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I use this book for all of my beginning and intermediate students. Most of the tunes are southern old-time tunes, but mixed in are a smattering of bluegrass, celtic and other genres.
This spiral-bound book is organized in a systematic, graduated method, starting with very simple tunes and working slowly into more advanced material. This book is one of the most detailed books for developing a solid understanding of the standard bowing patterns used by fiddlers. Bow directions – ups and downs and slurs are carefully notated throughout. Left-hand fingerings are also notated wherever needed.
There are a total of 101 tunes in this 102 page book. About 70 of them are arranged by me for teaching purposes, but there about 30 transcriptions that I have culled from my favorite fiddle recordings over the last 20 years, from a whole variety of fiddlers, mostly southern American. Also included are major and minor scales, major and minor arpeggios, exercises for the bow, exercises for the left hand and tag endings.
For an idea of the quality of the transcriptions, you can download PDF samples on my transcription page.
Song List
| Alabama Jubilee Angeline The Baker Arkansas Traveler Barlow Knife Bear Creek Hop Bill Cheatum Billy In The Lowground Billy Malley’s Barndance Billy Malley’s Schottische Blackberry Blossom Bob Taylor’s March Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine Bonaparte’s Retreat Bonnie James Campbell Calliope House Calum’s Road Cattle Call Waltz Chapel Hill March Cherokee Shuffle Cluck Old Hen Cold Frosty Morning Cotton-Eyed Joe Cripple Creek (1) Cripple Creek (2) Cuckoo’s Nest Devil’s Dream Dinah Down Yonder Dry And Dusty Dubuque Ebenezer Eighth Of January Elzic’s Farewell Faded Love |
Fiddler’s Blues Fisher’s Hornpipe Florida Blues Forked Deer Going Down To Georgie-o Going To Chattanooga Green River March Green Willis Growling Old Man Hop Light Ladies Joke On The Puppy Jonesboro Josie Girl June Apple Kitchen Girl La Betaille Last Chance Last Of Harris Liberty Little Liza Jane Little Rabbit Maiden’s Prayer Mississippi Sawyer Mockingbird Hill Morehead Needle Case New Five Cents North Carolina Breakdown Old Aunt Adkins Old Gray Horse Old Joe Clark Old Joe Clark (2) |
Old Molly Hare Old Mother Flanigan Ookpik Waltz Over The Waterfall Pike’s Peak Ragtime Annie Red Fox Waltz Red Wing Red-Haired Boy Robinson County Rock That Cradle Lucy Rose Of Sharon Rose Tree Ross Reel #4 Roy’s Rag Salt Creek Sandy River Belle Say Darling Say Seneca Square Dance Skunk in the Collard Patch Soldier’s Joy Spotted Pony St. Anne’s Reel Suzanna Gal Swallowtail Jig Tater Patch Tennessee Waltz Texas Texas Gals The Barefoot Fiddler The Girl I Left Behind Me Turkey in the Straw West Fork Gals Whiskey Before Breakfast Woodland Dream |