Blue Moon Of Kentucky

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
66 measures

Details: The tab contains 2 banjo breaks, each with the full verse and chorus. The 1st Break stays close to the melody as often sung by Bill Monroe. The 2nd Break, while still melody-based, is a tasteful variation, notably in Measures 44-45, where the break changes octaves on the words "keep on shining". Measure 56 features the high note that Bill Monroe would sometimes sing on the word "high", and Measure 64 features a Scruggs lick played over the D chord.

Bluegrass Breakdown

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
145 measures

Details: The tab contains all of the banjo breaks as played by Tom Adams on the CD Right Hand Man (Rounder Records 0282). This includes two complete banjo breaks (Parts A and B) plus three additional variations of Part B based on the recorded arrangement.

Buckaroo

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of D
G Tuning, gDGBD
59 measures

Details: The tab contains 2 banjo breaks, based on the 1966 live album "Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos". The tab is one continuous solo made up of breaks played by Don Rich on guitar and Tom Brumley on steel guitar.

I'll Fly Away

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
73 measures

Details: The tab contains 2 banjo breaks, each with the full verse and chorus and each following the melody as the song is sung on classic recordings such as the one by The Brown's Ferry Four. This is a great example of breaks which combine long (quarter) notes and short (eighth) notes to create a sound that makes the banjo "sing" the tune.

I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
51 measures

Details: The tab contains 3 banjo breaks. The 1st Break lays down a clear melody, assisted by Scruggs licks during the C chord, and leading into and during the D chord. The 2nd Break is a "fancier" break with backward rolls on a C7 chord and a much "busier" third line than the 1st Break. The 3rd Break is an example of a solo that is both tasteful and "hot" in terms of the phrasing and note choices, a good solo for leading into the final vocal section where a "hot" break may be just the ticket.

Jesse James

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
66 measures

Details: The tab contains 2 banjo breaks, each with the full verse and chorus. The 1st Break follows the melody as sung by Vernon Dalhart on a 1927 78 rpm record on the Victor label. The 2nd Break is a variation based on the 1st Break and moves away from the strict interpretation of the melody in several instances. Note Measures 61-62 where the melody on the words "shot Mr. Howard" is played an octave higher than the surrounding measures in that break.

Last Date

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of C
G Tuning, gDGBD
25 measures

Details: The tab contains one complete Break which includes an Intro, Ending, and Parts A and B based on the piano playing of Floyd Cramer on the original 1960 hit record.

Lonesome Road Blues (Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad)

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
51 measures

Details: The tab contains 3 banjo breaks. The 1st Break follows the melody closely and has the pick-up notes suitable to kick off the song. The 2nd Break still stays close to the melody but is a busier and hotter break than the 1st. The 3rd Break starts with a rhythmic variation and uses backward rolls on the C7 both times, first at the third fret and later at the 8th fret, all the while supporting the melody.

Long Journey Home (Two Dollar Bill)

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
51 measures

Details: The tab contains 3 banjo breaks. The 1st Break can be used for the Kickoff to the song as the melody is clearly evident in each of the tune's 4 lines. The 2nd Break, while still strongly melody-based, features variations leading into the C chord and again on the 4th line into the D chord. The 3rd Break is yet another example of working around the melody with tasteful variations that support the main theme.

Nine Pound Hammer

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
51 measures

Details: Tab contains 3 banjo breaks, based on the melody as it is traditionally sung. The first break follows the melody throughout while the 2nd break substitutes Scruggs licks on the second and fourth lines. The third break takes your playing outside of the melody with a tasteful variation in phrasing and a bluesy second half played in the Tom Adams style.

No Mother Or Dad

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Style: based on the playing of Earl Scruggs and Terry Baucom
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
37 measures

Details: Tab contains 2 banjo breaks. The 1st Break is based on Earl Scruggs' playing on the 1949 recording by Flatt & Scruggs. The 2nd Break is based on the playing of Terry Baucom with Boone Creek on their 1978 release "One Way Track" for Sugar Hill Records.

Petticoat Junction
Includes One Minute Video Demo + Tab

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
38 measures

Details: This is a tab of the Kickoff and Banjo Break based on the playing of Earl Scruggs on the original 1964 Columbia recording by Flatt & Scruggs.

Sawmill Shuffle
from the Adams County Banjo CD

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of C
C Tuning, gCGBD
66 measures

Details: Tab contains the two breaks as played by Tom Adams on the Adams County Banjo CD (Rounder 0312) released in 2001.

Take Me Home, Country Roads

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of A
G Tuning, gDGBD
76 measures

Details: This tab is an instrumental version of the song as sung by John Denver. It closely follows the melody of all three parts of the song: the verses, choruses and bridge.

Wildwood Flower

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
39 measures

Details: Tab contains 2 banjo breaks, based on the original recording by The Carter Family and based on Mother Maybelle's guitar playing. The 1st break stays close to the melody while the 2nd break provides a variation that complements it.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
51 measures

Details: The tab contains 3 banjo breaks. The melody is plainly evident in the 1st Break while in the 2nd Break, variations on the C chord and in the 4th line are present. The 3rd Break takes more liberties with the melody throughout all 4 lines, making this a good example of a break that would appear near the end of the piece once the melody had been firmly established by the preceding instrumentalists and singers.

Wreck of the Old 97

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Style: Scruggs-style/Tom Adams-style 3-finger banjo playing
Key of G
G Tuning, gDGBD
51 measures

Details: The tab contains 3 banjo breaks. The 1st Break is based on Earl Scruggs' playing on the 1962 version of the song by Flatt & Scruggs. The 2nd Break shows how Tom Adams has played the tune for many years, having learned it from Flatt & Scruggs, but not playing it note for note. The 3rd Break is a variation played in a style compatible with the first two breaks. The melody is still plainly evident while the note choices that differ from the melody will tastefully complement an earlier solo. Recommended to be played not as a kickoff to the song but later in the song once the melody has been firmly established.

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