What's on your instrumental table...

[TBman]

Practice list? (I post a thread like this occasionally to see what everyone else is playing and to learn about otherwise unknown to me artists and tunes).

1. Keith Chappell modified arr. Si Bheag Si Mhor
2. Al Petteway version of Down by the Salley Gardens
3. Masaaki Kishibi - Flower (Hana)
4. Masaaki Kishibi - Rainy Window (A.K.A. Rain by the window)
5. Al Petteway - Broken Mist
6. Sungha Jung - Nostalgia
7. Adrian von Ziegler - Fairy Forest
8. Kotaro Oshio - Be Happy
9. Masaaki Kishibi - November
10. Gin - Sakura Wish
11. Misc blues songs by various artists, Petteway, Walker, Grossman, Mann, etc.

[zombywoof]

As I do not sing, everything I play becomes an instrumental.
But as far as songs that were originally performed as such, I can only think of two that I play a whole lot:

"Cincinnati Flow Rag" - Rev. Gary Davis
"Blues in A" - Scrapper Blackwell

[mr. beaumont]

Today, it's Miles Davis' "Blue in Green." For ukulele!

[reeve21]

I'm working on a Tommy Flint arrangement of My Old Kentucky Home (lesson assignment). I should have it ready before next year's Kentucky Derby

If I get it in shape before my lesson next Tuesday it will be back to Mississippi John Hurt. I'm pretty much obsessed with him.

[FrankHudson]

Since I compose at whatever level I can accomplish, and I don't read conventional notation with any facility, my "table" as such is either a sheet of paper with chord charts and little notes scribbled around the page for melodic motifs, or a DAW screen.


Still working on music which I combine with words, but not always as songs or conventional art song settings, sometimes it's soundtrack-y or Ken Nordine-y Word Jazz. For example right now I'm working on a piece with a few tracks of synth and open-tuned acoustic, and I haven't decided on what words I'll use with it yet. Half of it is scribbled paper and half of it is Virtual Instrument synth tracks that I usually display in MIDI "piano roll" notation on my computer screen.

[DesertTwang]

My wife and had a baby in March, so I figured it’s a good time to brush up on some classic instrumentals and fiddle tunes that make for good lullabies, and learn a few new ones. I put the little one in a swing facing me as I practice, and he seems to really enjoy it. His eyes get all big as I pick through these tunes. Right now I’m working on

Wildwood Flower, crosspicking arrangement
Billy in the Lowground
Midnight on the Water
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
Jerusalem Ridge
Salt Creek

[SouthpawJeff]

I’m currently working on “La Paloma” and still fine tuning Kirk Loranges arrangement of “Summertime”. I just downloaded Yenne Lee’s arrangement of “Autumn Leaves” last night.... but that version is well above my skill level so may be a very, very long road on that one!

Jeff

[rick-slo]

Playing and writing my own music in the main.

[jaymarsch]

I am working on a couple of new original songs and improving the guitar arrangement of a song that I wrote a while back and have never bonded with the original accompaniment that I created back then.

Best,
Jayne

You asked for it Barry. All played at least once a week.

1. OLD COUNTRY ROCK (DROP D) – William Moore
2. SATURDAY NITE RUB – Big Bill Broonzy
3. ONE TIME BLUES – Blind Blake
4. SOO COW SOO – Memphis Minnie
5. PIG MEAT STRUT – Big Bill Broonzy
6. SOUTH CAROLINA RAG – Willie Walker
7. FREIGHT TRAIN - Elizabeth Cotten
8. IT WON’T BE LONG – Frank Stokes
9. BUCK DANCER’S CHOICE – Sam McGee
10. POLICY BLUES (DROP D) - Blind Blake
11. SWEET JIVIN MAMA - Blind Blake
12. CROW JANE – Carl Martin
13. BYE BYE BLUES – Tommy Johnson
14. IT IS NO SECRET - Rev. Gary Davis
15. COLD RAINY DAY - Big Bill Broonzy
16. O GLORY HOW HAPPY I AM - Rev. Gary Davis
17. LET US GET TOGETHER - Rev. Gary Davis
18. DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY - Rev. Gary Davis
19. HESITATION BLUES - Rev. Gary Davis
20. MAKE BELIEVE STUNT - Rev. Gary Davis
21. I AM THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD - Rev. Gary Davis
22. CANDYMAN – Traditional
23. SALTY DOG BLUES - Traditional
24. RAGTIME MAMA BLUES – Stefan Grossman
25. BLAKE’S RAG – Stefan Grossman
26. SPIKE DRIVER BLUES – Mississippi John Hurt
27. SHAKE SUGAREE - Elizabeth Cotten
28. RAGGED AND DIRTY – Willie Brown
29. WILLIE MAE – Big Bill Broonzy
30. SPOONFUL (DROP D) – Rev. Gary Davis
31. TRIBUTE TO ROBERT JOHNSON – Stefan Grossman
32. STAGOLEE - Traditional
33. TAKE A WHIFF ON ME – Lead Belly
34. TRIBUTE TO LONNIE JOHNSON (DROP D) - Stefan Grossman
35. AVALON BLUES – Mississippi John Hurt
36. CHARLEY JAMES – Mance Lipscomb
37. MANHATTAN RAG - Woody Mann
38. MIDTOWN FLING - Woody Mann
39. LATE MORNING BLUES - Woody Mann
40. COUNTRY BUCK - Woody Mann
41. MR. BLAKE’S DANCE - Woody Mann
42. HUDSON RIVER BOOGIE - Woody Mann
43. VIRGINIA STOMP - Woody Mann
44. SUNSET LAKE RAG - Woody Mann
45. BABE I WANT YOU TO KNOW (DGDGBE) - Bo Carter
46. DIDDIE WAH DIDDIE - Blind Blake
47. SHUFFLE RAG - Big Bill Broonzy
48. GLORY OF LOVE - Billy Hill
49. BUCK DANCE – Rev. Gary Davis
50. BYE BYE BABY BLUES - Little Hat Jones
51. RAMBLING BLUES - Rambling Thomas
52. TEXAS NIGHTS BLUES - Hacksaw Harney
53. PIANO ROLL - Woody Mann
54. I’LL FLY AWAY - Albert E. Brumley
55. CINCINNATI FLOW RAG/NEW YORK RAG/HOT DOGS - Rev. Gary Davis/Stefan Grossman/Blind Lemon Jefferson
56. TWELVE STICKS - Rev. Gary Davis
57. ORIGINAL RAGS - Scott Joplin
58. MEAN OLD WORLD - Rev. Gary Davis
59. THERE’S DESTRUCTION IN THIS LAND - Rev. Gary Davis
60. LONNIE’S GUITAR (DGDGBE) - Woody Mann
61. A NIGHT IN TBILISI (DROP D) - Woody Mann
62. RAGTIME NIGHTINGALE - Joseph Lamb
63. THE ENTERTAINER (DROP D) - Scott Joplin
64. CONTENTMENT RAG - Joseph Lamb
65. RAGTIME ORIOLE (DGDGBE) – James Scott
66. AND 3 NOT 4 - Woody Mann
67. A LITTLE LOVE, A LITTLE KISS - Eddie Lang
68. WE’LL BE ALRIGHT - Woody Mann
69. TWELVE GATES TO THE CITY - Rev. Gary Davis
70. GOIN’ TO SIT DOWN ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER – Rev. Gary Davis
71. I KNOW MY NAME IS WRITTEN THERE – Rev. Gary Davis
72. ORANGUTAN RAG – Rev. Gary Davis
73. RED CARPET RAG (DROP D CAPO 2) – Unknown
74. APRIL KISSES – Eddie Lang
75. BLUES IN C – Woody Mann
76. SEARCH MY HEART – Rev. Gary Davis
77. TOPSY – Eddie Durham
78. TOP HAT (DROP D) – Woody Mann
79. MAPLE LEAF RAG – Scott Joplin
80. GUITAR CHIMES – Blind Blake
81. BABY LOU BLUES – Blind Blake
82. ROPE STRETCHIN’ BLUES – Blind Blake
83. TOOTIE BLUES – Blind Blake
84. STONEWALL STREET BLUES – Blind Blake
85. TOO TIGHT BLUES – Blind Blake
86. SOUTHERN RAG – Blind Blake
87. SPOONFUL – Rev. Gary Davis
88. COCAINE BLUES – Rev. Gary Davis
89. DELIA – Rev. Gary Davis
90. BABY, LET ME LAY IT ON YOU – Rev. Gary Davis

[Daniel Grenier]

I, too, only play my own music as I now find playing other’s music kind of pointless. I say it’s already been done so what’s the point? Far more rewarding too, imo, but to each their own. As long as it’s gratifying.

[fazool]

1. Midsummer's Daydream : Rik Emmett
2. Fantasy Serenade : Rik Emmett
3. Petite Etude ; Rik Emmett
4: Hysteria : Giannis Fiorentis cover of Def Leppard
5: Hark The Herald Angels Sing: obscure version
6: See you again : Wiz Khalifa Trench fingerstyle version
7: Hallelujah : Rufus Wainright version
8: I see Fire : Ed Sheeran (not really instrumental except when I play it)
9: Solsbury Hill : Peter Gabriel (not really instrumental except when I play it)

[L20A]

I'm brushing up on some old Bluegrass tunes for the Festival/Jam season.
Here are a few I need to learn lyrics to.
Dig a little deeper
Nellie Kane
Bury me beneath the weeping willow
I wonder where you are tonight
Big spike hammer
Love please come home
Nine pound hammer
Shady grove
Head over heels
I still miss someone

Can't wait for the outdoors jams to start.

[islandguitar]

My own stuff........that keeps me busy and grounded!! There are enough and in different tunings that I have to return to many of them to keep them in the mix.....while at the same time working on any new ones. Also, another aspect that keeps me thinking and busy is returning to older tunes and re-recording them on different recently aquired guitars to see how they've possibly evolved with a different sound.

[815C]

Lately I've been working on a dozen or so flatpicking tunes - fiddle tunes, Celtic, and a couple up tempo jazz tunes done flatpicking style.