Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for Harmonica

For Fngrstyle Guitar-This volume is intended as a folio of arrangements from the repertoire of a working musician. As such there is only a minimum of discussion about the technical aspects of playing. Students who have already dealt with theAmerican style called fingerpicking or fingerstyle guitar which is quite distinct from other kinds of guitar playing will be at an advantage. The easiest arrangements here are early intermediate level while the other end of thescale includes pieces that may challenge even a professional. Tunes within each section are presented generally in order of difficulty. The bulk of the tunes presented are fiddle tunes with a couple of banjo tunes and severalsongs as well as tunes originally played on other instruments such as harp pipes or accordion. There are even a small number composed for the guitar. For the most part differences in approach among the tunes here are unrelatedto the instrumental sources. All the tunes are presented in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Description It is a challenge to arrange and play American fiddle tunes and Celtic melodies on the guitar. This set of lessons presents several approaches for the intermediate guitarist with 3 CDs containing 3 full hours of instruction. Written in notation and tablature. LESSON ONE: Dave Laibman's arrangement of Colored Aristocracy features a Chet Atkins approach. Midnight on the Water, a beautiful Texas waltz, was arranged by Duck Baker and features counterpoint lines and variations on the theme. The West Wind is an evocative Irish air played with a classical feel. LESSON TWO: American fiddle tunes: Boys, My Money's All Gone played in a Nashville style and Last of Callahan, an arrangement using a counterpoint bass line played against the melody. LESSON THREE: Fiddle tunes from Ireland and America: Rights of Man and Drunken Wagoner both played in a dropped D tuning (D A D G B E).

Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD shows how fingerstyle guitarists can use DADGAD tuning to play traditional tunes including twenty-four complete arrangements of common American Irish and Scottish ballads airs jigs and reels. The bookexplores techniques and patterns for playing melodies across the strings producing a harp-like effect that adds a distinctive and beautiful character to traditional melodies. In addition to building repertoire the materialdemonstrates ways to arrange your own melodies or even write your own tunes based on the techniques provided. This is a perfect follow-up for guitarists who have studied Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar and arelooking for tunes to learn or for those who want to go deeper into harp-style playing. It is also an excellent introduction for those who prefer to just dive head-first into DADGAD by learning some classic tunes.

An Introduction to Folk Styles Technique and Improvisation-* This in-depth tutor book from renowned fiddle player and teacher Chris Haigh is perfect for classical violinists and fiddle players looking to master the art. * Covering all aspects of folk violin technique from ornamentation to modes and scales and from scordatura to improvisation and composition. * The book is centred around Irish traditional music but also dips into English Scottish Scandinavian East European Klezmer Cajun and American Old-Time traditions. * Accompanied by a CD of all pieces performed by Chris Haigh with a live backing band. Folk fiddle and classical violin are as different as chalk and cheese. At first glance folk might seem so simpleit?s hardly worth bothering with. The tunes are often no more than 32 bars long they stay in first position and they don?t even have a composer. However it?s what?s NOT written on the page that makes folk fiddle so interesting and challenging.This book attempts to explore from general observation down to the finest detail what the fiddler needs to know to bring these tunes alive. We need to understand their history and context their purpose their structure and pulse. And we need to be able to add all the stylistic elements that come not from reading the music but from years of immersion in folk music both listening and playing.Key areas covered include:* Tune types and structures * Ornamentation * Bowing * Modes and scales * Scordatura * Starts endings and links * Variation improvisation and composition Playing tunes in ?sets? * Regional and individual style * Playing in sessions for contests and for dancing

Book with Audio and Video Access. Preface by Jay Ungar, composer of Ashokan Farewell. A Festival of Violin and Fiddle Styles presents 23 styles and is chock full of right- and left-hand techniques, exercises, and advice designed to help violinists, violists and cellists step into inclusive, 21st century skills as well as repertoire. This jam-packed book includes tips from an incredible array of multi-genre and roots-specific players including: Jay Ungar, Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, Mark Wood, Aly Bain, Roby Lakatos, Don Roy, Calvin Vollrath, Paul Anastasio, and more. Styles include old-time, bluegrass, Cajun, Franco-American, western swing, blues, swing, pop/rock, Irish, Scottish, Shetland Islands, Cape Breton, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Klezmer, Roma, Calentano, Galician, Afro-Cuban, tango, Swedish, Bollywood, Quebecois, and Metis. Online audio includes playing examples of all the fiddle tunes in the book, followed by background music so you can continue to play on your own. Videos include expert instruction on fiddle techniques like bowing, slurs, slides, vibrato, and ornamentation.

The Contra Dance Encyclopedia is a handbook for musicians who want to play for contra dances. Music from American fiddle tunes to the Irish tradition are presented in sets suitable for playing for dances (as well as sessions concerts and other gigs). There is also an extensive section of tunes grouped into Reels Jigs and Waltzes that can be used. Included is a short history of contra dance as well as ideas on putting together a dance band.Instrumental and stylistic techniques for guitar mandolin whistle and fiddle are discussed as well as band dynamics and orchestration. •

John McGann's Guide To Octave Mandolin And Bouzouki contains twenty tunes in styles from Irish to American, in a variety of tunings, melody and accompaniment, presented in standard notation and tablature, with a stereo audio download (left channel melody, right channel accompaniment). Left and right hand techniques and chord voicings are thoroughly discussed. For the first time, the Celtic style "woven texture" accompaniment, unique to the instrument, is fully notated. The book also contains melodic Irish ornamentation, blues, jazz, American fiddle tunes with variations and improvisations (all fully notated), and a chapter "Breaking Away From Block Chords" extending knowledge of the fingerboard. Audio tracks are included to download online.

Traditional Irish And American Fiddle Tunes Arranged For Viola. Par HOFFHEIMER MICHAEL. Très probablement la plus grande collection de musique de violon pour alto jamais publié ! Contient une richesse de matériel pour violoneux cherchant une transition à l'alto et/ou les altistes à la recherche d'une collection de musique de violon traditionnel. Conçu pour atteindre la popularité croissante du rôle de la viola dans la musique folk, la musique dans ce livre sont regroupées en C, G, D, F, si bémol et doigté majeure de mi bémol. La musique dans ce livre est imprimée sur les Etats-majors parallèles. Le sommet est notation traditionnelle Alto dans la clef de l'alto tandis que le fond est la musique même dans la transposition de la notation de violon, permettant des violoneux qui lisent le g ou treble clef à jouer de l'alto par doigté il comme s'il s'agissait d'un violon. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Fiddle Tunes - Solos / Recueil / Alto

This wonderful collection of music arranged for the mandolin includes bluegrass old-time fiddle tunes classical music (including the complete solo part for the Vivaldi mandolin concerto and the Canzonetta from Mozart's Don Giovanni) American Irish Jewish Russian and Italian songs reels jigs hornpipes hymns and gospel songs minstrel songs patriotic songs blues and jazz children's songs cowboy and country ballads. Over one hundred selections in standard music notation and Tab with lyrics and chord symbols for optional accompaniment. Also included are tremelo exercises a guide to fingering chord charts for guitar and mandolin the history of themandolin and interesting comments about the history and performance of each song.