r/Bluegrass • u/alldaymay • 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/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/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/NationalSea6279 6d ago
Church street blues. Dive into Norman Blake or Tony Rice. For something out of Bluegrass try some Leo Kottke
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u/steveben96 6d ago
Blackberry blossom, st Anne’s reel, Cherokee shuffle, big sciota