Fiddle traditions : a musical sampler from the pages of Strings magazine.

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Includes chapters on history, technique, style, tradition, and personalities (collected from the pages of Strings magazine) as well as musical examples, practice suggestions, and resources for further listening and study.

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ISBN:

9781423418092

Description:

106 pages : illustrations, music ; 31 cm

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Strings (San Anselmo, Calif.)

Notes:

"Twenty five tunes in bluegrass, country, Irish, Cajun, swing, and other traditional styles, including guidance on how to play them."

Contents:

Chapter 1. The reel deal
Chapter 2. Bridging the gap between classical and traditional music
Chapter 3. Birds of a feather. The Beaumont rag
Chapter 4. Solving technical fiddle riddles. Devil's dream
Chapter 5. Bluegrass and double-stops. Take this hammer
Chapter 6. Triple play. Glory in the morning meeting house
John Ryan's polka
Chapter 7. Get your chops down. Cluck old hen
Chapter 8. Retunings in American fiddle music. Camp Chase
Black mountain rag
Cruel Willie
Bonaparte's retreat
Chapter 9. The exotic world of modal fiddle tunes. Pretty little Indian
Abe's retreat
Shag poke
Chapter 10. Texas hoedown fiddling. Little Joe
Chapter 11. Modern Southern fiddling. Fiddler's dream
Sugar tree stomp
Chapter 12. Baroque to Bluegrass
Chapter 13. Cookin' with Cajun spice. Two step de l'anse à paille
La valse de babocheur
La valse pénitentiaire
Chapter 14. The science of contest fiddling. Tom and Jerry
Rose of Sharon
Beaumont rag
Chapter 15. Unsquare dances. Fast forward
Sending the bride to stranger's house
Chapter 16. BeauSoleil's Chanson pour Tommy. Chanson pour Tommy

Control Number:

2751599

UPC:

884088103514

Other Authors:

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

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