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The Latest Fiddle Tune Practice List
Here's my latest practice list as of January 21st, 2017. It takes me two days to get through the list comfortably, although I have had several days when I fiddled through the entire list but not without my right shoulder aching. I play several of my originals along with the rest, too. They are: "The Backwoods Reel" in B Flat, "Alder Brook" in B Minor and "Jay Mountain" in A Minor. (Over 100 tunes actively being played)
G Acoustic Toothpick
G Banjo Signal
G Dance with Me, Kenny
G Shiloh March
G McCormick String Picnic
G Haskell’s Stomp
G Hamilton County Breakdown
G Shucking the Corn
G Louisville Breakdown
G Baker’s Breakdown
G Katy Hill
G/C Denver Belle
G Indian Killed a Woodcock
G Muleskinner Blues
G Gardenia Waltz
G Ground Speed
G Dixie Hoedown
G Wheel Hoss
G Red Wing
G Rocky Top
G Shelby Rock
G The Cincinnati Rag
G Big Scioty
G The Old Mountaineer
G Roanoke
G Pickaway
G The Temperance Reel
G Dreamer's Waltz
Em Southern Flavor
(29 tunes in G & Em)
A Devil’s Dream
A Sweet Journeys Waltz
A Maiden’s Prayer
A Washington County
A Cherokee Shuffle
A Virginia Darling
A Big Country
A Laughing Boy
A Blue Mountain Waltz
A Durham’s Bull
A Scotland
A Gold Rush
A Bill Cheatum
A Sally Goodin
A Salt Creek
A Uncle Pen
A Across the Big Sandy
A Goodbye Liza Jane
A Monroe’s Hornpipe
A Dance around Molly
A Pike County Breakdown
A Charmaine
A Shenandoah Breakdown
A Theme Time
A Emergency Brake (Lincoln Hensley)
Am Jerusalem Ridge
French Fiddle (tuned AEAC#):
A Black Mountain Rag
A Green River Blues*
(27 tunes in A, Am)
Bb Missouri Road
Bb New Camptown Races
Bb Backwoods Reel*
Bb Daley’s Reel
Bb Windy City Rag
Bb There’s a Bluebird Singing
(6 tunes in Bb)
B Rebecca
B Train 45
B Big Spike Hammer
C Grassy Fiddle Blues
C Ashland Breakdown
C On My Mind
C The Boston Boy (2 bts c, f, etc)
C Panhandle Country (4 bts c/4 bts f/ etc)
C Stone’s Rag
C East Tennessee Blues
C Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
C Billy in the Low Ground
C Millenburg Boy
C Back up and Push
Am Jerusalem Ridge
Am Jay Mountain*
(13 tunes in C & Am)
D Faded Love
D Saint Anne’s Reel
D Whiskey before Breakfast
D Ragtime Annie
D Panhandle Rag
D Forked Deer
D Mountain Strings
D Lost Indian
D Soldier’s Joy
D Angeline Baker
D The Long Bow
D Liberty
D Hickman County Hoedown
D Silver Bells
D Ashoken Farewell
Bm Alder Brook*
(16 tunes in D & Bm)
E Dry and Dusty
E Dogs among the Bushes
E Brown County Breakdown
E Footprints in the Snow
E Orange Blossom Special
(5 tunes in E)
F Smokey Mountain Rag
F Beaumont Rag
Dm Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
(3 tunes in F & Dm)
(101 tunes actively being played.)
G Banjo Signal
G Dance with Me, Kenny
G Shiloh March
G McCormick String Picnic
G Haskell’s Stomp
G Hamilton County Breakdown
G Shucking the Corn
G Louisville Breakdown
G Baker’s Breakdown
G Katy Hill
G/C Denver Belle
G Indian Killed a Woodcock
G Muleskinner Blues
G Gardenia Waltz
G Ground Speed
G Dixie Hoedown
G Wheel Hoss
G Red Wing
G Rocky Top
G Shelby Rock
G The Cincinnati Rag
G Big Scioty
G The Old Mountaineer
G Roanoke
G Pickaway
G The Temperance Reel
G Dreamer's Waltz
Em Southern Flavor
(29 tunes in G & Em)
A Devil’s Dream
A Sweet Journeys Waltz
A Maiden’s Prayer
A Washington County
A Cherokee Shuffle
A Virginia Darling
A Big Country
A Laughing Boy
A Blue Mountain Waltz
A Durham’s Bull
A Scotland
A Gold Rush
A Bill Cheatum
A Sally Goodin
A Salt Creek
A Uncle Pen
A Across the Big Sandy
A Goodbye Liza Jane
A Monroe’s Hornpipe
A Dance around Molly
A Pike County Breakdown
A Charmaine
A Shenandoah Breakdown
A Theme Time
A Emergency Brake (Lincoln Hensley)
Am Jerusalem Ridge
French Fiddle (tuned AEAC#):
A Black Mountain Rag
A Green River Blues*
(27 tunes in A, Am)
Bb Missouri Road
Bb New Camptown Races
Bb Backwoods Reel*
Bb Daley’s Reel
Bb Windy City Rag
Bb There’s a Bluebird Singing
(6 tunes in Bb)
B Rebecca
B Train 45
B Big Spike Hammer
C Grassy Fiddle Blues
C Ashland Breakdown
C On My Mind
C The Boston Boy (2 bts c, f, etc)
C Panhandle Country (4 bts c/4 bts f/ etc)
C Stone’s Rag
C East Tennessee Blues
C Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
C Billy in the Low Ground
C Millenburg Boy
C Back up and Push
Am Jerusalem Ridge
Am Jay Mountain*
(13 tunes in C & Am)
D Faded Love
D Saint Anne’s Reel
D Whiskey before Breakfast
D Ragtime Annie
D Panhandle Rag
D Forked Deer
D Mountain Strings
D Lost Indian
D Soldier’s Joy
D Angeline Baker
D The Long Bow
D Liberty
D Hickman County Hoedown
D Silver Bells
D Ashoken Farewell
Bm Alder Brook*
(16 tunes in D & Bm)
E Dry and Dusty
E Dogs among the Bushes
E Brown County Breakdown
E Footprints in the Snow
E Orange Blossom Special
(5 tunes in E)
F Smokey Mountain Rag
F Beaumont Rag
Dm Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
(3 tunes in F & Dm)
(101 tunes actively being played.)
Banjo Tunes
Here's the most recent (December, 2017) list of banjo tunes I try to remember to practice each day that I play the banjo:
Cm Cowboys and Indians
C Nashville Skyline Rag
C Sweet Dixie
C Little Rock Getaway
C Black Diamond
D You Are My Sunshine
D Rueben
D Red River Valley
D Faded Love
D Home Sweet Home
D Banjo Tuner Blues*
G Earl’s Breakdown
G Flint Hill Special
G Ground Speed
G Randy Lynn Rag
G Dixie Breakdown
G Banjo Signal
G Limehouse Blues
G McCormick String Picnic
G Haskell’s Stomp
G Hamilton County Breakdown
A Shenandoah Breakdown
A Theme Time
A Old Joe Clark
A Union County
Here's the older list I still tackle from time to time:
G Are You Washed in the Blood
G Pick Away
G Shucking the Corn
G Lonesome Road Blues
G Bugle Call Rag
G Haskell's Stomp
G Rocky Top
G Grandfather's Clock
Gm Foggy Mountain Minor*
C Sweet Dixie
A Theme Time
A Pike County Breakdown
G When You and I Were Young Maggie
G Old Slew Foot
G How Mountain Girls Can Love
G Two-Dollar Bill
G Banjo Chimes
Using the "Tuners":
G Flint Hill Special
G Randy Lynn Rag
G Earl's Breakdown
D You Are My Sunshine
D Home Sweet Home
D Red River Valley
D Faded Love
D Banjo Tuner Blues*
G Trip to Mountain View*
Cm Cowboys and Indians
C Nashville Skyline Rag
C Sweet Dixie
C Little Rock Getaway
C Black Diamond
D You Are My Sunshine
D Rueben
D Red River Valley
D Faded Love
D Home Sweet Home
D Banjo Tuner Blues*
G Earl’s Breakdown
G Flint Hill Special
G Ground Speed
G Randy Lynn Rag
G Dixie Breakdown
G Banjo Signal
G Limehouse Blues
G McCormick String Picnic
G Haskell’s Stomp
G Hamilton County Breakdown
A Shenandoah Breakdown
A Theme Time
A Old Joe Clark
A Union County
Here's the older list I still tackle from time to time:
G Are You Washed in the Blood
G Pick Away
G Shucking the Corn
G Lonesome Road Blues
G Bugle Call Rag
G Haskell's Stomp
G Rocky Top
G Grandfather's Clock
Gm Foggy Mountain Minor*
C Sweet Dixie
A Theme Time
A Pike County Breakdown
G When You and I Were Young Maggie
G Old Slew Foot
G How Mountain Girls Can Love
G Two-Dollar Bill
G Banjo Chimes
Using the "Tuners":
G Flint Hill Special
G Randy Lynn Rag
G Earl's Breakdown
D You Are My Sunshine
D Home Sweet Home
D Red River Valley
D Faded Love
D Banjo Tuner Blues*
G Trip to Mountain View*
Fiddle Tunes
Here's an older list of approximately 60 - 70 fiddle tunes I used to practice each day that I played the fiddle:
1). Fingering exercises and major scales
2). Fiddle tunes:
A Jenny Lynn
C Ashland Breakdown
C Boston Boy
A Bill Cheatum
A Across the Big Sandy
A Cherokee Shuffle
Am Jerusalem Ridge
A Growling Old Man and Woman
A Old Dangerfield
G The Old Mountaineer
E Dry and Dusty
Em Southern Flavor
G Monroe's Blues
A Big Mon
D Angeline Baker
D Faded Love
D Lost Indian
D Ragtime Annie
C Billy in the Low Ground
F Smokey Mountain Rag
A The Decipious Fiddler*
D Braw Birks*
D My Autumn Waltz* (waltz)
Bm Alder Brook*
D The Round Pond Reel*
A Uncle Pen
A Gold Rush
E Footprints in the Snow
E Dogs Among the Bushes
A Old Joe Clark
G Goin' Up Caney
A Monroe's Hornpipe
G Shucking the Corn
A Pike County Breakdown
A Sally Goodin
A Washington County
A Maiden's Prayer
A Sweet Journeys (waltz)
B Blue Moon of Kentucky (waltz)
D Tennessee Waltz
E Kentucky Waltz
G Ground Speed
G Sally Johnson / Katy Hill
G Shelby Rock
G Earl's Breakdown
Dm Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Dm Down in the Mines
G Cincinnati Rag
A Big Country
D Cricket on the Hearth
D Soppin' the Gravy
A Laughing Boy
G Wheel Hoss
G Whistling Rufus
A Missouri Road
Bb Missouri Road
Dm Bluegrass in the Backwoods
1). Fingering exercises and major scales
2). Fiddle tunes:
A Jenny Lynn
C Ashland Breakdown
C Boston Boy
A Bill Cheatum
A Across the Big Sandy
A Cherokee Shuffle
Am Jerusalem Ridge
A Growling Old Man and Woman
A Old Dangerfield
G The Old Mountaineer
E Dry and Dusty
Em Southern Flavor
G Monroe's Blues
A Big Mon
D Angeline Baker
D Faded Love
D Lost Indian
D Ragtime Annie
C Billy in the Low Ground
F Smokey Mountain Rag
A The Decipious Fiddler*
D Braw Birks*
D My Autumn Waltz* (waltz)
Bm Alder Brook*
D The Round Pond Reel*
A Uncle Pen
A Gold Rush
E Footprints in the Snow
E Dogs Among the Bushes
A Old Joe Clark
G Goin' Up Caney
A Monroe's Hornpipe
G Shucking the Corn
A Pike County Breakdown
A Sally Goodin
A Washington County
A Maiden's Prayer
A Sweet Journeys (waltz)
B Blue Moon of Kentucky (waltz)
D Tennessee Waltz
E Kentucky Waltz
G Ground Speed
G Sally Johnson / Katy Hill
G Shelby Rock
G Earl's Breakdown
Dm Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Dm Down in the Mines
G Cincinnati Rag
A Big Country
D Cricket on the Hearth
D Soppin' the Gravy
A Laughing Boy
G Wheel Hoss
G Whistling Rufus
A Missouri Road
Bb Missouri Road
Dm Bluegrass in the Backwoods
Practice Tunes Listed by Key Signature
Tunes in Bb
New Camptown Races
Missouri Road
The Backwoods Reel*
Daley's Reel
Windy City Rag
Tunes in B
Blue Moon of Kentucky (waltz)
Train Forty Five
Love, Please Come Home
Rebecca
Big Spike Hammer
Tunes in C
Billy in the Low Ground
Boston Boy
Ashland Breakdown
Grassy Fiddle Blues
Roxanna's Waltz
Panhandle Country
Tunes in A Minor
Jerusalem Ridge
Jay Mountain*
Tunes in D
Angeline Baker
Faded Love
Lost Indian
Ragtime Annie
Braw Birks*
My Autumn Waltz*
The Round Pond Reel
Cricket on the Heart
Soppin' the Gravy
Long Bow
Panhandle Rag
Tunes in E Flat
Wind in the Woods*
Tunes in E
Footprints in the Snow
Dogs Among the Bushes
Dry and Dusty
Kentucky Waltz
Brown County Breakdown
Tunes in E Minor
Southern Flavor
Tunes in F
Smokey Mountain Rag
What a Friend
Tunes in D Minor
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Bluegrass in the Backwoods
Tunes in G
The Old Mountaineer
Monroe’s Blues
Leather Britches
Goin’ Up Caney
Shuckin’ the Corn
Shelby Rock
Ground Speed
Sally Johnson / Katy Hill
Cincinnati Rag
Whistling Rufus
Dixie Hoedown
Twinkle Little Star
Baker's Breakdown
Indian Killed a Woodcock
Tunes in A
Jenny Lynn
Old Dangerfield
Bill Cheatum
Across the Big Sandy
Cherokee Shuffle
Growlin’ Old Man & Growlin’ Old Woman
Big Mon
The Decipious Fiddler*
Gold Rush
Uncle Pen
Daybreak in Dixie
Old Joe Clark
Monroe’s Hornpipe
Pike County Breakdown
Sally Goodin
Washington County
Maiden's Prayer
Orange Blossom Special
Big Country
Arab Bounce
Laughing Boy
Durham's Bull
Sunday Morning Breakdown*
Waltzes
Black Velvet Waltz (C)
Westphalia Waltz (C)
Golden Anniversary Waltz (D)
Tennessee Waltz (D)
My Autumn Waltz* (D)
Indiana Waltz (D)
Ashoken Farewell (D)
Sweet Journeys (A)
Blue Mountain Waltz (A)
Blue Moon of Kentucky (B)
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (Dm)
Roxanna's Waltz (C & A)
Kentucky Waltz (E)
The Alabama Waltz (A)
Contra Dances
Liberty (D) / Kitchen Girl (A Modal)
New Camptown Races
Missouri Road
The Backwoods Reel*
Daley's Reel
Windy City Rag
Tunes in B
Blue Moon of Kentucky (waltz)
Train Forty Five
Love, Please Come Home
Rebecca
Big Spike Hammer
Tunes in C
Billy in the Low Ground
Boston Boy
Ashland Breakdown
Grassy Fiddle Blues
Roxanna's Waltz
Panhandle Country
Tunes in A Minor
Jerusalem Ridge
Jay Mountain*
Tunes in D
Angeline Baker
Faded Love
Lost Indian
Ragtime Annie
Braw Birks*
My Autumn Waltz*
The Round Pond Reel
Cricket on the Heart
Soppin' the Gravy
Long Bow
Panhandle Rag
Tunes in E Flat
Wind in the Woods*
Tunes in E
Footprints in the Snow
Dogs Among the Bushes
Dry and Dusty
Kentucky Waltz
Brown County Breakdown
Tunes in E Minor
Southern Flavor
Tunes in F
Smokey Mountain Rag
What a Friend
Tunes in D Minor
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Bluegrass in the Backwoods
Tunes in G
The Old Mountaineer
Monroe’s Blues
Leather Britches
Goin’ Up Caney
Shuckin’ the Corn
Shelby Rock
Ground Speed
Sally Johnson / Katy Hill
Cincinnati Rag
Whistling Rufus
Dixie Hoedown
Twinkle Little Star
Baker's Breakdown
Indian Killed a Woodcock
Tunes in A
Jenny Lynn
Old Dangerfield
Bill Cheatum
Across the Big Sandy
Cherokee Shuffle
Growlin’ Old Man & Growlin’ Old Woman
Big Mon
The Decipious Fiddler*
Gold Rush
Uncle Pen
Daybreak in Dixie
Old Joe Clark
Monroe’s Hornpipe
Pike County Breakdown
Sally Goodin
Washington County
Maiden's Prayer
Orange Blossom Special
Big Country
Arab Bounce
Laughing Boy
Durham's Bull
Sunday Morning Breakdown*
Waltzes
Black Velvet Waltz (C)
Westphalia Waltz (C)
Golden Anniversary Waltz (D)
Tennessee Waltz (D)
My Autumn Waltz* (D)
Indiana Waltz (D)
Ashoken Farewell (D)
Sweet Journeys (A)
Blue Mountain Waltz (A)
Blue Moon of Kentucky (B)
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (Dm)
Roxanna's Waltz (C & A)
Kentucky Waltz (E)
The Alabama Waltz (A)
Contra Dances
Liberty (D) / Kitchen Girl (A Modal)
Double Stops to Practice
You may click on the Score to enlarge it for better viewing.
The number one (1) represents the index finger on the left hand, 2 is the middle, 3, the ring and 4, the pinky. A 1 across two strings should be played on the tip of the index finger stopping both strings. You'll notice that some of the double stops go into 3rd position. Of course, the fingering is only suggested and you may feel free to select that which works best.
The number one (1) represents the index finger on the left hand, 2 is the middle, 3, the ring and 4, the pinky. A 1 across two strings should be played on the tip of the index finger stopping both strings. You'll notice that some of the double stops go into 3rd position. Of course, the fingering is only suggested and you may feel free to select that which works best.