English Welsh Scottish Irish Fiddle Tunes

Over 100 tunes, edited and annotated by Robin Williamson. From easy to advanced. For mandolin, banjo, flute, etc. With guitar chords. Includes these songs: All In A Garden Green Apples In The Winter Argeers As A Thoiseach Back Of The Haggard Belladrum's Strathspey Bishop Of Bangor's Jigg Boban John Bung Your Eye Byrnes Hornpipe Cadgers On The Cannongate Cam' Ye Ower Frae France Carolan's Farewell Carolan's Receipt Cherish The Ladies Chief O'neil's Favourite Christmas Day I' Da Mornin' Coilantogle Comb Your Hair And Curl It Constant Billy Corn Riggs Are Bonny Crowley's Reels Drops Of Whiskey Drumdelgie Dunse Dings A' East Neuk O' Fife Elslie Marly Farewell To Whiskey Flee Like A Bird Flowers Of Edinburgh Fortune My Foe Go To Berwick, Johnny Greensleeves Griffith Ap Cynan's Delight Hunting The Hare I'll Gang Na Mair Tae Ton Toon I'll Get Wedded In My Auld Claes I'll Mend Your Pots And Kettles Is The Big Man Within Jenny Nettles Jenny's Welcome To Charlie John Anderson's Eldest Daughter Lady Behind The Boat Lady Owen's Delight Lark In The Morning Laudanum Bunches Life Is All Chequered Linnen Hall Lulle Me Beyond Thee Madame Bonaparte Manage The Miser Mr. Cosgill's Delight My Darling Asleep Newcastle Niel Gow's Wife Off To California Old Mother Oxford Panmure House Paschal's Peerie Hoose Ahint The Burn Petticoats Loose Pleasures Of Hope Pleasures Of The Town Rakes Of Kildare Rakish Paddy Saith Nos Olau Sheffield Hornpipe Shooting Sleepy Maggie Small Coals For Nailers Staines Morris Sunday Was My Wedding

(Music Sales America). Over 100 tunes, from easy to advanced, edited and annotated by Robin Williamson. This book is perfect for fiddle as well as guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, flute, accordion or concertina. With guitar chords. 15 tunes are included with the online audio, played by Williamson, is included for demonstration. Songs include: All in a Garden Green * Newcastle * The Ploughboy * Greensleeves * Welsh Morris Dance * Lady Owen's Delight * The Bonny Grey * Waterloo Hornpipe * Sweet Molly * Welcome Whiskey Back Again * My Darling Asleep * Back of the Haggard * Carolan's Farewell * and more. The accompanying audio is accessed through Hal Leonard's popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

The two southern most counties in Ireland, Cork and Kerry, have legendary music and dance traditions. on the border of these two counties, a rural area called Sliabh Luachra is especially well-known for its fiddle tunes and itinerant fiddle teachers. When speaking of this area's fiddle music, some describe a special lilt or backbeat, or they talk about the special role of set dances, but the most often expressed quality relates to the frequent use of slides and polkas. This book features transcriptions of 107 tunes as played by three of the region's most distinguished fiddlers: Pádraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, and Connie O'Connell. Each fiddler is profiled, followed by a collection of meticulously transcribed tunes and annotations. an accompanying CD includes 30 of these tunes played solo by Connie O'Connell.

From the author’s preface: “This book was conceived four years ago, almost to the day, at a time when I was teaching fiddle and mandolin in New York City. It was my idea then, with my students in mind, to compile a book of the most often played, most important and most interesting fiddle tunes from the various Celtic and North American traditions. The tunes were chosen by cataloging a large number of recordings by tune title. A tally was taken to find out which had been recorded most often. This established a foundation of material that could not be left out. To this list I added the names of other pieces which had not been recorded as frequently, but which I knew were played regularly and with respect. I admit to sprinkling the collection with a few lesser known tunes which happen to be personal favorites, but I am sure they will hold their own when placed next to the old war horses of the fiddler’s repertoire. . . . Although I started out with my students in mind this book has turned out to be the book that I’ve always wanted and I hope that it will serve the advanced player as well as the beginner.”

The Guitar Picker’s Fakebook gathers together in one volume the most-played, most-requested, most useful tunes from the full complement of regional and national styles. Included in the over 250 tunes are jigs, reels, and hornpipes from the British Isles and the US; Old-Time breakdowns and rags; marches and strathspeys from Scotland and Nova Scotia/Cape Breton; Texas Style and Western Swing tunes; New England contra dances; and much more. In some cases several popular variants of a tune are given. With this Fakebook it has never been quicker or easier to master the guitar.

Includes a wealth of fiddling lore and illustrations; a guide to buying a fiddle and bow; tips on learning and playing the fiddle; over 800 listings of books, records, fiddling and bluegrass organizations, fiddling schools and camps, violin making supplies, films, etc.; information about fiddle contests.

An essential addition to the dance tune library and an important milestone in traditional music publishing. This volume of almost 600 strathspeys, jigs and reels has been compiled from the original collections published between 1784 and 1822 by Niel and Nathaniel Gow, the father and son violinist/composers. Niel Gow revolutionized Scottish music by inventing a new style of bowing, known as the ‘up-driven’ technique, that accented the unique strathspey rhythm. Besides the invaluable contributions of the Gows, other important Scottish composers such as William Marshall and Donald Dow are featured, as well as some of the more important tunes in the traditional Scottish repertoire. This unique collection also features detailed notes on the life and times of Niel and Nathaniel Gow, an analysis of the ‘up-driven’ bow technique, the origination of the strathspey as well as a complete discography and bibliography. This book will prove an invaluable addition to your repertoire and home library.

Of all the mountain dulcimer books published over the past 20 years, this book is the jam-session standard. Contains 40 favorite fiddle tunesthat can easily be played in the regular keys and upto speed. In notation and tablature. Level of difficulty - intermediate. (Arranged for the beginner to advanced player intraditional keys fo they can be played with other instruments. Accompaniment chords included.)**Note - only 25 songs of the 40 total from the book are on online audio