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Item number 1450833AW, 182 pages, $32.95
A unique collection of 66 fiddle tunes illustrating the major regional styles found across America and Canada. This book contains rare vintage photographs, player's biographical profiles, historical and performance notes, bowing indications, and information on cross-tunings and the American institution of fiddle contests. The authors have collaborated brilliantly on this labor of love to produce a definitive volume of tunes transcribed from recordings by many of the best fiddlers in North America. Exemplary tunes are included from the Northeast, Southeast and Western regions, plus various widespread ethnic styles including Cajun, Irish, Scandinavian, Klezmer, and Eastern European styles.
By David Reiner & Peter Anick
Overall Difficulty: Intermediate
Instrument: Fiddle
Music Style: Old Time
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Arranged By: This piece was arranged by Peter Anick and David Reiner.
Published By: "Old-Time Fiddling Across America" was published by Mel Bay Publications.
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| Song Titles | | Mississippi Sawyer - From: "Round The Heart Of Old Galax, Vol. 3" - Composed by: Emmett Lundy - ©1989
Ragtime Annie - Composed by: Hector Phillips - ©1989
Angeline The Baker - From: "The Old Virginia Fiddlers" - Composed by: J. W. Spangler - ©1989
Saint Anne's Reel - Composed by: Andy Woolf - ©1985
Old Molly Hare - From: "Old Time Fiddle Classics, Vol. 2" - Composed by: Clayton McMichen - ©1989
Paddy On The Turnpike - From: "Sweet Bunch Of Daisies" - Composed by: Clark Kessinger - ©1989
Done Gone - From: "Eck Robertson, Master Fiddler" - Composed by: Eck Robertson - ©1989
Sugar In The Gourd - From: "The Old Hin Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow" - Composed by: John Carson - ©1989
Midnight On The Water - From: "Country Fiddling From The Big State" - Composed by: Benny Thomasson - ©1989
Black And White Rag - From: "Country Fiddling From The Big State" - Composed by: Benny Thomasson - ©1989
Wagoner - From: "Soppin' The Gravy" - Composed by: Mark O'Connor - ©1989
Old French - Composed by: Andy Woolf - ©1985
Elzic's Farewell - From: "The Right-Hand Fork Of Rush's Creek" - Composed by: Wilson Douglas - ©1989
Rye Straw - From: "That's Earl, Collins Family Fiddling" - Composed by: Earl Collins - ©1989
The Champion - Composed by: Jehile Kirkhuff - ©1989
Martha Campbell - From: "Kitty Puss" - Composed by: Buddy Thomas - ©1989
Cotton Patch Rag - From: "Texas Fiddle Favorite" - Composed by: Lewis Franklin - ©1989
The Sailor's Bonnet - From: "The Wheels Of The World" - Composed by: Michael Coleman - ©1989
Dry And Dusty - From: "Echoes Of The Ozarks, Vol. 1" - Composed by: Morrison Twin Brothers - ©1989
Carroll County Blues - From: "Traditional Fiddle Music Of Mississippi, Vol. 1" - Composed by: Will Narmour - ©1989
Katy Did - From: "Hell Broke Loose In Georgia" - Composed by: Lowe Stokes - ©1989
Lady Of The Lake - Composed by: Donna Hebert - ©1983
Brown Button Shoes - From: "Kitty Puss" - Composed by: Buddy Thomas - ©1989
Florida Blues - From: "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith And His Dixieliners, Vol. 1" - Composed by: Arthur Smith - ©1989
Chicken In The Barnyard - From: "The Legend Of Clark Kessinger" - Composed by: Clark Kessinger - ©1989
Wild Rose Of The Mountain - From: "Wild Rose Of The Mountain" - Composed by: J. P. Fraley - ©1989
Biddy I'm Not Jesting - Composed by: Larry Older - ©1989
Inverness Lasses - From: "Cape Breton Violin Music" - Composed by: John Campbell - ©1989
The Rags - From: "Louis Beaudoin" - Composed by: Louis Beaudoin - ©1989
Susannah Gal - Composed by: Edd Michael - ©1983
Drunken Hiccoughs - From: "Sail Away, Ladies" - Composed by: Tommy Jarrell - ©1989
And The Cat Came Back - From: "Way Down South In Dixie" - Composed by: Doc Roberts - ©1989
Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase - From: "A Fiddlers' Convention In Mountain City, Tennessee" - Composed by: Dudley Vance - ©1989
The Lost Child - From: "The Stripling Brothers, Old Time Fiddle Tunes 1928-1936" - Composed by: Charles Stripling - ©1989
Dixie Blossoms - From: "Dixie Blossoms" - Composed by: Art Galbraith - ©1989
Snowbird In The Ashbank - From: "That's Earl, Collins Family Fiddling" - ©1975
Waltz Quadrille - Composed by: Gustav Erdmann - ©1989
Paddy Kelly's - From: "Kiss Me Kate" - Composed by: Liz Carroll - ©1989
Karis Pers Polska - Composed by: Matt Fichtenbaum - ©1984
Mrs. Greig's Strathspey - From: "Cape Breton Violin Music" - Composed by: John Campbell - ©1989
Reel In F - From: "Cape Breton Violin Music" - Composed by: John Campbell - ©1989
La Grande Gigue Simple - From: "Old Time Fiddler Of Chicoutimi, Quebec" - Composed by: Louis Boudreault - ©1989
Reel Du Diable - From: "Danseries De La Belle Province" - Composed by: Lisa Ornstein - ©1987
Valcartier Set, First Part - From: "Danseries De La Belle Province" - Composed by: Lisa Ornstein - ©1987
Reel De Montagne - From: "Jean Carignan Rend Hommage A Joseph Allard" - Composed by: Jean Carignan - ©1989
Banks Medley Tune - From: "Jean Carignan" - Composed by: Jean Carignan - ©1989
Slope Road Jig - From: "Down East Fiddling" - Composed by: Gerry Robichaud - ©1989
Mother's Day Waltz - From: "Down East Fiddling" - Composed by: Gerry Robichaud - ©1989
Three Forks Of Cheat - From: "The Hammons Family" - Composed by: Burl Hammons - ©1989
Yew Piney Mountain - From: "Elzic's Farewell" - Composed by: French Carpenter - ©1989
Uncle Herm's Hornpipe - From: "Fiddling By The Hearth" - Composed by: John Ashby - ©1989
Cherry River Rag - From: "Parkersberg Landing" - Composed by: Ed Haley - ©1989
Last Of Callahan - From: "Fire On The Mountain" - Composed by: Highwoods String Band - ©1989
Jack Limberlegs - Composed by: Lloyd Baldwin - ©1983
Friday Night Waltz - Composed by: David Reiner - ©1979
Original Canadian Hoedown - From: "The Fiddling Engineer, Joe Pancerzewski" - Composed by: Joe Pancerzewski - ©1989
Celina Le Blanc - From: "The Fiddling Engineer, Joe Pancerzewski" - Composed by: Joe Pancerzewski - ©1989
La Vals Du Bambocheur - From: "Louisiana Cajun French Music From The Southwest Prairies" - Composed by: Dewey Balfa - ©1989
Perrodin Two Step - From: "Cajun House Party" - Composed by: Wallace "Cheese" Read - ©1989
Chere Mama Creole - From: "Cajun House Party" - Composed by: Wallace "Cheese" Read - ©1989
Canyon Jig - Composed by: David Reiner - ©1983
Pols Fran Acton - Composed by: John Chambers - ©1983
Shottis Fran Idre - Composed by: John Chambers - ©1983
Funder Chuppah - Composed by: Miriam Rabson - ©1983
Ebba Polka - From: "Ukrainian-American Fiddle And Dance Music, Vol. 1" - Composed by: Trembita Orchestra - ©1989 | |
| Audio Samples | | Disc 1 Track 1 is an introduction track.
Disc 1 Track 54 is Oopik Waltz but the song is not in the book.
Disc 1 Track 1 - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 2 - Biddy I'm Not Jesting - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 3 - Saint Anne's Reel - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 4 - Old French - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 5 - Lady Of The Lake - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 6 - The Champion - Best (445kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 7 - Mrs. Greig's Strathspey - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 8 - Reel In F - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 9 - Inverness Lasses - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 10 - La Grande Gigue Simple - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 11 - Reel Du Diable - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 12 - Valcartier Set, First Part - Best (411kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 13 - The Rags - Best (438kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 14 - Reel De Montagne - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 15 - Banks Medley Tune - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 16 - Slope Road Jig - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 17 - Mother's Day Waltz - Best (407kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 18 - Three Forks Of Cheat - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 19 - Yew Piney Mountain - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 20 - Paddy On The Turnpike - Best (410kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 21 - Chicken In The Barnyard - Best (422kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 22 - Elzic's Farewell - Best (415kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 23 - Mississippi Sawyer - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 24 - Susannah Gal - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 25 - Angeline The Baker - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 26 - Uncle Herm's Hornpipe - Best (420kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 27 - Drunken Hiccoughs - Best (408kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 28 - Cherry River Rag - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 29 - And The Cat Came Back - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 30 - Wild Rose Of The Mountain - Best (412kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 31 - Martha Campbell - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 32 - Brown Button Shoes - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 33 - Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 34 - Florida Blues - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 35 - Sugar In The Gourd - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 36 - Old Molly Hare - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 37 - Katy Did - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 38 - Last Of Callahan - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 39 - Carroll County Blues - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 40 - The Lost Child - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 41 - Jack Limberlegs - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 42 - Dry And Dusty - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 43 - Dixie Blossoms - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 44 - Rye Straw - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 45 - Snowbird In The Ashbank - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 46 - Ragtime Annie - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 47 - Friday Night Waltz - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 48 - Waltz Quadrille - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 49 - Done Gone - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 50 - Black And White Rag - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 51 - Midnight On The Water - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 52 - Cotton Patch Rag - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 53 - Wagoner - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 54 - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 55 - Wagoner - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 56 - Celina Le Blanc - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 57 - La Vals Du Bambocheur - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 58 - Perrodin Two Step - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 59 - Chere Mama Creole - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 60 - The Sailor's Bonnet - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 61 - Paddy Kelly's - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 62 - Canyon Jig - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 63 - Pols Fran Acton - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 64 - Pols Fran Acton - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 65 - Pols Fran Acton - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 66 - Shottis Fran Idre - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 67 - Karis Pers Polska - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 68 - Funder Chuppah - No audio samples available
Disc 1 Track 69 - Ebba Polka - No audio samples available | |
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Sheet Music Format: Violin Solo
 Difficulty 3 on a scale of 1 to 6 with 6 being the hardest.
 Chord symbols are included in this book.
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