Beginner Mandolin and Guitar Tabs

75 tunes rated beginner. Simple melodies in first position with a small number of chord changes. Good first tunes for a jam. Each one plays in sync with moving tab and notation, and the speed control lets you learn at any tempo before working up to full speed.

• After the Battle of Aughrim (Robert Ashton, Key of Am, Irish Celtic, Beginner)
• After the Battle of Aughrim (Robert Ashton, Key of Am, Irish Celtic - Traditional, Beginner)
• Angus Campbell (J. Scott Skinner, Key of A, Scottish Reel - Traditional, Beginner)
• Another Jig Will Do (Key of D, Irish Jig - Traditional, Beginner)
• Banish Misfortune (Key of D, Irish Folk, Beginner)
• Banks of the Ohio (Key of C, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Battering Ram (Key of G, Irish Folk, Beginner)
• Big Mon (Bill Monroe, Key of G, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Big Sciota (Key of G, Appalachans Fiddle, Beginner)
• Bill Cheatham (Key of A, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (Key of D, Folk, Beginner)
• Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains (Key of Am, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Bonaparte's Retreat (Key of D, Folk, Beginner)
• Bonnie Isle o'Whalsay (Key of A, Scottish Reel, Beginner)
• Bonnie Kate (Key of G, Irish Traditional, Beginner)
• Briar Picker Brown (Key of D, Old-time fiddle, Beginner)
• Brides a Bonnie Thing (Key of A, Celtic Folk, Beginner)
• Buffalo Gals (Key of A, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Bull at the Wagon (Dempson and Denmon Lewis, Key of A, American Fiddle, Beginner)
• Bunch of Keys (Key of Am, Irish Celtic - Traditional, Beginner)
• Cattle in the Cane (Key of A, Old-time bluegrass, Beginner)
• Cherokee Shuffle (Tommy Magness, Key of A, Old-time fiddle, Beginner)
• Chicken Reel (Joseph M. Daly, Key of D, American Fiddle, Beginner)
• Chief O'Neil's Favourite (Edward Cronin, Key of D, Irish Folk, Beginner)
• Chief Oneils Favorite (Edward Cronin, Key of E, Irish Folk, Beginner)
• Chorus Jig (Key of D, American Folk - Traditional, Beginner)
• Cold and Frosty Morning (Key of A, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Cold Frosty Morning (Key of Am, Celtic, Beginner)
• Colored Aristocracy (Key of G, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Come Dance and Sing (Key of D, Folk, Beginner)
• Cooley's Reel (Key of Em, Irish Folk, Beginner)
• Cricket on the Hearth (Key of D, Folk - American, Beginner)
• Cripple Creek (Key of D, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Cross Reel (Key of D, Scottish Reel, Beginner)
• Cuckoo's Nest (Key of D, Folk-English, Beginner)
• Dailey's Reel (Key of Bb, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• De Galley Watch (Key of D, Shetland Reel, Beginner)
• Dill Pickle Rag (Charles L. Johnson, Key of G, Ragtime, Beginner)
• Don Tremaine's Reel (Graham Townsend, Key of D, Canadian Fiddle, Beginner)
• Drowsy Maggie (Key of Em, Irish reel, Beginner)
• Drunken Sailor (Key of Em, Sea shanty, Beginner)
• East Tennessee Blues (Charlie Bowman, Key of C, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Ebenezer (Thomas John Williams, Key of G, Welsh Hymn, Beginner)
• Eight of January (Key of D, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Fairy Dance (Nathaniel Gow, Key of D, Scottish Reel, Beginner)
• Fire on the Mountain (Key of A, Old-time bluegrass, Beginner)
• Flop Eared Mule (Adam Couse, Key of D, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Forked Deer (Key of D, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Going Down the River (Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers, Key of F, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Haste to the Wedding (Key of D, Traditional jig, Beginner)
• Jenny Ran Away in the Mud in the Night (Key of D, Old-timey, Beginner)
• John Ryan's Polka (Sean Ryan, Key of D, Irish Polka, Beginner)
• Joys of Quebec (Fortunat Malouin, Key of A, French-Canadian Reel, Beginner)
• June Apple (Tommy Jarrell, Key of A, Old-timey, Beginner)
• King of the Fairies (Key of Em, Celtic, Beginner)
• Liberty (John Dickinson and Arthur Lee,, Key of D, Revolutionary war, Beginner)
• Little Liza Jane (Countess Ada de Lachau, American Folk - Traditional, Beginner)
• Lost Indian (Ed Haley, Key of A, American Fiddle - Traditional, Beginner)
• Nail That Catfish to a Tree (Steve Rosen, Key of G, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Off She Goes (George Macfarren, Key of D, English jig, Beginner)
• Over the Waterfall (Henry Reed, Key of D, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Quince Dillons High D (Key of D, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Red Haired Boy (Key of A, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Redwing (Frederick Allen Mills, Key of D, Old-timey, Beginner)
• Rocky Top (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, Key of A, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• Rye Whisky (Key of G, Fold-American, Beginner)
• Soldier's Joy (Key of D, Bluegrass, Beginner)
• St. Ann's Reel (David Mallett, Key of A, French-Canadian Fiddle Tune, Beginner)
• Stone's Rag (Oscar Stone, Key of C, Old-timey, Beginner)
• The Black Nag (Key of Bm, English Traditional, Beginner)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (Key of G, Folk-English, Beginner)
• The Gravel Walks (Key of Am, Irish Reel, Beginner)
• The Lark in the Morning (Key of D, Irish jig, Beginner)
• Wayfaring Stranger (Key of Dm, Folk - American, Beginner)
• When My Cat Came Back (Harry S. Miller, Key of G, Old-timey, Beginner)

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