Easy Beginners Banjo And Mandolin Songs
All these song tabs are for the mandolin or 4 string tenor banjo. I choose these songs as they are familiar to most people, plus they are all fairly easy to play and don't have too many notes to remember. Don't be put off just because some of the songs are for children, again, I picked them because of their simplicity.
Some banjo players will never need the following songs to get started and go straight into traditional tunes. But not every body picks things up that quickly and some need a bit of help along the way, so I have put these songs together especially for beginners to get them started, and sometimes that's all people are looking for ''A Start'' , after getting the basics off they'll soon be on their way and even learning songs by ear.
Yes, learning to play by ear does come, regardless of how bad you were starting off and felt like giving up many times out of frustration. Stay with it. Your time will not be wasted, don't be tempted to go watch that useless box in the corner.
So why should you learn these kids songs when you don't even like them ?
That's easy, When you're learning these songs you're making progress. Each step is a step in the right direction, and learning basic easy to play songs is part of the learning curve.
You most likely have no interest in knowing how to play Old McDonald on your banjo, but that's not the point, the point is getting your fingers to know where all the notes are on the fretboard so eventually the fingers will just go there without even thinking,and starting off with really easy stuff is great practise for that. Play these songs 'till you get really fed up listening to them before moving on to general folk and pop songs.
It shouldn't take too long before you're out of this section of the site. There's no point in me putting every single children's song I can think of on this page as that's not the point. As I said, you're not here to learn how to play kids stuff on you banjo / mandolin, you're here to learn basic fingering on the fretboard.
It's not only the kids songs that use easy to play notes. There's a whole heap of old pop and folk songs that also use basic notes. Take that classic 1960's song Da Doo Ron Ron, that classic only uses 3 notes for the whole song, give it a try.
Another one to try is Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers which goes back even further to the 50's and is very easy to play also.
Some banjo players will never need the following songs to get started and go straight into traditional tunes. But not every body picks things up that quickly and some need a bit of help along the way, so I have put these songs together especially for beginners to get them started, and sometimes that's all people are looking for ''A Start'' , after getting the basics off they'll soon be on their way and even learning songs by ear.
Yes, learning to play by ear does come, regardless of how bad you were starting off and felt like giving up many times out of frustration. Stay with it. Your time will not be wasted, don't be tempted to go watch that useless box in the corner.
So why should you learn these kids songs when you don't even like them ?
That's easy, When you're learning these songs you're making progress. Each step is a step in the right direction, and learning basic easy to play songs is part of the learning curve.
You most likely have no interest in knowing how to play Old McDonald on your banjo, but that's not the point, the point is getting your fingers to know where all the notes are on the fretboard so eventually the fingers will just go there without even thinking,and starting off with really easy stuff is great practise for that. Play these songs 'till you get really fed up listening to them before moving on to general folk and pop songs.
It shouldn't take too long before you're out of this section of the site. There's no point in me putting every single children's song I can think of on this page as that's not the point. As I said, you're not here to learn how to play kids stuff on you banjo / mandolin, you're here to learn basic fingering on the fretboard.
It's not only the kids songs that use easy to play notes. There's a whole heap of old pop and folk songs that also use basic notes. Take that classic 1960's song Da Doo Ron Ron, that classic only uses 3 notes for the whole song, give it a try.
Another one to try is Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers which goes back even further to the 50's and is very easy to play also.
Easy Pop Songs For Mandolin [ most are easy ]
Below is the list of songs [ tabs ] included in the Mandolin ebooks. The price is €7.90
and I'll email the download links after payment. Standard tuning GDAE,
You'll receive every song listed below which is around 500 and a mix of folk, ballads, pop and rock.
Now including a free Beatles ebook of songs and another of Irish rebel songs plus Christmas songs and hymns.
Also included is a 500 page ebook of lyrics and chords for the mandolin / tenor banjo in 3 different easy keys.
Martin
and I'll email the download links after payment. Standard tuning GDAE,
You'll receive every song listed below which is around 500 and a mix of folk, ballads, pop and rock.
Now including a free Beatles ebook of songs and another of Irish rebel songs plus Christmas songs and hymns.
Also included is a 500 page ebook of lyrics and chords for the mandolin / tenor banjo in 3 different easy keys.
Martin
I get a lot of requests for tabs to put on this site. I notice that nearly everybody who's looking for me to work out a song for them are looking for a song that's too difficult to play for their level. They haven't worked their way up from the basics and are looking to play songs that intermediate players should only be playing. I'm not saying you shouldn't try these songs, but before you do, get the easy one's off by heart first.
You can play all the songs in this section using the notes I marked out on the image of the fretboard. As you can see, there's not that many notes to play.
