Hi all,

Does anyone know any good "old-time" songs (you know, American folk - fiddle and banjo stuff) that are purely instrumental. I love that sort of music. Don't you?

Well, Ashokan Farewell sounds like an old timey song, but it isn't. It was used for a Civil War segment on PBS or something, but it's a VERY nice piece to play.

I love Ashokan Farewell. The youth orchestra played it at one of the concerts. It's very sad, but really beautiful.

I'm not sure if it has words or not, but I play "Old Black Joe" on the piano. It's pretty nice.

Hi!

I have problem finding songs like that too, espesialy ones I like. My best stratagy it usefell to get CD's from the library, then if they have a song I like on them, to just do a general search on the internet for them. My Favorite artists are Natalie MacMaster and Leahy. And the Cheiftains.

if you do fiddle tunes, i play irish, scottish, and shetland (technically scottish) fiddling, if that's what you mean by old-time music...

look up be Béla Fleck and the Flecktones there not realy old folk but most of there songs are so crazy banjo playing

um i was woundering dose eny one no the banjo cords to that new country song fox on the run i have been wantin to learn it

Ashokan Farewell is pretty easy and really nice sounding. But if you want folk music, I used to have a book of it but forgot what it's called =(