Here is a list of what I think are some of the best resources available on the "net" that will help you in your pursuit of Bluegrass music.
Two new links have been added since August 1, 2007.
Tablature Editors |
| TableEdit Tablature Editor |
TablEdit is a program for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music (standard notation) for guitar and other fretted, stringed instruments, including banjo, mandolin and bass.
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Tablature Sites |
| All Tabs |
All Tabs Music Tablature is a free source of music tablatures. This site has a huge number of bluegrass tablature files.
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| Fretted Instruments School of Guitar and Banjo |
Jack Baker is known to have produced some of the most accurate tablature files of Flatt & Scruggs tunes.
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| Banjo Hangout |
Large selection of tablature files in many formats. Many of the tablature files on this site include tracks for rhythm guitar, mandolin chops and bass.
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| Banjo Hollow |
Tony Geoghegan's collection of tablature files. Lots of other information on this site as well.
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| Howsy-Bee's Banjo Files |
Some great tablature files transcribed by Hans Holzcherr.
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| Phillip Mann's Banjo Tab Collection and Bluegrass Information Site |
Large selection of tablature files in various formats.
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Music Lessons |
| Music Moose |
Free music lessons for guitar, fiddle, mandolin and banjo. |
| Hot Banjo Licks |
Pick the licks the pros know! Contains free samples and free "lick of the month club" and newsletter. |
Transcription Software |
| Transcribe! |
Transcribe! from seventhstring slows down and speeds up music while maintaining pitch. This a fantastic piece of software.
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Other Software |
| Weird Metronome |
Weird Metronome is a program that acts as a metronome, displaying a blinker and using your computer's speakers to play its beat.
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| Lyrics |
| BluegrassLyrics.com |
Bluegrass Lyrics is dedicated to providing lyrics and resources to traditional bluegrass enthusiasts.
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Discussion Forums |
| Bluegrass Rules |
Discussion forum and other bluegrass related information.
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| Bluegrass Works |
Large Bluegrass discussion forum. This site also has other Bluegrass related information such as CD reviews, artist profiles, festival information and more.
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| Banjo Hangout |
Discussion forum for all things banjo.
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| Mandolin Cafe |
Discussion forum for all things mandolin. |
| Fiddle Hangout |
Discussion forum for all things fiddle. On this site you'll find tablature, lessons, reviews and several discussion forums for all things fiddle. This site is run by Eric Schlange, the same person that runs the Banjo Hangout, an extremely popular web site for all things banjo.
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| Fiddle Forum |
Fiddle and alternative strings forum.
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TalkBass.com  |
TalkBass.com is undoubtedly the internet's largest bass guitar and double bass forum community! They welcome bass players of all genres and have been serving the low end since 1998. The double bass discussion forums should be of particular interest to Bluegrassers.
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Bluegrass Bass Place  |
A friendly place for Bluegrass Bass players.
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| Acoustic Friends |
Acoustic music discussion forum.
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Bluegrass News |
| The Bluegrass Blog |
Bluegrass news and information at the speed of…well, bluegrass!
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| Cybergrass |
The Internet's Online Bluegrass Music Magazine Since 1992
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