Select the 'Add to Cart' button under any video on the site for which you'd like to purchase the TAB.
Once you've made all your selections, click the 'View Cart' button above.
Pay for the TAB on Paypal with either a credit card or through your account.
You'll receive an email with the purchased TAB attached (PDF and TablEdit formats) as soon as the Paypal purchase clears. (TAB will be sent to the email address listed on your PayPal account. If you do not receive your tab within thirty minutes of purchase check your spam folder. Please contact me directly with any questions or concerns regarding your order.)
(In order to playback the TablEdit files you'll need to install the free viewer: Tefview)
Please contact me with any questions at all or for discount pricing on multiple orders and thanks to all who support seanray.com
Here’s an old Bill Monroe tune that was originally written for Lamar Grier who was Monroe’s banjo player at the time in the mid to late 60’s.
By the time Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys got around to recording the song in the studio, Vic Jordan was the current banjo player.
A great, spooky banjo number that sounds great on the slower side. It can be played in either Gm or standard G-tuning. My rendition here is played in standard G-tuning.
Click below to download the free PDF & TablEdit files. PDF TablEdit
(Mac users: If you have trouble downloading the TablEdit file, hold down your Option key while clicking the link).
Here is my take on Don Reno’s classic tune, Follow The Leader. It incorporates the three main styles of Bluegrass banjo; Scruggs, Melodic and of course Single-String (ala Don Reno).
Click below to download the free PDF & TablEdit files. PDF TablEdit
John Hartford plays a great version of Squirrel Hunters (minus banjo) on his ‘Wild Hog in the Red Brush’ album.
Here is my arrangement of this old fiddle tune which is not very popular amongst Scruggs style banjo players. This is probably due to the fact that it’s a bit tricky to play. The harmonic structure over the A chords implies an Em tonality which creates an interesting tension.
Click below to download the free PDF & TablEdit files. PDF TablEdit
(Mac users: If you have trouble downloading the TablEdit file, hold down your Option key while clicking the link).
This is my arrangement of the classic Jerry Reed tune based off the original soundtrack recording from the movie Smokey and the Bandit that featured Bobby Thompson on banjo.
Like the original this arrangement features two banjos in harmony but it can just as easily be played as a solo piece. On the slow section the two banjos are hard panned left and right so you can use your balance control to isolate one banjo or the other. The lead banjo is in the left channel and the harmony is in the right. Both banjos are in standard G tuning.
Beaumont Rag, what is there to say? It’s a timeless classic from deep in the heart of Texas. A consummate standard played by Doc, Clarence & Tony to name a few.
My arrangement is played out of the C position capoed at the 2nd fret for the key of D. The crosspicking sections can be played with the DDU pattern but I generally incorporate alternate picking.
There is really no big mystery to “partial chord shapes” or “double-stops” if you prefer that name. It all boils down to harmony or scale harmony to be more specific.
In Bluegrass the most common use of double-stops (as I like to think of them) happen on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd strings and use open strings in order to get things rolling. There are no rules of course so you can play them on whatever string combinations you like.
To familiarize yourself with the shapes all you need to do is chose a key, pick a couple of stings and walk up and down harmonized scale intervals. Throw in some open string drones, a picking pattern and you’re off to the races.
I threw together some examples of various patterns to give you an idea of some possibilities. Here is the free PDF for download.
Blackberry Blossom in the key of G.
It’s hard not to avoid playing some melodic style on a tune like this but I throw in a little single string and some sixths to mix it up.
