Songs to learn
Every song below has a play-along version with moving tablature — the tab scrolls and highlights each note in time with the audio, so you always know where you are.
| Song | Key | Difficulty | Style | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lark in the morning | D | Beginner | Irish jig | Play with moving tab → |
| Liberty | D | Beginner | Revolutionary war | Play with moving tab → |
| Drowsy Maggie | Em | Beginner | Irish reel | Play with moving tab → |
| Bonaparte crossing the rhine | D | Beginner | Folk | Play with moving tab → |
| Fairy Dance | D | Beginner | Scottish Reel | Play with moving tab → |
| East Tennessee Blues | C | Beginner | Old-timey | Play with moving tab → |
| Briar Picker Brown | D | Beginner | Old-time fiddle | Play with moving tab → |
| The girl i left behind me | G | Beginner | Folk-English | Play with moving tab → |
| The Gravel Walks | Am | Beginner | Irish Reel | Play with moving tab → |
| Quince Dillons High D | D | Beginner | Old-timey | Play with moving tab → |
| Drunken Sailor | Em | Beginner | Sea shanty | Play with moving tab → |
| Going down the river | F | Beginner | Old-timey | Play with moving tab → |
| When my cat came back | G | Beginner | Old-timey | Play with moving tab → |
| King of the fairies | Em | Beginner | Celtic | Play with moving tab → |
| Joys of Quebec | A | Beginner | French-Canadian Reel | Play with moving tab → |
| John Ryan's Polka | D | Beginner | Irish Polka | Play with moving tab → |
| Haste to the Wedding | D | Beginner | Traditional jig | Play with moving tab → |
| Cold Frosty Morning | Am | Beginner | Celtic | Play with moving tab → |
| Forked Deer | D | Beginner | Bluegrass | Play with moving tab → |
| Don Tremaine's Reel | D | Beginner | Canadian Fiddle | Play with moving tab → |
| De Galley Watch | D | Beginner | Shetland Reel | Play with moving tab → |
| Cuckoo's Nest | D | Beginner | Folk-English | Play with moving tab → |
| Cross Reel | D | Beginner | Scottish Reel | Play with moving tab → |
| Cricket on the Hearth | D | Beginner | Folk - American | Play with moving tab → |
How to practice a new tune
Learn the chords first (see the chord chart), then play along slowly. The play-along player lets you slow the tune down without changing pitch — start at 70% and creep up. Ten focused minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday.