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Fiddle traditions : a musical sampler from the pages of Strings magazine.
- Title
- Fiddle traditions : a musical sampler from the pages of Strings magazine.
- Publication
- [San Anselmo, Calif.] : String Letter Pub. ; Milwaukee, WI : Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard, c2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation.
- Description
- 106 p. : ill., music; 31 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Strings (San Anselmo, Calif.)
- Subjects
- Note
- "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.
- Call Number
- JMG 09-168
- ISBN
- 9781423418092
- 1423418093
- LCCN
- 884088103514
- OCLC
- 156817220
- Title
- Fiddle traditions : a musical sampler from the pages of Strings magazine.
- Imprint
- [San Anselmo, Calif.] : String Letter Pub. ; Milwaukee, WI : Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard, c2007.
- Added Author
- Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation.
- Added Title
- Strings (San Anselmo, Calif.)
- Other Standard Identifier
- 884088103514
- Publisher No.
- HL00695956 Hal Leonard
- Research Call Number
- JMG 09-168