Fiddle tune Transcriptions!!
Want to learn the
"standards" of the tune repertoire? Tune-meister
Michael "Barney" Pilgrim has transcribed some of
the classics, and is making them available FREE at efolkMusic,
for your enjoyment and education as ready to print PDF files.
Just click below for standard notation, mandolin or
guitar tablature- more to come- thanks, Barney!:
All Through
the Night::
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Arkansas Traveler:
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The Ash Grove:
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Bill Cheatham:
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The Blarney Pilgrim:
notes
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Captain O'Kane:
notes
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Fisher's Hornpipe:
notes / guitar
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Flow Gently Sweet Afton:
notes
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Full House:
notes
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The Girl I left Behind Me:
notes
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June Apple:
notes
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Liberty:
notes / guitar
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Lord Inchiquin:
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The Merry Blacksmith:
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Pays de Haut:
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The Rakes of Mallow:
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The Red-haired Boy:
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Sean Ryan's Polka:
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Soldiers Joy:
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Staten Island Hornpipe:
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The Temperance Reel:
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The Top of Cork Road:
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Tripping Up the Stairs:
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Turkey In the Straw:
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Mary
Z Cox
Mary's pickin' can
really make your butt wiggle. Learn a few of these and you
will be doing yourself a favor. Members can take a free one-
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a few purchases, I'm postitive!! Listen first, then start
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| The
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tuned! |
| Four
Way Gingerbread - banjo solo / A
traditional fiddle tune from the playing of Florida fiddler,
Cush Holston. The banjo is tuned in G (gDGBD). |
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| Lynchburg
Town - dulcimer & guitar / The
dulcimer is tuned DAD. This is the first dulcimer tune Mary
learned. It has one part and it's easy to play along. |
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| Quince
Dillon's Slow - Low C Tune/solo
banjo / Mary tunes the banjo to open C (gCGCE) for this slower,
lower version of Quince Dillon's high D tune. |
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| Golden
Slippers - banjo & guitar /
Mary never liked this tune on the banjo because everyone played
it in G and it sounded dull in that key. This is recorded
in D (aDADE) on the banjo. Don't you love this tune in D on
the banjo? |
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| Sweet
'Bama - dulcimer & fiddle duet
/ This tune comes from the playing of Georgia fiddler, Stanley
Bailey. The dulcimer is tuned in DGD for this G tune. Kay
is in cross G on the fiddle |
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Larry
Unger
Larry has written
more than 500 fiddle tunes and waltzes, many of which have
been recorded by one of his bands or by other bands. His tunes
are widely played at contra dances everywhere. He has published
2 books of original tunes, as well as one CD of original waltzes
(with Ginny Snowe) and another CD with the contra dance band,
Uncle Gizmo. Go to his download
page for more. |
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| The
Tunes: |
Listen:
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Get
tuned! |
| John
Henry - Traditional tune in D, played on steel guitar. |
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| Leona
Tuttle - Larry wrote this waltz in D for his grandmother's
90th birthday, played here on guitar. Recorded on Waltz
Time. |
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| Judy
& Jim's Wedding - Larry wrote this waltz in D,
played here on guitar. Recorded on Uncle Gizmo. |
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| M
& O Blues - Blues in E played on guitar |
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| Two
Rivers
- Larry wrote this waltz on the banjo in Two
Rivers, Wisconsin. Recorded on Uncle Gizmo. |
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Joel
Mabus
Joel is an adept
guitar flatpicker and clawhammer banjoist, and he favors us
here with a number on each. These are from a great double
album that he has re-released on CD. (He's a great fingerpicker,
too, of course!) Listen and learn, we like to say, and peruse
his entire discography from his artist
page.
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| The
Tunes: |
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tuned! |
| Durang's
Hornpipe (flatpicked guitar) |
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| Soldier's
Joy (clawhammer banjo) |
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Ed
Drury
Ed
is efolkMusic's didgeridoo expert- when we get any questions
about the didj, we ship them right off to him. Ed is
a classically trained trumpeter living in Portland, OR, but
found a higher calling with this ancient Australian instrument.
As we are fond of saying, check it out, and check out
his download
page |
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| The
Tunes: |
Listen:
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tuned! |
Flying
Here is Ed on solo didjeridu- this piece captures the "feeling"
of flying in dreams. |
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Grounding
"Grounding" combines childhood themes with deep
tone currents. |
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Wanga
Wanga is a Gupapuyngu word which literally means talk. A "double"
Native American cedar flute starts the conversation, which
is taken up by a didjeridu which then takes the ball and runs
with it. |
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|  Clay
Buckner
Here
are three items from fiddler Clay
Buckner of the Red
Clay Ramblers, recorded at The Rubber Room in Chapel
Hill. Listen to these straight-ahead solo versions.
They are great for learning and listening.
(these are full length clips- they take about 20 seconds
to buffer- just hang on, it's worth the wait. Tune
up or something)
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| The
Tunes: |
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1)
Clay blasts away with "Rock
the Cradle, Joe" and "Uncle
Henry's Reel" |
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2)
An old-time favorite, "Big
Sciota", Buckner-style |
preview |
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it |
3)
Some Irish: "Merry Sisters"
and "The Steampacket" |
preview |
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it |
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 Mark
Roberts of Touchstone and Red Clay Rambler
fame here with a selection of tunes on banjo, flute and whistle. Reference
also The Sevens and the Clayfoot Strutters |
| The
Tunes: |
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| The
Big Sciota,
clawhammer banjo |
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| The
Horny Ewe,
clawhammer banjo |
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| Last
Chance, the very first banjo tune |
preview |
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it |
| Trip
to Herve/ Galway Rambler, Irish Flute |
preview |
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it |
| Christy
Barry's Jigs, pennywhistle |
preview |
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it |
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Pete
Sutherland
Moving on here with three from
the great Vermont fiddler Pete
Sutherland. It's great to hear the contrast
between Clay and Pete, both masters but from different schools. |
| The
Tunes: |
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| Dickey's
Discovery, a trad
tune that Pete picked up from the late Indiana musician Lotus
Dickey |
preview |
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| Moon
Over the Mountain, a Pete original |
preview |
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it |
| Point
Au Pic, a traditional Quebec tune |
preview |
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it |
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|  Ken
Jackson
More fiddle music, here from
Ken
Jackson of The
Rhythm Rats. It's great to compare the styles
of these fiddlers. Ken likes open tunings, and it
really gives his playing an old-timey sound.
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| The
Tunes: |
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Jenny
Lynn (2:19) This
tune is on The
Rhythm Rats CD)
Ken
learned this tune years ago during a visit with Birch Monroe.
Birch had learned it from his uncle, Pendleton Vandiver, and
he played it on Uncle Pen's fiddle. The fiddle is cross-tuned
in G (DGDG). |
preview |
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the MP3 |
| All
Young
(2:14) This
rendition is from Melvin Wine of Copen, WV.
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preview |
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| America
Bailey (2:58) "I made up this one,
named after my great-great Grandma, born ca. 1863 in Knox
County, KY." Played in A cross-tuning
(EAEA) |
preview |
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Cecil
Tinnon and Gary Gordon
Here's three tunes hot off
the DAT- check them out and get the mp3s!!!! (Click
HERE
for artist page) |
| The
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| Home
Sweet Home- Cecil on solo guitar, righteous! |
preview |
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| Just
Because- Cecil on swingin' Bluegrass guitar |
preview |
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| Goldrush-
Cecil Tinnon and Gary Gordon in a great guitar duet- this
track knocks me out! |
preview |
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| Staghorn
Grip |
preview |
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