Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo

Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo features 22 classic old-time favourites, specially arranged for 5-string Banjo.

The distinctive sound of the 5-string Banjo is most usually associated with folk, country and bluegrass music. In this book you’ll find a superb collection of traditional songs that lend themselves perfectly to a variety of Banjo styles.

From the lively The Midnight Special to the wistful Wild Mountain Thyme, each song has been chosen and arranged to make the most of the instrument’s unique capacity for rolling rhythms and flexible fingerpicking patterns.

Whether your favourites are jazzy, folky or country, you’ll find plenty here to help you play, sing and extend your repertoire.


Auld Lang Syne

All Through The Night

Amazing Grace

Danny Boy

Home On The Range 

The Black Velvet Band

The Midnight Special

She Moved Through The Fair

Loch Lomond

My Grandfather's Clock

My Wild Irish Rose

On Top Of Old Smoky

Sam Hall

Scarborough Fair

Shady Grove

St. James Infirmary

Sweet Betsy From Pike

There's A Hole In My Bucket

Wayfaring Stranger

What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor

Wild Mountain Thyme

The Yellow Rose Of Texas