This collection of fiddle tunes originally appeared in "Kaufman's Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar (MB 95748). Steve Kaufman says he can't emphasize enough the importance of developing a large repertoire of tunes. Fiddle tunes give us melodies that eventually allow us to begin to improvise. Sometimes without even knowing it. The more tunes you know, the more melodies and intersecting melody lines you know. This allows you to eventually cut and paste portions of the melody line into another song. In the beginning you will probably unknowingly replace and ending run. These are the last two measures of the section of a tune. Many of them in the same key are interchangeable, unless they are specific to the melody of the song. After a while you will cut out measures in the middle of the song and then you will be able to take the snips of melodies and play them in another song in a different key thus beginning to improvise. All of this is possible because you built up your repertoire of tunes. Includes access to online audio.
A Bunch of Chickens
Ace Of Spades
Angus Campbell
Arkansas Traveler
Batchelder's Reel
Bayne Water
Bear Pen Hollow
Belle of Lexington
Big John McNeill
Big Scioty
Bill Cheatham
Bitter Creek
Black-eyed Susan
Blind Steer in a Mudhole
Blue Eagle
Blue Goose, The
Bob-Tailed Mule
Boston Boy
Brilliancy
Brisk Young Soldier
Broad Run Picnic
Brown Button Shoes
Brushy Run
Buffalo Gals
Casey Jones
Cattle In The Cane
Cherokee Shuffle
chicken in the barnyard
Chief Sitting Bull
Chinese Breakdown
Chinky Pin
Choctaw
Chorus Jig (Hoedown)
Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over
Cider
Cindy, Cindy
Clyde Durst's Tune
Cold, Frosty Morn
Coming Down From Denver
Cotton-eyed Joe
Cottonwood Reel
Crazy Creek
Crockett's Honeymoon
Denver Belle
Dirty Sheets
Dixie
Dolly
Drunken Billy Goat
Dry And Dusty
Dry Creek Reel
Durham's Reel
Early in the Evening
Eighth Of January
Flop-eared Mule
Flowers of Cahirciveen
Forked Deer
Fortune
Ace Of Spades
Angus Campbell
Arkansas Traveler
Batchelder's Reel
Bayne Water
Bear Pen Hollow
Belle of Lexington
Big John McNeill
Big Scioty
Bill Cheatham
Bitter Creek
Black-eyed Susan
Blind Steer in a Mudhole
Blue Eagle
Blue Goose, The
Bob-Tailed Mule
Boston Boy
Brilliancy
Brisk Young Soldier
Broad Run Picnic
Brown Button Shoes
Brushy Run
Buffalo Gals
Casey Jones
Cattle In The Cane
Cherokee Shuffle
chicken in the barnyard
Chief Sitting Bull
Chinese Breakdown
Chinky Pin
Choctaw
Chorus Jig (Hoedown)
Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over
Cider
Cindy, Cindy
Clyde Durst's Tune
Cold, Frosty Morn
Coming Down From Denver
Cotton-eyed Joe
Cottonwood Reel
Crazy Creek
Crockett's Honeymoon
Denver Belle
Dirty Sheets
Dixie
Dolly
Drunken Billy Goat
Dry And Dusty
Dry Creek Reel
Durham's Reel
Early in the Evening
Eighth Of January
Flop-eared Mule
Flowers of Cahirciveen
Forked Deer
Fortune
| Arrangement | Violin |
| Genres | American, Traditional |
| Format | Instrumental Album |
| Level | 3 |
| NumberOfPages | 80 |
| Media | Downloads, Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Mel Bay, Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Kaufman, Steve (Author) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780786693405 |