*
• Vårvindar Friska (traditional Swedish tune, Gm)*
• A Rainy Day (1907, O’Neill’s Dance Music Of Ireland, Gm)*
• A Rainy Day (1903, O’Neill’s Music Of Ireland: 1850 Melodies, G)*
• Sateesta Kastunut (traditional Finnish folk tune, G)*
• Thunderstorm Breakdown (1900, Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs, & Hornpipes, G & C) - duet
• Hear Him, Johnny, Hear Him! (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, C)
• Phil Rice’s Excelsior Jig (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, C)
• Rise Old Napper (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, no bass)
• Snap, Flip Toodleum Dee (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, C)
• Sam Johnson’s Reel (1858, Phil Rice's Method For The Banjo, C)
• How To Excel On The Banjo Part 1, exercises 9-11 (1926, Emile Grimshaw, C)

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 10 - May 2022

• Сама Я Ружу Садила (I Planted A Rose Myself) - (traditional Ukrainian tune, Gm)*
• Metsäkukkia (Forest Flowers) - (traditional Finnish tune, Gm)*
• Blomman Bland Blommorna (The Flower Among Flowers) - (traditional Swedish tune, Gm)*
• May-Flower Schottische - (1868, Buckley’s Guide For The Banjo, G)
• Lillie Bud Sand Dance - (1900, Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs, & Hornpipes, C) - duet
• Buckley’s, or Green Corn Jig (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, C)
• Philadelphia Walk-around (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, C & G)
• The Poor Wandering Boy (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, no bass)
• Wild-flower Mazurka (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, C)
• Joe Sweeney’s Jig (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, no bass)
• Arkansas Traveler (1860, Buckley's New Banjo Book, C)
• How To Excel On The Banjo Part 1, exercises 12-13 (1926, Emile Grimshaw, C)

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 11 - June 2022

• Summertime (1935, George Gershwin, Double C)
• Ти Ж Мене Підманула (You Tricked Me, traditional Ukrainian tune, G)
• Juhannuksen Aikaan (Midsummer Time, traditional Finnish folk tune, G)
• Gärdebylåten (traditional Swedish folk tune, G)
• The First Month Of Summer (1903, O'Neill's Music Of Ireland, G)
• 17th Of June (1887, Hitchcock's Banjo Collection, Frank Converse, G)
• Money Musk (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, no bass)
• Wait For The Wagon Jig (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, C)
• Walk Into The Parlor (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, C)
• Odd Fellows March (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, C)
• Come Plum Gum Jig (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, C)
• Whack Row De Dow (1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, C)
• How To Excel On The Banjo Part 1, exercises 14-17 (1926, Emile Grimshaw, C)

Kyle's Banjo Club - No. 12 - July 2022

• O Canada (1880, Calixa Lavallée, G)*
• The Star Spangled Banner (1871, The Banjoist, Frank Converse, C)
• Сонце Низенько (The Sun Is Low, traditional Ukrainian folk tune, G minor)*
• Sunflower Dance (1919, BMG Magazine, Vess Ossman, C)
• Introductory Tunes: Juba, Calabash Dance, Cane Brake Reel, Original Essence Of Old Virginny, Oh Susanna (1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, C)
• Yankee Doodle (1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, C)
• Raccoon Walk Around (1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, C)
• It Will Never Do To Give It Up So (1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, no bass)
• Boston Jig (1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, C)
• The Charcoal Man (1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, C & G)
• Arkansas Traveler (with dialogue transcript, 1865, Banjo Without A Master, Frank Converse, C)