Tablature, Music, and Instruction
Over 3000 bluegrass-related links!
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• Tablature, Music, and Instruction

Music and tablature Web sites
- Aldy's OGRE (Online Guitare) Chord Finder - interactive and helpful
- Andy's Banjo Page - links and tabs, by Andy Alexis
- Banjo Hangout - free banjo lessons, tabs, links, and more!
- Banjo Tablatures and Bluegrass Information - by Phillip Mann
- Banjo Tablatures and Bluegrass Information -
- The bflatt Bluegrass Homepage - banjo tabs, midi files, song lyrics, links,and maritime festival information
- Digital Sheet Music - sheet music you can download direct to your printer
- ezFolk.com - over 1000 pages of tabs, tutorials, links, MP3s, and more as well as the ezFolk Link Directory, with links to more than 2700 music sites!
- Five String Banjo Stuff - tablature, free software, links
- Flatpick Guitar Tablature - by Mike Wright
- Folk of the Wood - tools for the acoustic artist: books, videos, free online lessons, instruments and accessories, a bulletin board, essays and reviews, and more
- Granger's Fiddle Tunes For Guitar
- Harmony Central®: Guitar: Tablature
- The Library of Congress American Memory
- Lyrics, Chords, and Tabs to Traditional and Bluegrass Songs - by the RU BlueGrass Club
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- mandolin chords, exercises, charts, lessons, tablature, soloing exercises, mandolin software, historical information, mandolin technical and product information, and lots of other fun stuff
- Steve McWilliam - guitar tab page
- Music database - over 1000 traditional British related folk dance tunes, compiled by Eric Foxley
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MusicMoose.org - free music lessons for all skill levels and all instruments
- Musicroom.com - your one-stop Webshop for printed music, tutor packs and books about music - chat rooms, Billboard, Ticketron, etc.
- Nat Torkington's Banjo Pages - tablature and links
- OLGA - The On-Line Guitar Archive - a collection of chords and tablature for thousands of songs; also contains lessons, chord charts, software, information on building guitars, and many links to other guitar-related Web sites
- OLGA - The On-Line Guitar Archive - Search - at Harmony Central®
- Picker's Place Bluegrass Lyrics and Tablature Sites
- Tablature and Related Hot Guitar Sites
- TablEdit Tablature Editor - a program for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music (standard notation) for guitar and other fretted, stringed instruments
- TablEdit Tablature Editor - France download site
- TablEdit Tablature Editor - Deutschland download site
- TablEdit User Space - over 1000 tablatures
- Virtual Tunebook - by Dan Beimborn
- Glenn Weiser's Celtic Guitar Page - free tab, articles, discographies, reviews of my Celtic fingerstyle guitar books and more, by a contributing writer for Acoustic Guitar and Sing out! magazines
Song lyrics Web sites
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- indexing all the major bluegrass lyrics sites on the Web into one master list!
- The bflatt Bluegrass Homepage - banjo tabs, midi files, song lyrics, links,and maritime festival information
- Bluegrass Lyrics.com
- Bluegrass Song Book - over 1000 song lyrics, listed by Motoya Kitagawa of Japan
- COWPIE Song Archive - includes some bluegrass, gospel, and traditional country
- The Digital Tradition Folksong Database
- The Digital Tradition Folksong Database -
- Directory of /pub/music/lyrics
- The Gospel Music Archive
- High Lonesome Sound Title Index
- Highgrass Pickers Lyric Book - currently containing the lyrics for over 200 bluegrass songs
- The International Lyrics Server - Find the lyrics to over 90,000 songs! (as of 7/16/98)
- The International Lyrics Server's Top 5 Hot Lyrics Links
- Lyrics & Chords to Gospel Songs - by the Gospel Music Archive
- Lyrics to Bluegrass, Country, and Traditional Songs - the Web site is in Czech but the lyrics are in English
- Lyrics, Chords, and Tabs to Traditional and Bluegrass Songs - by the RU BlueGrass Club
- Picker's Place Bluegrass Lyrics and Tablature Sites
Music instruction and tablature dealers
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Publications - accurate, artist-approved transcription books from the playing of popular banjo and mandolin artists
- Angie's Banjo.com - Best prices for Gold Tone Banjos, instructional books, DVDs, CDs, banjo contests and more!
- Angie's Banjo.com -
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- Resophonic and Dobro Guitar Instruction Center
- Butch Baldassari
book
- BanjoTeacher.com - for learning 5 string banjo, bluegrass and many other banjo music services
- Terry Baucom's Banjo
Book
- Bell Mountain Music - since 1998, Bell Mountain Music's major goal has been to furnish their customers with hard to find recorded music along with an extensive line of quality and affordable instructional books, videos, song books, and DVDs
- Alan Bibey's Mandolin
Book
- Bluegrass Books Online - learn to pick better bluegrass with "Jam Tunes" for bluegrass guitar or bluegrass mandolin
- Bluegrass World Music Store - Golden Gate picks, tuners, capos, song books, instructional books and other music supplies
- Captain Fiddle Music - fiddling and folk music activities with performer, author, and teacher Ryan J Thomson
- Cassette & Video Learning Systems - music instruction books and videos
- Homespun - musical instrument instruction courses on video, CDs, and tablature
- Homespun -
- InfoVid Outlet: Music - music instructional videos
- Janet Davis Music - the finest in acoustic instruments, accessories and supplies, instructional materials, videos and CDs
- KeyStrings - you will learn to play guitar, bass guitar, mandolin...any stringed instrument, in a totally new way
- Learning Bluegrass Dobro - taught by Cindy Cashdollar
- John McGann's Custom Transcription Service
- Mel Bay Publications
- The Murphy Method - Video instruction for Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bass, Dobro, Ukulele
- A Music Emporium - tools that will enable you to learn to play many different musical instruments or improve your present techniques
- Musical Instrument Tutorial Software - for acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, ukulele, bass guitar, and a number of other instruments
- Musical Instrument Tutorial Software -
- Musician's Workshop
- Musico International - music books for all instruments
- Native And Fine Records
- Native Ground Music - comprehensive resource for authentic southern Appalachian music and traditional music of rural America, the Civil War, and the Old West
- Ross Nickerson - bluegrass banjo lessons, books, videos, CD's, gear, instruction, tablature, etc.
- Old Song Books For Sale
- Pik-Ware Publishing - really good music books
- PlayBetterBluegrass.com - one of the largest selections of bluegrass instruction books, videos, DVD's and songbooks available anywhere
- Schoolhouse Videos - instructional video tapes for music
- Herschel Sizemore - bluegrass mandolin player
- Tim Stafford
book
- Texas Music and Video - bluegrass and country music instruction videos
- Twelvemonth Music - a world of music, based on the guitar, and on visualinear™ tablature
- Frank Wakefield Mandolin Lesson Page
- Roland White's Bluegrass Mandolin Instruction/Roland White Band
- Windy Strings - offering a variety of quality instructional materials and accessories for banjo players
Music instruction programs and workshops
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Banjo Seminar - November 20-22, 1998 in Roanoke, VA
- Appalachian Music Camps - workshops held up in the mountains to help you learn to play your instrument and get away from it all
- 7th Annual Banjo Camp North - May 18-20, 2007 in Groton, Massachusetts
- Banjo Lessons By Mail
- 3rd Annual Banjo/Guitar Workshop Cruise - January 22-26, 2007 sailing on "Sovereign of the Seas" departing from Port Canaveral (Orlando area), Florida
- Blackwell's Bluegrass Music - the Blackwell Practical Music Method
- Bluegrass and Country Music Program - at Eastern Tennessee State University
- Bluegrass at the Beach Music Camp - August 12-17, 2007 in Nehalem, Oregon
- Bluegrass College - Online lessons for bluegrass players on any instrument, at any level. This interactive learning resource makes learning from the stars of bluegrass easy and fun
- Bluegrass Parlor - for all your bluegrass needs, in Tampa, Florida
- Bluegrass Teachers Compiled by Ed Pollak - list of bluegrass music teachers primarily for the Delaware Valley area, Pennsylvania
- Bobby Hicks Fiddle Camp 2007 - March 1-3, 2007 in Argyle, Texas
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Artist Seminars - the BBU periodically sponsors seminars by major artists visiting the Boston area
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Bluegrass Education - the BBU sponsors several workshops during the year for kids and adults
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Instructor List - a very incomplete list of bluegrass instrument instructors in New England
- Butch Robins 1st Annual Banjo Camp - March 9-10, 2007 in Bloomington, Indiana
- California Coast Music Camp - a week-long summer adult music camp in July in Sonoma County, California
- Camp Bluegrass - a 6 day bluegrass music camp held on the campus of South Plains College in Levelland, Texas
- Camp Bluegrass - annual workshop week at S. Plains College in Leveland, Texas, organized by Joe Carr and Alan Munde
- Cape Cod Mandolin Camp - September 28-30, 2007 in East Sandwich, Massachusetts
- CBA Music Camp - June 10-13, 2007 in Grass Valley, California
- Club Passim School of Music - classes available in guitar, fiddle, dobro, songwriting, and music theory in Cambridge, MA
- Club Passim School of Music -
- Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Weeks Workshops - July 1-6, 2007 and July 8-13, 2007 at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland
- DCBU Bluegrass Camp - July 9-13, 2007 in Westminster, Maryland
- Fiddleheads Acoustic Music Camp - for musicians of all levels and offers a weekend of instruction, fun, and community for individuals that play instruments such as fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass, hammer dulcimer, viola, cello, and piano, September 8-10, 2006 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire
- Guitar lessons
- 3rd Annual HCAMP Hill Country Acoustic Music Camp - June 27-July 1, 2007 in Kerrville, Texas
- How to Slap That Bass - six one-minute instructional videos to download free
- 2nd Annual Joe Val Bluegrass Master Class Day - songwriting, bass, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and resonator guitar master classes, on February 17, 2006 in Framingham, MA
- Johansson's Acoustic Music Studio - music instruction in guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bass, banjo, and dobro, for people of all age groups interested in bluegrass and acoustic music
- Johansson's Acoustic Music Studio - music instruction for people of all age groups interested in bluegrass and other forms of acoustic music
- The Junk Yard - Baltimore,Guitar,Dobro,Styles,Lyrics, Tabs,Education
- Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamps - eat music, sleep music, dream music and play music in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains
- Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamps -
- Kilby Music Company - instruction in guitar, mandolin, banjo and bass in both individual and group workshop settings
- Learn the Banjo.Com - free banjo lessons
- Mandolin Camp North - April 13-15, 2007 in Groton, Massachusetts
- Missouri River Acoustic Guitar Camp - August 30 - September 4, 1998
- 2nd Annual Monroe-Style Mandolin Camps - September 7-9 and 14-16, 2007 presented by the
International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky
- Mountain Music - your home for fine bluegrass instruments, books & accessories, bluegrass CDs and DVDs, repair & custom work, and instruction & workshops, in Old Forge, New York
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MusicMoose.org - free music lessons for all skill levels and all instruments
- Musika Lessons - Music Teacher Organization - created by a group of leading music teachers, Musika offers dynamic lessons in your home or in our studios
- NashCamp (Nashville Acoustic Music Camp) - songwriting camp June 15-19, 1999, bluegrass camp June 20-25, 1999 at Montgomery Bell State Park outside of NashVille, TN
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- Nashville Acoustic Music & Songwriting Camp - All of our instructors are well known bluegrass players. They are Scott Vestal, Jeff Autry, Mark Schatz, Butch Baldassari Charlie Cushman and Barbara Lamb
- Ross Nickerson - bluegrass banjo lessons, books, videos, CD's, gear, instruction, tablature, etc.
- Pete Wernick's 5th Annual Northeast Bluegrass Jam Camp - July 16-19, 2007 in Copake, New York
- Old Time Music Camp North - October 13-15, 2006 in Groton, Massachusetts
- Online Banjo Lessons - by Pat Costello
- Peach Bottom Farm Fiddle & Strings Camp - June 8-12, 2007 in Independence, Virginia
- PrivateLessons.com
- The Reno Revival - a four day banjo workshop & camp, October 1-4, 1998 at Cedars of Lebanon State Park in Lebanon, Tennessee
- RockyGrass Academy - July 22-26, 2007 in Lyons, Colorado
- The San Jac School of Bluegrass - June 2, 2007 in Pasadena, Texas
- The Song School - August 12-16, 2007 in Lyons, Colorado
- St.Louis Flatpick Guitar and Banjo Workshop Weekend - March 9-11, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri
- Stringed Instrument Repair - first class repairs on guitars, violins, mandolins, banjos and just about any other type of acoustic instrument, music lessons, new & used instruments for sale, inlay work, custom instruments, in New Freedom, Pennsylvania
- Pete Wernick's Banjo Camp
- Michael P. Wolfsohn - teaches bluegrass guitar, banjo, singing, etc. in New York, NY
Musical notation/tablature software
MIDI, Real Audio, MP3, etc. files
- http://home.communique.net/~lakeside/midi/rockytop.mid
- Audioactive - the player - get a free MP3 player
- The bflatt Bluegrass Homepage - banjo tabs, midi files, song lyrics, links,and maritime festival information
- Broadcast.com - (formerly Audionet)
- Broadcast.com -
- Broadcast.com - the CD Jukebox Channel
- Broadcast.com - the CD Jukebox Channel -
- Broadcast.com's Bluegrass CD Jukebox
- Don Carroll's Midi Page
- efolkMusic.com - folk and bluegrass MP3's, CD's , and more - "Hear the Music"
- efolkMusic.com Bluegrass - MP3's, CD's , and more
- efolkMusic.com Free MP3s - from Sugar Hill and Copper Creek Records, plus lots of great independent music on CD and MP3 downloads!
- ezFolk.com - over 1000 pages of tabs, tutorials, links, MP3s, and more as well as the ezFolk Link Directory, with links to more than 2700 music sites!
- fusic.com MP3s - a whole free downloadable title on an international list
- The Library of Congress American Memory
- MP3.com - free music downloads, audio software, hardware, genres, news
- MP3.com Bluegrass
- MP3.com New Grass
- MP3.com Traditional Bluegrass
- Napster
- Nothing But Bluegrass - bluegrass midis and festival info
- some pickin'
- Trail of the Lonesome Pine - link to Real Audio and WAV sound files of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (written by Ballard McDonald and Harry Carroll), performed by Walter Van Brunt"
- A Tune
Songwriting
- Toby Darling's Music Page
- Mark Fair Songs - a bluegrass songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Kathy Mattea, Claire Lynch, and Mark Johnson among others
- Seth Jackson Songwriting Page
- Hugh Moffatt - one of the most recorded singer/songwriters ever, author of "Carolina Star" by John Starling, "Last Night I Dreamed of Loving You" by Nashville Bluegrass Band, etc.
- NashCamp (Nashville Acoustic Music Camp) - songwriting camp June 15-19, 1999, bluegrass camp June 20-25, 1999 at Montgomery Bell State Park outside of NashVille, TN
- NashCamp (Nashville Acoustic Music Camp) -
- Nashville Acoustic Music & Songwriting Camp - All of our instructors are well known bluegrass players. They are Scott Vestal, Jeff Autry, Mark Schatz, Butch Baldassari Charlie Cushman and Barbara Lamb
- Paul's Bluegrass Songwriters Connection - the place for songwriters to meet
- Song Ring Records - song writers resources
- Mark Wehner - Songwriter

• Tablature, Music, and Instruction

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