Learn to Play the Fiddle Tune “St. Anne’s Reel” on Guitar
This flatpickers' favorite is ubiquitous at old-time, Celtic, and bluegrass jams.
These articles are excerpted from Acoustic Guitar magazine’s instructional book, Fiddle Tune Essentials. Learn and master essential fiddle tunes, all arranged for flatpicked guitar and presented with tab and standard notation.
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Learn this campground jam favorite, recorded by artists like Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, Doc Watson, and Clarence White.
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Flatpick the Fiddle Tune “Forked Deer”
Dan Crary describes it as “one of the great, majestic fiddle tunes.” The first eight measures of Scott Nygaard's arrangement are transcribed here.
Learn to Play the Fiddle Tune “St. Anne’s Reel” on Guitar
Fiddlers play this tune in the key of D, and it can be played effectively on the guitar in D without a capo or capoed up to the second fret and played out of C position.