“The Vault” is an ever-expanding library of clawhammer arrangements, and one of the many resources available to members of the Breakthrough Banjo course, which you can now join for FREE for 30 days.
(If you are a member of Breakthrough Banjo and are looking for The Vault, then click here to go there now.)
New material is added to the Vault weekly.
Almost all of the arrangements have two versions, typically one that’s Brainjo level 3-5, and one that’s Brainjo level 2 (Brainjo level 1 arrangements are used primarily for instructional purposes during the earlier phases of the Breakthrough Banjo course).
Here’s a sample of the video demonstrations for the tune “Wandering Boy”:
Wandering Boy (Brainjo level 3-4 demo)
Wandering Boy (Brainjo level 2 demo)
With the song vault, one of the goals is to also provide you with songs appropriate for various occasions, and so there’s a wide variety of genres and categories covered there, including crowd pleasers, traditional folk, popular folk, pop/rock, campfire tunes, gospel, patriotic, and Civil War.
The Vault also contains video demonstrations of all the music, to be sure you know how each arrangement should sound.
Ultimately, the goal is for you to always have access to new music that inspires you, and that’s appropriate for your level as you progress along the Timeline of Mastery using the Breakthrough Banjo learning modules as your guide.
You’ll have full access to the Vault after signing up to the Breakthrough Banjo course, which is just currently FREE for the first 30 days.
Tunes in the Vault (as of 6/14/21):
- 3 Forks of Cheat
- Alabama Jubilee
- Andy Griffith Theme (The Fishin’ Hole)
- Angelina Baker
- Arkansas Traveler
- Ashokan Farewell
- Auld Lang Syne
- Ballad of Jed
- Barlow Knife
- Battle in the Horseshoe
- Bell Cow
- Belle of Lexington
- Big Eyed Rabbit
- Big John McNeil
- Big Liza
- Big Sandy River
- Bill Cheatham
- Billy in the Lowground
- Billy in the Lowland
- Black Eyed Susie
- Black Jack Grove
- Blackberry Blossom
- Boatin Up Sandy
- Boatman
- Bob Taylor’s March
- Boll Weevil
- Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
- Bonaparte’s Retreat
- Bonnie Prince Charlie
- Briarpicker Brown
- Buffalo Girls
- Calico
- Callowhill Jig
- Carol of the Bells
- Cherokee Shuffle
- Cherry River Line
- Chilly Winds
- Chinquapin Hunting
- Cider
- Cindy
- Clinch Mountain Backstep
- Cluck Ol’ Hen
- Cluckin’ Hen
- Coal Creek March
- Cold Frosty Morn
- Coleman’s March
- Colored Aristocracy
- The Cowboy Waltz
- Cripple Creek
- Cumberland Gap
- Cuckoo’s Nest
- Darling Nellie Gray
- Deck the Halls
- Duck River
- Ducks on the Millpond
- Dry and Dusty
- East Tennessee Blues
- Ed Haley’s Boatman
- Eighth of January
- Elkhorn Ridge
- Falls of Richmond
- Fisher’s Hornpipe
- Five Miles from Town
- Flop Eared Mule
- Flowers of Edinburgh
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
- Flying Indian
- Folding Down the Sheets
- Forked Deer
- Fortune
- Game of Thrones theme
- Georgia Railroad
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Good King Wenceslas
- Goodbye Gals I’m Going To Boston
- Gospel Plow
- Grasshopper Sittin’ on a Sweet Potato Vine
- Gravity Falls Theme
- Greasy String
- Grey Eagle
- Green Willis
- Groundhog
- Half Past Four
- Hangman’s Reel
- Hell Amongst the Yearlings
- Hell Up Coal Holler
- Hog Eyed Man
- Home Sweet Home
- Imperial March (Vader’s Theme)
- Indian Ate A Woodchuck
- The Indians Are Over the Hill
- Jake Gillie
- Japanese Grand March
- Jawbone
- Jaybird March
- John Brown’s Dream
- John Hardy
- John Henry
- Johnny Don’t Get Drunk
- Johnson City Rag
- Jubilation Rag
- Julianne Johnson
- June Apple
- Jurassic Park Theme
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Kitchen Girl
- Last Chance
- Leather Britches
- Let Me Fall
- Little Billie Wilson
- Little Rabbit
- Liza Jane
- Logan County Blues
- Lord of the Rings Theme
- Lost Girl
- Miss McLeod’s Reel
- Morpeth Rant
- Mulberry Gap
- Music For A Found Harmonium
- Nail that Catfish to a Tree
- Nancy Dalton
- Nancy
- Nashville Blues
- Natchez Under the Hill
- Needlecase
- New Five Cent Piece
- Old Buck
- Old Joe Clark
- Old Molly Hare
- Old Mother Flanagan
- Over the Waterfall
- Peter Francisco
- Pig Ankle Rag
- Pink Kitchen Girl
- Pirates of the Carribean Theme
- Policeman
- Polly Put the Kettle On
- Pretty Little Girl
- Pretty Polly
- Quince Dillion’s High D
- Rebel Raid
- Red Haired Boy
- Redwing
- Road to Boston
- Roaring River
- Rochester Schottische
- Rock the Cradle, Joe
- Rockingham Cindy
- Rocky Pallet
- Roscoe
- Rye Straw
- Sail Away Ladies
- Sailor’s Hornpipe
- Sara Armstong’s Tune
- Salt River
- St. Anne’s Reel
- Sally Ann
- Sally Goodin’
- Salt River
- Sandy River Belle
- Say Darlin’ Say
- Scotland the Brave
- Seneca Square Dance
- Shady Grove
- Shoes and Stockings
- Shortnin’ Bread
- Shove that Pigs Foot
- Shuffle About
- Silent Night
- Simple Gifts
- Snowdrop
- Soldier’s Joy
- Sourwood Mountain
- Spotted Pony
- Squirrel Hunters
- Star Wars
- Step Around Johnny
- Steve Martin’s Clawhammer Medley
- Stocktime
- Stoney Point
- Sugar Hill
- Sugar in the Gourd
- Tallapoosa Bound
- Tennessee Breakdown
- Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
- Texas Gals
- The Cuckoo
- Turkey in the Straw
- Wabash Cannonball
- Wake Up Susan
- Walking Up Georgia Row
- Wandering Boy
- Washington’s March
- Waterbound
- Wearing of the Green
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Winder Slide
- Winter Wonderland
- Winnie the Pooh Theme
- Year of Jubilo
- Yellow Barber
- Yellow Rose of Texas
Songs in the Vault
- 8 More Miles To Louisville
- 9 Pound Hammer
- 12 Days of Christmas
- 21 Guns
- Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow
- Alabama Jubilee
- Amazing Grace
- America the Beautiful
- Bad Moon Rising
- Baltimore Fire
- Bar-B-Que
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Been All Around this World
- Big Eyed Rabbit
- Big Rock Candy Mountain
- Big Sciota
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- Blue Ridge Cabin Home
- Blue Tail Fly
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Budapest
- Buffalo Gals
- Burl Hammons Tune
- Bury Me Beneath the Willow
- Camptown Races
- Christmas Time Is Near
- City of New Orleans
- Come to the Bower
- Coming Round the Mountain
- Corrina Corrina
- Crawdad Hole
- Cumberland Gap
- Darling Corey
- Deep Ellum Blues
- Deep River Blues
- Dixie
- Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
- Down on the Corner
- Drunken Sailor
- Elkhorn Ridge
- Feast Here Tonight
- Fireball Mail
- Foggy Mountain Top
- The Fox (went out on a chilly night)
- Free Fallin’
- Freight Train
- Frosty the Snowman
- Georgia Railroad
- Goin Down that Road Feeling Bad
- Gospel Plow
- Grandfather’s Clock
- Groundhog
- Gumtree Canoe
- Handsome Molly
- Hard Times
- Hills of Mexico
- Holly Jolly Christmas
- Hop High Lulu
- House of the Rising Sun
- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing
- I Saw the Light
- I’ll Fly Away
- I’m Going Back to North Carolina
- Jimmy Sutton
- Jolie Louise
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Lazy John
- Leaving Home
- Let It Snow
- Let Me Fall
- Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Little Birdie
- Little Satchel
- Loch Lomond
- Long Journey Home
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- Milwaukee Blues
- Mole in the Ground
- Mountain Dew
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- New Slang
- New River Train
- Nine Pound Hammer
- Oh Susanna
- Old Kentucky Home
- Old Molly Hare
- Otto Wood
- Paradise
- Peter Francisco
- Poor Orphan Child
- Pretty Polly
- Railroad Bill
- Reuben’s Train
- Rock of Ages
- Rocky Top
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Short Life of Trouble
- Shortnin’ Bread
- Skip to My Lou
- Sons & Daughters
- The Storms Are On The Ocean
- Swanee River
- Swept Away
- Take Em Away
- The Gambler
- Tomcat Blues
- Train on the Island
- Undone in Sorrow
- Wagon Wheel
- Walking Cane
- Way Down the Ol Plank Road
- Way Out There
- Wayfaring Stranger
- The Wellerman
- What Does the Deep Sea Say
- When the Saints Go Marching In
- Who Broke the Lock
- Who’ll Stop the Rain
- Wild Bill Jones
- Wildflowers
- Wildwood Flower
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Willie Moore
- Willow Garden
- Worried Man Blues
- Wreck of the Number Nine
- Yankee Doodle
- You Are My Sunshine