Seeking: bluegrass music in standard notation I can copy off off of internet ?? where

[jasperguitar]

I went to a great bluegrass festival .. Grey Fox in NY

I'm interested in printing some music .. basic old standard stuff, to
get me started with learning bluegrass

Is there a web page I can copy some basic bluegrass songs from ..

Standard notation as well as chords, lyrics ?

Thanks ...

Rock on

Or Bluegrass on

[HHP]

Just do a search for "bluegrass tab". Most of the tab also has notation.

[Mooh]

Generally if you use Google Images you'll find any sheet music you need.

[Blueser100]

The fiddlers tune book has standard notation if I recall.

[hillbilly sam]

Originally Posted by Mooh

Generally if you use Google Images you'll find any sheet music you need.

Hey, thanks for the tip. Never thought of that one.

[Mooh]

Originally Posted by Blueser100

The fiddlers tune book has standard notation if I recall.

The Fiddlers Fake Book is standard notation, but the accompanying guitar, mandolin, and banjo books are tab.

[JonPR]

Originally Posted by Mooh

The Fiddlers Fake Book is standard notation, but the accompanying guitar, mandolin, and banjo books are tab.

That says it all, right?

[Mooh]

Originally Posted by JonPR

That says it all, right?

Not sure what you mean, but to me it means the publisher was too presumptuous and inconsiderate not to include standard notation with all the books.

[JonPR]

Originally Posted by Mooh

Not sure what you mean, but to me it means the publisher was too presumptuous and inconsiderate not to include standard notation with all the books.

Yes, I did mean something like that: "Oh, guitarists (etc) are musically illiterate, no point bothering with notation, better just give them tab...."
- and most guitarists/banjoists/mandolinists would be quite happy with that too, which is the sad thing (IMO).

(Not that I'm suggesting notation instead of tab - that probably is expecting too much. But both together ought to be possible, although it would mean more pages, therefore more cost...)

[Mooh]

That drives me crazy.

[icuker]

I do find when books have both notation and tab that I get too distracted with the tab since it is easier than sticking to the notation. So, I try to look for music that has notes only to help me stick to my reading practice.

I took a Mandolin book of Irish tunes that did have tab and notation and practice reading with my guitar, as the tab does me no good in this case. They work out pretty well. Since the chords are at the top I can strum a full chord when appropriate.

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by Mooh

Not sure what you mean, but to me it means the publisher was too presumptuous and inconsiderate not to include standard notation with all the books.

Hi Mooh (and others)…

I do not find it presumptuous, inconsiderate, nor judgmental on the part of publishers, and disagree with your point of view on the subject.

From an economic standpoint, I'm guessing there are so few serious bluegrass players looking for notation that they don't produce it because it's too expensive.

Violin/fiddle is taught from a notation standpoint, and outside jazz or classical guitar players, the bulk of the playing community who play guitar do not read, nor look for notation.