Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Classical Songs

Children's Song No. 3

Chick Corea — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CST

An arrangement of Chick Corea's third Children's Song for mandolin (Drew Azzinaro) and banjo (Chris Gainey)

Invention No. 4

J. S. Bach — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:59:00 CST

An arrangement of J. S. Bach's fourth invention for mandolin (Drew Azzinaro) and banjo (Chris Gainey)

Agua e Vinho

Egberto Gismonti — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:57:00 CST

An arrangement of "Agua e Vinho" by Egberto Gismonti for mandolin (Drew Azzinaro) and banjo (Chris Gainey)

Etude Op. 35, No. 22

Fernando Sor — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:53:00 CST

That most famous B Minor Etude by Fernando Sor, played on Banjo

The Syncopated Clock

mmuussiiccaall — Mon, 2 Sep 2024 19:00:00 CST

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Banjo overture in F minor

Kellie — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:52:00 CST

Banjo Overture

Kellie — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:08:00 CST

Overture in F minor

Kellie — Tue, 2 Jul 2024 20:30:00 CST

Ashokan Farewell

Anurakt — Sun, 2 Jun 2024 12:17:00 CST

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

mmuussiiccaall — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:33:00 CST

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

O'Carolans Concerto

Turlough O'Carolan — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:26:00 CST

I tried a harmony part. So there are 2 banjos.

Wild Geese Flying

Paul Roberts — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:00:00 CST

Jenny Lind Polka in D midi file

A. Wallerstein — Fri, 4 Jun 2021 09:29:00 CST

Midi file of musical notation which is in the tabs as a pdf file

Seige

Stuntbaby — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:10:00 CST

Seige, recorded on banjo, baritone guitar, bass and sequenced drums.

SMILE TEST

decorah818 — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 08:46:00 CST

DEERING SMILE BRIDGE TEST OLD BRIDGE

Iithotmk

mmuussiiccaall — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:50:00 CST

Fernando Sor Study No.1 Op.6 No.8

mmuussiiccaall — Thu, 1 Feb 2018 14:05:00 CST

Habanera

mmuussiiccaall — Mon, 9 Oct 2017 18:02:00 CST

Andantino in G Major

Ferdinando Carulli — Mon, 15 May 2017 09:05:00 CST

Andantino in G Major, composed by Ferdinando Carulli and published in 1825. Performed on guitar, banjo and bass banjo. "Classical" parlor guitar based on 19th century design by the La Patrie Guitar Company. Early Banjo based on the Joel Sweeney banjo circa 1840, built by James Hartel. Fretless Bass Banjo by Goldtone

Gymnopedi No. 1

Erik Satie — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:08:00 CST

This is the most well known of Erik Satie's 3 Gymnodepies. Written in the late 1880's, it is considered to be one of the most tranquil piano pieces ever written. Arrangement by Tom Arri.

Nobody´s Darling On Earth

IronCouncil — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 22:50:00 CST

Playing some fingerstyle there and I have to sing this good ole tearcracker, too. Lea Kramer on accordion. Martin Kretschmer on fiddle. Picked it up from a Kelly Harrell vinyl record.

Berceuse Opus 57

Chopin — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:05:00 CST

piano piece with improv - ML-1 baritone banjo, soprano ukulele, with baritone electric guitar underneath

Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7

Frederic Chopin — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 22:02:00 CST

Played on a Gold Tone WL-250+ in standard G tuning. From a banjotabs.com transcription. Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Bourrée II from Suite No. IV

J. S. Bach — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 22:01:00 CST

Played on a Gold Tone WL-250+ in standard G tuning. From a transcription by John Bullard. Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Bourrée II from Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3

J. S. Bach — Mon, 4 Jul 2016 20:28:00 CST

Arrangement by Shoji Kushiro, as tabbed (more or less) in the July 1974 Banjo Newsletter. Played on a Gold Tone WL-250+ with a resonator and a Doc's Cathedral Bridge. Gm tuning. Recorded on a Zoom H5.

banjo sketch - with cello

izebpickin — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:18:00 CST

Two Tarantellas

Francis Brennan — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 01:02:00 CST

Tsunami Piñata: Francis Brennan - Banjo. Luz Gaxiola - Accordion Two Italian tarantellas; Feniculi Fenicula and The Wedding Tarantella.

Weed Mercantile Waltz

Francis Brennan — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:59:00 CST

Tsunami Piñata: Francis Brennan - Banjo. Luz Gaxiola - Accordion

Minuet

Joe Morley — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 03:19:00 CST

A classical banjo piece written by Joe Morley. It is played on a steel string banjo alone 2 guitars and a double-bass. It is from my new cd "Classics". For more infos please visit my new blog: http://banjoragtime.eklablog.com/home-page-c27029852

Bojo Sicilienne

John Miller — Sun, 8 Nov 2015 15:22:00 CST

John Miller Sicilienne played o a LeVan Bojo

Camp Meeting on the fourth of July

Copo — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:40:00 CST

February 16, 2015. Recorded at home, a version of the tune as learned from the playing of Chris Coole

Sons de Carrilhoês

Pernambuco — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 04:17:00 CST

New recording by Stripe Azz if this stunning brazilian choro. On the Mastertone this time, 18 december 2014, recorded by Jan Keulemans.

Baroquen

rickhayes — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:45:00 CST

Composed this years ago but just decided to record it. Added some guitar backup to fill out the sound a bit. It's not bluegrassy or Old-Timey, but it sounded a bit classical to me so at the risk of offending the purists out there that's how I classified it, and that's how I settled on the title, which may be pronounced Broken if you so desire. :>) In G tuning.

broken chords

mmuussiiccaall — Thu, 2 Oct 2014 04:57:00 CST

Come Come Ye Saints

Tom Berghan — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:20:00 CST

A Mormon Hymn from 1846. Cassie Webster vocal, Tom Berghan banjo, Stephen Stubbs classical guitar, Tekla Cunningham violin, Brandon Vance violin

Carulli Waltz

Carulli — Wed, 9 Jul 2014 14:20:00 CST

Transcribed By John Bullard

Prelude # 4

single stringer — Thu, 29 May 2014 04:20:00 CST

Neo classical piece I wrote in 1985

Prelude # 3

single stringer — Thu, 29 May 2014 03:58:00 CST

A neo-classical piece I wrote on a Pohlmann mandoline banjo back in 1985

Prelude from Cello Suite #1

J.S. Bach — Sun, 18 May 2014 18:21:00 CST

From my 1992 CD The Classical Banjo

Turlough O'Carolan Medley (Sheebeg and Sheemore, Planxty Irwin)

Turlough O'Carolan — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:16:00 CST

Ric Hollander - My arrangement of two Turlough O'Carolan tunes - Sheebeg and Sheemore, Planxty Irwin. Recorded using the Romero strung with steel strings. Tuning: eCGCD, capo 5th fret. Arrangement and performance copyright 2014 Ric Hollander - All Rights Reserved

bourrée in Em JS Bach

JS Bach — Tue, 4 Feb 2014 02:01:00 CST

Cello Suite #1 in G Major: Prelude

J.S. Bach — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 17:27:00 CST

Prelude No. 7 in A

Fredrick Chopin — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:37:00 CST

Fugue in Dm (played in Em)

J.S.Bach — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:12:00 CST

Prelude to the 1st cello Suite -

J.S.Bach — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:07:00 CST

Johan Sebastian Bach — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:49:00 CST

A version from tab by John Bullard from his Bach on the Banjo book and CD. I now have 104 measures out of 136 memorized. Hopefully will be able to play it all well some day. This version is not current, but representative of what I have done so far.

Bach Prelude in C major

J.S.Bach — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:18:00 CST

Christmas on the Banjo, vol. 2, excerpts

Jocko MacNelly — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:33:00 CST

Some selections my new book of Christmas carols arranged for 5-string banjo. The entire collection, volumes 1 and 2, comprise 37 classic carols, and is available through my website www.countjockula.com, or see my ad in the BHO classified section. Mp3's are available for download at CDBaby.com/Jocko. Enjoy, and Mer-r-r-r-r-y Christmas! (all arrangements (c) 2012, Jocko MacNelly)

Coppelia

Léo Delibes — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:51:00 CST

The theme of the ballet Coppelia adapted for a duet banjo/guitar

La Valse des Fleurs

Tchaïkovski — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:25:00 CST

Dry and Dusty--gourd banjo

JanetB — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:11:00 CST

After posting a fast version of Dry and Dusty, here's a slowed up one on the little gourd banjo. The title insinuates struggles, perhaps relating to the Dust Bowl era, since the Morrison brothers most credited with this tune came from Arkansas.

Bach- Violin Sonata no. 1 Fugue By Mason Earle on 5 string Banjo

Bach — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:07:00 CST

Hot Burrito Breakdown

B Berline, R bush — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:24:00 CST

My version of my hero alan Munde

Skye Boat Song

Paul Roberts — Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:19:00 CST

One of the tunes I grew up on. 5-string cello banjo in gCGCD.

Hard Times

Stephen Foster — Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:05:00 CST

"Hard Times" by Stephen Foster, played 2/3-finger style on a Bart Reiter Standard banjo with nylon strings, tuning gDGBD.

Shto Mi Milo

Jocko MacNelly — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:49:00 CST

This is a Macedonian folksong that my stepdaughter Abigail and I did as part of a Christmas/Hanukka present for her mom. Abby sings with the Yale Slavic Chorus and has been schooling me in the various GREAT Eastern European choral traditions. We were in a hurry, since in the three hours Madame was out of the house we got the idea, came up with three tunes, rehearsed, recorded and burned CD's of them. So I accompanied using the bottom two (of three) parts, and overdubbed the melody in the intro and third verse, but as soon as I get a minute I'll get a solo tab up. There's a bunch of this stuff that would be gorgeous on the banjo. Oh - and the present was a huge hit.

Hatikva La Mantovana

Giuseppe Cenci — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:36:00 CST

a Mantovana is a sixteenth century song composed by the Italian tenor Giuseppe Cenci, also known as Giuseppino del Biado, (d. 1616). Its earliest known appearance in print is in del Biado's 1600 collection of madrigals. The melody, later also known as "Ballo di Mantova" or "Aria di Mantova" gained wide currency in Renaissance Europe, being recorded variously as the Scottish “My mistress is prettie,” the Polish “Pod Krakowem,” Spanish "Virgen de la Cueva" and the Ukrainian “Kateryna Kucheryava." It is best-known as the melody of Bedřich Smetana's The Moldau and of the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah. I added the third part, in case old Giuseppe lifted the original riff from a raga, which I - of course - suspect:)

Ave Maria

Schubert/Arr Cryo — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:53:00 CST

This is a great piece to demonstrate the added sustain from a banjola. Ave Maria on a five-string. Gold Tone PC Banjola.

Cupid

Sam Cooke — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:58:00 CST

On a banjola. Trying to get the melody correct. Just starting on this in prep for Valentine's Day.

Brahms op. 39 no. 15 in A

J. Brahms/Arr. K. Holmes — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:12:00 CST

"Brahms op. 39 no. 15 in A", Bart Reiter Standard banjo, nylon strings, tuning aEAC#E. Arranged for banjo by Kevin Holmes.

Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

kevinwholmes — Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:00:00 CST

"Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming", Grizzly kit banjo tuned aDADE, Rover RM-50 mandolin, violin

Ding Dong Merrily on High

kevinwholmes — Fri, 2 Dec 2011 15:33:00 CST

"Ding Dong Merrily on High", Bart Reiter Standard banjo, tuning gDGBD.

The Holly and the Ivy

kevinwholmes — Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:48:00 CST

"The Holly and the Ivy", Bart Reiter Standard banjo (gDGBD), violin, Gold Tone banjola (gDGBD), 'cello

Joy to the World

Isaac Watts/G.F. Handel — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:55:00 CST

"Joy to the World", Bart Reiter Standard banjo w/nylon strings, tuning gDGBD.

Bonaparte crossing the rhine

joemac — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:03:00 CST

Bonaparte crossing the Rhine as played by "The Old Grey Dogs" I chose to play this out of double C tuning as i love the bottom end of the banjo in this tuning. Hope you all enjoy i.t

Classical Banjo

pachelbel — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:36:00 CST

canon in D

Melodic Banjo, Ollie at day time !

michael staun — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:39:00 CST

A song, i made for my son :-)

Banjo Waltz for Katja

michael staun — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:37:00 CST

this is a waltz i composed for my wife Katja

Banjo First Song !

michael staun — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:35:00 CST

This is a song i made when i got my first banjo, it was a goldtone bgf250, now i play a nechville athena, with a phantom neck.

Banjo Hymn, H¿r det zion for alt din ve

michael staun — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:33:00 CST

this is my arrangement of the danish hymn h¿r det zion for alt din ve

Danish Hymn !

Christian Vestergaard Pedersen — Tue, 8 Nov 2011 22:06:00 CST

I am messing around with a danish hymn !

Bransle de Burgogne #1

Adrian Leroy (1520 - 1598) — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:15:00 CST

This is to go with the TAB I uploaded here.

God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen!

Jocko MacNelly — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:23:00 CST

This is from my upcoming collection of Christmas carols for the banjo, due out the beginning of October. 19 old Christmas faves for solo banjo in notation and TAB. It'll be available at my website, and you can download the other MP3s now at CDBaby.com/Jocko. Enjoy! By the way, I'm new to Banjo Hangout, and I LOVE IT! There's more useful information here than I know what to do with!

Building a Tune ~ round 3 Finished

Paul Roberts — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:32:00 CST

This is the completion of my little composing project. Please deposit comments on my thread "Building a Tune" on Sound Off.

Lapitilda

ostonehead — Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:03:00 CST

Consonance ~ on "The Wood"

Paul Roberts — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:02:00 CST

Wooden banjo: gCGCD Original Recorded without EQ or effects

Ballad #1 for 5-string banjo.

T1T2 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:19:00 CST

I learned this by watching Mary Coons play it a coup[le of hundred times on the legendary documentary "Echos of America". I think it's fairly accurate. It was recorded in the same batch as Salty Dog and I have refined it a little since.

gill town

jimh269b — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:20:00 CST

a tune i made up

forked deer

jimh269b — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:49:00 CST