Championship Contest Fiddling (Book + Online Audio)
44 Transcriptions from 15 Championship Rounds
Championship Contest Fiddling contains painstakingly detailed transcriptions of 44 fiddle tunes as they were played by thirteen champions of the National Old Time Fiddlers' Contest held in Weiser, Idaho. In addition to the tunes, the book includes excerpts of extensive interviews with these champions where they offer advice on how to play in the contest style, prepare for contests and deal with nerves, adapt and arrange tunes to make them your own, and play with drive, among many other topics. It i ...more
Product Number:
21400M
Format:
Book + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Pages:
116
Binding:
Squareback Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-9542-0
ISBN13:
978-07866-9542-3
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
1/21/2016
Championship Contest Fiddling contains painstakingly detailed transcriptions of 44 fiddle tunes as they were played by thirteen champions of the National Old Time Fiddlers' Contest held in Weiser, Idaho. In addition to the tunes, the book includes excerpts of extensive interviews with these champions where they offer advice on how to play in the contest style, prepare for contests and deal with nerves, adapt and arrange tunes to make them your own, and play with drive, among many other topics. It is an indispensable resource for fiddlers seeking to understand contest fiddling better and prepare for fiddle contests, or learn some great tunes from the masters! Includes access to audio online of the actual pieces played during the contest.
12th Street Rag      
Allentown Polka      
Apple Blossoms      
Beaumont Rag      
Beaumont Rag      
Billy in the Lowground      
Black and White Rag      
Blackberry Blossom      
Bridget’s Waltz      
Clarinet Polka      
Cotton Patch Rag      
Doc Harris Waltz      
Done Gone      
Dusty Miller      
Gardenia Waltz      
Georgianna Moon      
Girl of My Dreams      
Goin’ Places      
Golden Fiddle Waltz      
Grey Eagle      
Herman’s Hornpipe      
Hotfoot      
I Don’t Love Nobody      
Little Bit of Swing      
Little Rock Getaway      
Luzenda Waltz      
Martin’s Waltz      
Memories Waltz      
Misty Moonlight Waltz      
Old South Waltz      
Red Apple Rag      
Rockabye Moon      
Roxanne’s Waltz      
Sally Goodin’      
Sally Johnson      
Satan Takes a Holiday      
Say Old Man      
Shuckin’ the Bush      
Soppin’ the Gravy      
Soppin’ the Gravy      
Tom and Jerry      
Wagonner’s Hornpipe      
Whistler’s Waltz      
Wyatt’s Waltz      
 
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