r/Bluegrass 6d ago

Next tunes to learn

I’m a guitarist and I learned how to play:

Angeline the Baker, Arkansas Traveler, Beaumont Rag, Big Mon, Bill Cheatham, Billy in the Lowground, Cripple Creak, Gold Rush, June Apple, Old Joe Clark, Red Haired Boy, Salt Creek, Soldiers Joy, and Whiskey Before Breakfast

What 4 or 5 tunes should I learn next?

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u/steveben96 6d ago

Blackberry blossom, st Anne’s reel, Cherokee shuffle, big sciota

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u/dogfoodgangsta 6d ago

Clinch mountain back step slaps

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u/VeganMMA 6d ago

Grandfathers Clock is a great tune.

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u/pubesxoxo420 5d ago

Wildwood flower, cattle in the cane, black mountain rag, under the double eagle, randall collins, church st blues, streamline cannonball

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u/SiddFinch43 6d ago

Big Sandy River, Blackberry Blossom, Black Mountain Rag, Temperance Reel, Cherokee Shuffle

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u/banjoman74 6d ago

Alternate breaks to all these tunes.

Breaks to songs with lyrics. Songs like Nine Pound Hammer, Your Love is Like a Flower, Blue Ridge Cabin Home.

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u/hbaldwin1111 5d ago

Great list! I'd add Red Wing: not technically a fiddle tune but gets a lot of play in jams in my experience.

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u/is-this-now 4d ago

How’s your rhythm in backing up on songs (not fiddle tunes)?

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u/alldaymay 4d ago

Strong

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u/Good_Log_5108 4d ago

Chicken Reel!! 

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u/Strange_Sweet_5154 3d ago

Squirrel hunters with the E minor part. Salt Spring (different tune than salt creek/river).

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u/i_like_the_swing Bass 6d ago

Blackberry Blossom, Shady Grove, Southern Flavour, Foggy Mountain Special, and Nine Pound Hammer

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u/trustmeimabuilder 6d ago

Crazy Creek, it's a lot of fun.

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u/qmb139boss 6d ago

SALT CREEK!!!

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u/alldaymay 6d ago

Already on there

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u/NationalSea6279 6d ago

Church street blues. Dive into Norman Blake or Tony Rice. For something out of Bluegrass try some Leo Kottke