Note about the use of tablature: Pete recommends tablature as an aid to learning specific content, and not as a primary means to master the fundamentals of Scruggs style banjo. That combination of ear skills and timing skills is best developed with minimal use of tablature. See Pete’s advice on how that’s done.
Pete Wernick Banjo Solos
All banjo solos recorded by Pete Wernick from 1971 to 2018
Here are some free tabs of Pete’s favorite banjo solos, and some miscellaneous Hot Licks for your picking enjoyment.
Free Tabs of Solos from Pete’s Albums
| Title | Free Tab | Album | Video | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Boogie | Download | Hot Rize – Radio Boogie | Audio | |
| Sky Rider | Download | LIVE FIVE, I Tell You What! | Video (in A; album cut is in G) | Audio |
| Ruthie | Download | On a Roll | Video (in G; album cut is in C tuning lowered by a full step) | Audio |
| Gone Fishing | Download | Hot Rize – Take It Home | Spotify | |
| High on a Mountain | Download | Hot Rize | Audio | |
| Blueberry Ripple | Download | Dr. Banjo Steps Out | Spotify | |
| Lost in the Woods | Download | Dr. Banjo Steps Out | Spotify | |
| Sally Ann | Download | Dr. Banjo Steps Out | Audio | |
| Plane 45 | Download | Dr. Banjo Steps Out | Audio | |
| Shady Grove | Download | Dr. Banjo Steps Out | Spotify | |
| Cross-Eyed Fiddler | Download | Dr. Banjo Steps Out | Spotify |
Hot Licks
The source for this tab comes from Pete’s two part “Branching Out On the Banjo” instructional videos.
- Over three hours of learning the neck and the web of chord and roll knowledge that yields infinite great-sounding ideas you can use in all your playing!
- Part I: A Treasury of Techniques
- Part II: Putting It All Into Practice
- Buy them separately or as a pair.