A collection of 78 tunes containing some Civil War selections as well as many other traditional favorites. Each arrangement features harmony, style marks and guitar chords. The music is supplemented with histories of the tunes and drumbeats. Complete Music for Fife and Drum was compiled by a professional fifer and is intended for the military fife in B-flat. This book offers tunes from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras with suggested snare and bass drum parts as well as chord progressions. It also contains a wealth of fife history and resources
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Walter D. Sweet is a native Connecticut fifer with 32 years' experience. He has taught fifing on all levels, and plays other instruments as well. With Yankee ingenuity, he also designs instruments: The "Waltfife" features a Boehm-style bore for traditional easy with added robustness; his Boehm flute in F above C matches the range of the fiddle for playing dance music. Sweet also works as a technical writer for Jagenberg in Enfield, Connecticut.
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Solid content and a modern classic.,
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This review is from: Mel Bay Presents Complete Music for Fife and Drum (Paperback)
This is an awesome book. Anyone interested in fife or rudimental drumming must have a copy on their shelves. Be sure to purchase the CD too, as it includes many tunes played by some truly gifted musicians.A book filled with traditional tunes arranged for the fife and drum with accidentals, breath marks and suggested playing style marks to help the beginner and expert alike. Great for the Revolutionary War through Civil War reenactor too, this book has selections from all eras.
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Pitch Chords, Slow March, Continued Traditional, First Full, Army Six-Eight, Connecticut Halftime, Plain Six-Eight, Army Two-Four, Continued Ostling, Fancy Six-Eight, The General, Bmin Bmin, Fifer's Companion, Repeat End, Stick Fencing New!
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Option: Play the tune twice to *, a third time to the end. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rudimental drumming, drum corps, field music Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pitch Chords, Slow March, Continued Traditional, First Full, Army Six-Eight, Connecticut Halftime, Plain Six-Eight, Army Two-Four, Continued Ostling, Fancy Six-Eight, The General, Bmin Bmin, Fifer's Companion, Repeat End, Stick Fencing New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Little Bighorn (Great Battles and Sieges) by Philip Steele in Back Matter
- Popular American Composers by David Ewen in Back Matter
- Rhode Island (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson in Back Matter
- The Civil War: The Vindication of Richard Atkyns, Esq and the Military Memoirs of Captain John Gwyn (Military memoirs) by Richard Atkyns in Back Matter
- New Hampshire (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson in Back Matter
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