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Songs in the Repertoire

Here are some of the songs I've learned over the years.  I'd be glad to assist with working them out if you need help.  Also check out my APG Song List of Americana, Traditional and other styles I've arranged for APG.
 

Standard Tuning Bach, J.S., "Bouree" from recording by Carl Scheitt  Beethoven, Ludwig von, Fur Elise (variation)  Clementi, "Sonatina", from Nitty Gritty Dirt band banjo solo  Cromarty, George, "Arboretum"  English Country Garden, traditional, arranged for APG by Les Weller  Evans, Dave,"Veronica"  Fahey, John,"Dixie Pig Bar-B-Q Blues"  Fahey, John, "Doing An Evil Deed Blues"  Fahey, John, "Sligo River Blues"  Fahey, John, "Transcendental Waterfall"  Fahey, John, "When I Wore a Tulip and You Wore a Red Rose"  Garcia - Hunter,"Mississippi Half-Step Toodleoo"  Kottke, Leo, "The Fisherman"  Kottke, Leo, "Hole in the Day"  Lennon - McCartney, "Blackbird"  McGrath, Suni, "Pea Pluckers Pavanne"  "Mr. Softee Rag", arranged for APG by Les Weller (I heard Neil Harpe play something like this ages ago.)  O'Carolan, Turlough, "Squire Wood's Lament on Refusal of his Sixpence"; arr. Robin Bullock  O'Carolan, Turlough, "Lord Inchiquin" , arranged for APG by Les Weller  The Old Man's Clock,arranged for APG by Les Weller   Pentangle,"Once I Had A Sweetheart"  Pettaway, Al, "Shady Side Blues"  "Teddy Bear's Picnic", arr. by Richard Ruskin

Dropped D - DADGBE Bullock, Robin, "Lost Hollow Lament"  "Great Dreams of Heaven" arr. by Ry Cooder  Fahey, John, "Poor Boy"  Fahey, John, "St. Louis Blues"  Gounod, "Funeral March for a Marionette" (the old "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" theme), arranged for APG by Les Weller  "Georgia Camp Meeting" arr. by Richard Ruskin  Kaukonen, Jorma, "Embryonic Journey"  O'Carolan, Turlough, "Sidh Beag, Sidh Mohr" - arrangement by Al Pettaway  "Sally Gardens", Traditional , arranged for APG by Les Weller    Tchiakovsky, Peter, "Arabian Dance" from the Nutcracker Suite , arranged for APG by Les Weller    DGDGBE Bach, J.S., "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" loosely based on Kottke's arrangement  Fahey, John, "Hawaiian Two-Step"  Jansch, Bert, "Birthday Blues"  Satie, Eric, "Gymnopedie #1"  Open C - CGCGCE Cromarty, George, "Flight"  Fahey, John, "Mark 1:15"  Fahey, John "Sunflower River Blues"   "I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free", arranged by John Fahey  "Southern Medley" arr. by John Fahey  "Sail Away Ladies" arr. by John Fahey  Lang, Peter, "Young Man, Where are Your Shoes"  DGDGBD  Fahey, John, "Desperate Man Blues"  Kottke, Leo, "Brain of the Purple Mountain"  DGDGBbD Fahey, John, "Dance of Death"  DADGAD Pettaway, Al, "Magic"  Pettaway, Al, "Spindrift"

 

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