The most comprehensive collection of traditional fiddle tunes ever compiled. Over 150 tunes, familiar and obscure, with lyrics. Transcribed from the playing of country fiddlers.
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This review is from: The Fiddle Book: The Comprehensive book on American folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers (Paperback)
I love this book. Marion Thiede not only writes a good story behind the tunes, she also did a wonderful job transcribing the fiddle tunes in both traditional & altered violin tuning in a way a classically trained violinist can understand & includes several pictures of historic, old time fiddlers.
I was expecting the appearance of the book to be like the picture shown, with the black & white cover, etc. Instead, I received an old, hard fabric bound, discarded library book from Loudoun high school library...car dealers call it "Bait and Switch". (thus, only 3 stars) The description says (I cut & pasted this from the seller's statement) The Fiddle Book: The Comprehensive book on American folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers (Paperback) I do like (and will keep) the book, but would have preferred that the item I actually received would have been shown on the seller's page.
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Cross-tuning made easy,
This review is from: The Fiddle Book: The Comprehensive book on American folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers (Paperback)
I love Marion Thede's 'The Fiddle Book. One of the most useful aspects of this book is that tunes are notated both 'as they sound' and as they are written, if the fiddle was tuned in standard tuning. In other words, you cross tune your fiddle, and then play from the music as if you were in GDAE tuning. Fantastic.
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yeller gal, hop high ladies, kitty puss, big tater, one whole tone, forked deer, standard pitch, nigger run, fiddle music Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Liza Jane, United States, Cotton Eyed Joe, Old Dan Tucker, Sally Gooden, Uncle Joe, Greer County, Number Nine, Bear Creek, Old Mother Gofour, Claude Keenan, Flop Eared Mule, Tulsey Waltz, Government Claim, Jubal Anderson, Old Purcell, Mississippi River New!
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yeller gal, hop high ladies, kitty puss, big tater, one whole tone, forked deer, standard pitch, nigger run, fiddle music Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Liza Jane, United States, Cotton Eyed Joe, Old Dan Tucker, Sally Gooden, Uncle Joe, Greer County, Number Nine, Bear Creek, Old Mother Gofour, Claude Keenan, Flop Eared Mule, Tulsey Waltz, Government Claim, Jubal Anderson, Old Purcell, Mississippi River New!
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