Guitar Tabs From

Members of FLATPICK-L

Here are 65 tunes that were posted to the FLATPICK-L mail list. The tunes include Bluegrass, old time, swing, and classical. I haven't edited the tabs; they appear just as they were posted, so there is some variety in format. I've included an explanation of how tablature works, for those who are not familiar with it. If you like these tabs, you might want to join the list. There is plenty of information on Rob Bradley's FLATPICK-L page.

Click a song to see the tablature. The tablature is in ASCII format, so you can copy it, paste it to a word processor, and print it. Be sure to use a monospaced font, such as Monaco or Courier, at about 9 or 10 points.

Acorn Hill Breakdown

Amazing Grace (harmonics)

Columbus Stockade Blues

Eighth of January - 1

Eighth of January - 2

Going Down the Valley

Good for the Tongue Hornpipe

Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman

Irish Washerwoman/Monaghan's Jig

Lonesome Fiddle Blues

Lonesome Indian

Margaret's Waltz

Midnight on the Water - 1

Midnight on the Water - 2

Old Joe

President Garfield's Hornpipe

Under the Double Eagle

Valse sentimentale Nr. 6

Walzer

Wheel Hoss

Year of Jubilo

(These files show the composers, where known. If you notice a tune where the composer is not given credit, please l et me know.)

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I now publish a small database program, iData^TM 2. It turns out to be ideal for storing guitar tablature in ASCII format as it often appears on the FLATPICK-L mailing list. It's easy to find any bit of text in iData 2, and it's user-configurable.

Here's a sample using the Mac OS X version. (An older, simpler version is also available for Windows, as well as for Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x.)

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