Up until about a month ago I had paid very little attention to articles and tabs in Banjo Newsletter regarding 3 finger Scruggs and melodic styles. I've recently begun exploring these both and wanted to see an index of all associated tabs from Banjo Newsletter dating back to my first issue (Jul 2007). I found an index of sorts on the banjonews.com site but it lacked the full info I wanted: Song Title, Artist, Issue, Page No. and Tuning. I also searched online but could not find one. So, I had some free time this weekend and spent several hours paging through each issue up to Sep 2012 and entering this data into an Excel spreadsheet. At this time the index contains 457 tabs. I'm assuming that other folks may find this useful and I've decided to share it with anyone who wants to download it from my website.
There are two versions of the file. One is for current versions of Excel (or Pages) and has a .XLSX file extension. The other is for older versions and has a .XLS file extension.
More Current Version of Excel: http://www.richollander.com/Shared_Files/Banjo Newsletter Tabs.xlsx
Older Versions of Excel: http://www.richollander.com/Shared_Files/Banjo Newsletter Tabs (xls).xls
A couple of quick notes:
1. I've indexed most all tabs but there were a few very basic ones that I skipped.
2. The "Artist" name is usually the person that arranged the tune but in some cases I've indicated the composer as well.
3. All tunes are in standard open G tuning (gDGBD) unless otherwise noted.
I plan on keeping this file up to date and will post newer versions from time to time so feel free to check back from time to time.
Enjoy!
- Ric