Frederick Harris Music Company

New & Traditional Fiddle Tunes

Arranger/Composer: Zav RT, Neil Gow, Oliver Schroer
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Solo & Duet Violin
Level: Preparatory-Associate Diploma

This series of three progressive volumes is ideal for beginning to advanced violinists interested in the fiddle tradition. Students of all ages will enjoy playing new works as well as fun arrangements of traditional tunes. Each book incorporates both solos and duets with accompaniment chords that set the stage for ensemble performance. Using the CD included at the back of each book, students can listen to the performance-tempo tracks to become familiar with the tunes and use the practice-tempo tracks for daily practice. Highlights include jigs, waltzes, reels, marches, as well as Old Time, Celtic, Eastern European, and North American tunes.

Table of Contents

• Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
• A Song for All Seasons Prayerful Hymn
• St. Timmy's March
• Liberty Two-Step
• Cluck Old Hen
• Devil's Dream
• On the Road to Boston
• St. Anne's Reel
• The Growling Old Man & The Grumbling Old Woman
• The Joys of Quebec
• The Connaughtman's Rambles
• O'Keefes Slide
• Butterfly
• The Caribou Reel
• The Black Velvet Waltz
• Old Joe Clark
• Turkey in the Straw
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• Washington Quickstep
• Sadie's Song
• Cahoots
• Tin Pail
• Toss the Hair