Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Lightning Bug - an audio tab 10.07.2026 ↓

Description of how of how I play the tune. Banjo aDADe In D and G

Lightning Bug from Goschenhoppenn stage 10.07.2026 ↓

Goschenhoppen Fiddlers playing on stage in 2011

Lightning Bug solo banjo carlb 10.07.2026 ↓

Tune from Berks County. PA in aDAde. In two keys, D and G.

The Goldfinch's Retort 07.07.2026 ↓

An original tune

Scott No. 1 (TOTW) 27.06.2026 ↓

Learned for clawhammer banjo from the playing of Missouri fiddler Bill Driver with some cello banjo accompaniment

Scott No. 1 25.06.2026 ↓

A tune in the key of G, from the fiddling of Bill Driver.

Walkin in the Parlor 19.06.2026 ↓

Ode Magician 13 7nch

The Wizard's Walk 13.06.2026 ↓

A challenging piece for the Tune of the Week. I stuck with a chordal approach which I learned when studying bluegrass, and still use constantly.

Ghillie Dhu 03.06.2026 ↓

An original tune

Buckdancer's Choice 24.05.2026 ↓

Reference recording for the tab posted-- view my tabs here .

Old Jake Gillie (TOTW) 24.05.2026 ↓

Two versions of many -- Dwight Diller and Clark Kessinger.

Two Reels 22.05.2026 ↓

Snake River Reel and Nine Witches Reel. Double C tuning, tuned down to something like double Bb. First is Cerddoriarth Fynyddig/Mountain Music&#39s version, second is an original by him.

Chadwell's Station 22.05.2026 ↓

Chadwell&#39s Station played clawhammer, slow and with standard tuning tuned down to E. Learnt it from Cerddoriaeth Fynyddig/Mountain Music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGFMKUu_6g

Old Jake Gillie (slower) 22.05.2026 ↓

Slower finger picked version

Catharsis 20.05.2026 ↓

Reference recording for the tab posted-- view my tabs here .

Otter Creek 16.05.2026 ↓

Learned for a Tune of the Week, I&#39m grateful anytime to hear the composer, Brad Kolodner, and the other fine musicians, including his father, who he often plays with.

Pigeon on the Gate solo banjo 07.05.2026 ↓

A Doc White fiddle tune I originally learned back in the early 1970s. Banjo tuned aDAde

Pigeon on the Gate from Doc White 07.05.2026 ↓

I don&#39t remember where I got this recording but it&#39s for TOTW. Doc White playing the tune from two different sessions.

Pay Me Up Eleven Pence (TOTW) 27.04.2026 ↓

From the fiddling of WV Israel Welch. I used the Gold Tone cello banjo tuned down five steps from a regular banjo open G tuning.

Far and Wide - Ruth Moody 27.04.2026 ↓

Reference recording for the tab posted-- view my tabs here .

Skimmington Ride 22.04.2026 ↓

An original tune

Doctor, Doctor / Folding Down the Sheets medley 21.04.2026 ↓

Hope you enjoy this medley. Check out the Tune of the Week for April 17, 2026 for details.

Little Sadie - Basic 17.04.2026 ↓

Reference recording for the tab posted-- view my tabs here .

Drunken Billy Goat 09.04.2026 ↓

This tune is probably composed of parts of three tunes, as stated in research of Brilliancy Medley by Eck Robertson, a Texas fiddler a hundred years ago. I have yet to recognize all the tunes he juxtaposed in that one 1929 recording posted in the current TOTW.