A reprint of several older books by don messer, an excellent fiddler who had radio and television shows in canada for. Some have suggested that it was an irish tune called the yellow heifer or the red cow, and laura simply confused the title. John burkes book of old time fiddle tunes for banjo by. The fiddlers almanac original fiddling source book, collectors edition with cd. Home page videos books cds my teaching current schedule hire a musican music samples ryans biography fan letters musical activities photo gallery ryans writings business contacts equipment i use for sale or trade. Below are nearly fifty of my favorite fiddle tunes to flatpick. Lochaber no more has been a favorite tune of scottish pipers who use it as a funeral march or lament, though its origins may or may not have have been irish. The red book bookcd by cranitch, matt 2009 paperback. Moores irish melodies selections from 1852 edition, arranged for piano and voice.
Tune collections on the internet these are free collections of tunes in graphic format gif, jpg, pdf, png, or tif andor in abc notation. The phillips collection of traditional american fiddle tunes volume 1 book mel bay publications, inc. Learn scottish air fiddle lessons from hanneke cassel. Mel bay meticulously collected from recordings, square and contra dances, fiddle contests, jam sessions and individual fiddlers this book is meant to provide a snapshot of what american fiddlers were playing and listening to in the latter part of the 20th centu. Captain okane carolan irish music fiddle trio katy adelson. Captain francis oneill 19 reports that the last of the ancient irish harpers at the belfast harp festival of 1792 universally referred to one myles oreilly as the composer of. The captain is an original scottishamerican composition written by our own hanneke cassel and played in the key of d. Thomson, ryan, captain fiddles tunes and variations, composerpublisher. We created the pegram jam chord chart book to help rhythm and bass accompanists remember appropriate chord changes to the tunes we play at. Hanneke breaks down a basic and advanced version of the tune in this lesson modulecheck out the tutorial videos below. The songs are in standard notation with just the melody written, most songs are written without doublestops. The comprehensive book on american folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers paperback december 31, 1970. I am a tune book addict, surrounded by everproliferating heaps of them.
English, welsh, scottish and irish fiddle tunes book and cd. Flathead string band nice and a little less crooked. Versions of tunes in this book have over several generations become standard in the u. If you have a limited budget, or limited space on your bookshelf, it gets pretty hard to choose which ones to get. Don messer anthology of favorite fiddle tunes mel bay publications, 1980. Each set is presented in its entirety, so you can just grab an instrument, flip to the track you fancy learning, press play and join in with us.
Sourced and tweaked over many years, my arrangements are of course inspired by other guitar players arrangements, as well as from violin and mandolin books, many recordings, and the wonderful players i have been so fortunate to play with over the years. Played as either a jig or a reel, it is attested to as a popular tune from at least 1834 in new england. The phillips collection of traditional american fiddle. Mel bay since the 1960s here has been an extraordinary revival of oldtime string band music in california, and indeed throughout the american west. All that information is being gathered together here, and although its a longterm project, it has progressed to a stage where its. Williams there are hundreds of fiddle tune books available today. New john hartford fiddle tunes book has western north. Many of the old timey, appalachian tunes have the same feel to them, must be my ancestry finding their way to my generation scotsirish and tennessee. Fred nelsons jig garys polka iva dingwall medley captain jinkssally over the water old red barn and steamboat quickstep reinlendar etter ringnesen the music of elmo wick. Tune books banjo tab book 19 clawhammer tunes from the great bay stomp cd. The best tune book of scandinavian fiddling, unfortunately currently out of print. Tune books nigel gatherers scottish traditional music site. There are seemingly as many versions of traditional tunes as there are.
In regard to the history of the song, lomax states, the. Laura mentions this fiddle tune more than once in her writings, but historians have considered this tune as lost. Captain wykes dance 64, p261999 cariboo shuffle 191, p432012. We created the pegram jam chord chart book to help rhythm and bass accompanists remember appropriate chord changes to the tunes we play in our jam. A tune can be presented at the jam by any musician. Includes 50 downloadable audio tracks, click for sample book and sample audio ebook also available as a spiralbound booklet. Rights of man set irish fiddle music katy adelson youtube. As i found out more i would scribble alternative titles in the margins or interesting titbits. The lochgoilhead fiddle workshop presents a collection of over one hundred traditional fiddle tunes the tune book reflects the tutors and the catchment area of their members mainly cowal and midargyll along with other local connections piping, composers, titles named for people or places in the area. The hillbillies from 1927, ceililike string band with vocals. Despite being born blind, kenny hall has been a mainstay of many fiddle festivals and of the western fiddle and s. Dobsons new sytem for the banjo a reprint of the original book from 1877. Natalie tomlinson is a twentyone year old, harddriving, country and bluegrass fiddle player from southeastern. An amazing thing happened when the john hartfords mammoth collection of fiddle tunes book was being compiled.
The emphasis is on instrumental folk music specifically, contra dance tunes, although some links also include other types of folk music or classical music. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Many of the tunes have passed back into circulation. The devils dream is an old fiddle tune of unknown origins. Its a pretty popular place for tune lovers and we invite you to join the party via our online audio library at. Jul 29, 2017 below are nearly fifty of my favorite fiddle tunes to flatpick. It was discovered that many of hartfords neverbeforeseen compositions were named after people he had known while alive. Lessons include sheet music, video speed and looping controls, mp3 downloads, guitar backup tracks, and more. Click on all tunes to open up the list of tune titles in the tta arranged in alphabetical order, 200 titles to a page. The comprehensive book on american folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers thede, marion on.
The sheet music for this arrangement is available in my irish music book of carolan arrangements for violin. John glen lists a scottish publi cation of the tune in joshua campbells 1779 collection see glen, i, xvii. Its a pretty popular place for tune lovers and we invite you to join the party via our free online audio library at. I shall share these delights with the fellow members of our fiddle and accordion club who may not otherwise alight upon them.
Apr 05, 2020 captain trones hornpipe is the seventh tune out of the book, john hartfords mammoth collection of fiddle tunes by matt combs, katie harford hogue, and greg reish. Oneills music of ireland and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Here is a set that i usually play whenever i go to a new session and i am asked to play something. A really good fiddle tune lends itself to varitation and improvisation. Also known as capt campbell, captain campbells, captain campbells highland fling, sarah casey, sarah caseys, sarah caseys highland fling. Ive limited myself to print versions and included the most common compilations, tunebooks from specific composers, and tunebooks from a historical or country of origin. The phillips collection of traditional american fiddle tunes. John burkes book of old time fiddle tune for banjo plus two other 5string banjo books published by amsco music publishing co, new york, ny, 196219681977. If you use the slipperyhill website, please consider donating to help pay for server costs and technical assistance. There is even information in the back of the book about ocarolan, and the tunes, to help folks understand how and why ocarolan composed them each of the fiddle tunes for two collections consists of individual spiralbound books presented in score form with melody on the top line and harmony beneath. Since i became interested in traditional music i have loved collections of tunes, and stories behind them.
Miles krassen has gathered and reedited over 1, 000 tunes, bringing up to date capt. Bluegrass college fakebook free sheet music and tab for banjo, bass, dobro, fiddle, guitar and mandolin for a good selection of bluegrass standards. Minnesota fiddle tunes project 2012 companion published by the minnesota state fiddlers association. Arranged for intermediate open position playing, this is a must for any serious mandolin player. Natalie tomlinson is a twentyone year old, harddriving, country and. Pretty little girl with the blue dress on rhiannon giddens duration. The emphasis is on instrumental folk music specifically, contra dance tunes, although some links also include other. Tune collections on the internet bite your own elbow.
What follows is the start of a catalog of contra dance music tune books. This tune has been recorded together with calum breugach lots of times, the cape breton fiddlers societys welcome to the shetland islands lots of times, the kings lots of times, miss stewart of grantully lots of times and king george a few times. At the top of the page is an alphabetical breakdown that serves as a shortcut to pages. An index of tunes from bulmer and sharpleys collections of irish session tunes, first published in the 1970s. The original orange paperback edition as shown here has been hard bound within a.
A set in a session setting is considered to be a group of tunes. Fiddle tunes from crow river country by mary pat kleven. Each tune is presented in several different backup arrangements slow and fast guitar backup, guitar and banjo, guitar and fiddle, so that you may choose the one that best fits your needs. So, with that in mind, the blazin fiddles tunebooks have been arranged in order of set. Book 1 john burkes book of old time fiddle tunes for banjo, 1968, 1st edition, paperback, 4to, 96 pages. The comprehensive book on american folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes.
Under the archive on the sidebar on the left is all tunes. Captain trones hornpipe is the seventh tune out of the book, john hartfords mammoth collection of fiddle tunes by matt combs, katie harford hogue, and greg reish. Jane has a new book set available from mel bay publications. Recorded by folklorist alan jabbour in 196667, when reed was over eighty years old, the tunes represent the music and evoke the history and spirit of virginias appalachian frontier. About this collection fiddle tunes of the old frontier. The henry reed collection presents traditional fiddle tunes performed by henry reed of glen lyn, virginia.
In the book the folk songs of north america, folk music historian alan lomax suggests that the song originated in the 17th century, and based on plot similarities that john gays 1728 the beggars opera was inspired by gay hearing an irish balladmonger singing whiskey in the jar. Published on apr 5, 2020 captain trones hornpipe is the seventh tune out of the book, john hartfords mammoth collection of fiddle tunes by matt combs, katie harford hogue, and greg reish. Captain fiddles tunes and variations book 1, written music for cds 2 and 3. Bards irish fiddle tunebook supplementwhiskey in the jar. Fifty of the most popular fiddle tunes played at jam sessions, in one convenient book.
Buy irish fiddle tunes 62 traditional pieces for violin schott world music series violin edition with cd ed 361 by. Rock the cradle joe gtr tab practice video moderate. I love the scottish tunes, feel very connected to them. My mailing address is at the bottom of this page if you prefer to send a. Captain fiddles tunebook 2 written music for learning tapescds 4 and 5. When you love tunes you want to explore them in all ways possible and that of. One example is the fiddle tune laura boo, named after western north carolina musician laura. Spanning all seven blazin fiddles albums the book features the following sets with full notation and chords. It also appears in a folk tale from central england dated to c. Extensive notes giving alternative titles, tune histories, and alternative settings. This 120 page book by ryan thomson contains chords. Waltzes for folk instruments and country dancing 72 waltzes written, with a cd. Jigsreelswaltzeshornpipes with chords and tune lore by ryan j. Irish fiddle tunes 62 traditional pieces for violin schott world.