James Hanson:
I bought this for my daughter to be able to play along with my clawhammer banjo. It's perfect for old hard to find fiddle tunes
United States on May 24, 2023
Charles Pensoir:
car format non conventionnel !
France on Feb 04, 2022
Hawkeye P:
from real easy to real hard... everyone can find something in here.
great to be able to play some tunes from home.
Germany on Dec 06, 2020
invisible:
No fake book has all the traditional fiddle songs; I guess Miles Krassen's version of O'Neill's Music of Ireland comes closest with about a thousand. But this book has some advantages over that tome.
There are about 500 songs, many otherwise hard to find. It has many of the old favorites. There are tunes lacking but no book is complete. These are songs of the Appalachians which means mostly British, Scots and Irish, not much you can identify as from German, Norwegian, Yiddish, Cajun nor other traditions. Also it lacks some of my all time favorites which are not usually thought of as fiddle tunes like the old English lute ballad "The Unfortunate Lad" commonly known as "The Streets of Larado", nor too many Lomax versions of anything.
The more common songs have more than one version, some in different keys. Keys are, for the most part easy ones for the fiddle, which of course also means they're easy for the guitar, mandolin and piano. It is well printed, and despite the griping from some reviewers, it lies flat. If I live long enough for it to fall apart I'll take it to a copy shop and have them put a new binding on it. I have another copy with plastic...
United States on Nov 17, 2017
Dr. Victor S. Alpher:
Many of these tunes would have been in any professional fiddler's repertoire in the 1960s to 1980s....however, this is new music to a new generation, who are "reviving" the music I was playing as a child. It is ironic how this happens when you aren't looking! But, the discography is one of the best features of this book. It is very accurate, and shows original (or 2nd generation) sources for many tunes that I could have called up easily from memory (and still can). However, for the "neophyte" who has been excited by the music, some of it first recorded in the 1920s on 78 rpm records--or on vinyl LPs in the 1960s and 1970s, good luck finding them, because they didn't get made into CDs--not enough profit. This, I believe, will stand many soon-to-be rehabilitated record players of the 45, 33 rpm vintage in good stead, and they're hard to find (I happen to have three, but there's a story there....). One of mine also played 16 2/3 and 78s, and the slowdown (and octave drop) is how I made the transition from classical violinist to fiddler--because none of the music was written down. No much of it is, but to be a "fiddler" you still have to hear the music in it's...
United States on Sep 18, 2017
Susan Best:
I play a different type of "fiddle". I play Celtic, Cape Breton music... I love the chance to learn the other nuance of The southern music that is from the same base.
Canada on Aug 21, 2016
lesley:
Eine sehr umfangreiche Sammlung der wichtigsten Fiddle-Nummern. Und zu jedem Song gibt es eine umfangreiche Diskografie, so dass man sich gleich anhören kann, wie der Song klingen sollte. (Sofern man die entsprechende CD hat oder im Streaming-Dienst findet). Manche Songs sind ein bisschen zu sehr vereinfacht - aber es ist ja eben ein Fakebook und wer will und kann, die kann die Nummern ja dann individuell verfeinern.
Germany on Jan 07, 2016
L. Pozzato:
This is THE book to have for anybody who likes to play traditional mountain/Celtic/Bluegrass music! This book was originally recommended to me decades ago, by a fiddler who hosted a huge, community jam session, every week. This book was the only one that they used to play from, as it had the most, commonly recognized versions of a majority of traditional tunes. Also, there were enough tunes in there to keep a large group playing for weeks without ever repeating a single one! The version I bought years ago (and made the mistake of lending to someone, so I never saw it again!) had a plastic ring binding. The newer edition that I bought recently to replace that missing volume has a book binding. But, it still lies flat enough that it doesn't fall off a music stand. I had previously bought the mandolin player's version of this book, which is written in tablature. But, I only ever use this one, because it has the actual notes and chords in it. It is an incredible resource that I refer to all the time. In fact, if I could only have one music book to play from, this is the one that I would want to have. It's a definite "must have" for every "Old Time" music...
United States on Oct 02, 2013
Amazon Customer:
I've had a copy of this book for years and have just bought another copy as my old one is begininig to fall apart after lots of use. Its not just for fiddlers - I am a guitar player who plays 'tunes' and the joy of this book is that there is familiar and unfamiliar content from England, Ireland, Scotland, America, Canada and other places. There is always another tune to tackle - easy tunes for when you first get started and more complicated material for those whose reading/ playing skills are improving. I always seem to find tunes I've not noticed before.
I don't read music well and this just gives the top line melody and chords to build upon and make your own. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone who likes playing 'traddy' music
United Kingdom on Nov 18, 2011
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Some tunes are on on two pages that require a page turn. They need to be on the same page or side-by-side.
United States on Feb 04, 2024