A unique collection of 66 fiddle tunes illustrating the major regional styles found across America and Canada. This book contains rare vintage photographs, player's biographical profiles, historical and performance notes, bowing ndications, and information on cross-tunings and the American institution of fiddle contests. The authors have collaborated brilliantly on this labor of love to produce a definitive volume of tunes transcribed from recordings by many of the best fiddlers in North America. Exemplary tunes are included from the Northeast, Southeast and Western regions, plus various widespread ethnic styles including Cajun, Irish, Scandinavian, Klezmer, and Eastern European styles. Includes access to online audio.

And The Cat Came Back       Doc Roberts
Angeline The Baker       J.W. Spangler
Banks Medley Tune       Jean Carignan
Biddy I'm Not Jesting       Larry Older
Black And White Rag       Benny Thomasson
Brown Button Shoes       Buddy Thomas
Canyon Jig       David Reiner
Carroll County Blues       Will Narmour
Celina Le Blanc       Joe Pancerzewski
Chere Mama Creole       Wallace "Cheese" Read
Cherry River Rag       Ed Haley
Chicken In The Barnyard       Clark Kessinger
Cotton Patch Rag       Lewis Franklin
Dixie Blossoms       Art Galbraith
Done Gone       Eck Robertson
Drunken Hiccoughs       Tommy Jarrell
Dry And Dusty       Morrison Twin Brothers
Ebba Polka       Trembita Orchestra
Elzic's Farewell       Wilson Douglas
Florida Blues       Arthur Smith
Friday Night Waltz       David Reiner
Funder Chuppah       Miriam Rabson
Inverness Lasses       John Campbell
Jack Limberlegs       Lloyd Baldwin
Karis Pers Polska       Matt Fichtenbaum
Katy Did       Lowe Stokes
La Grande Gigue Simple       Louis Boudreault
La Vals Du Bambocheur       Dewey Balfa
Lady Of The Lake       Donna Herbert
Last Of Callahan       Highwoods String Band
Martha Campbell       Buddy Thomas
Midnight On The Water       Benny Thomasson
Mississippi Sawyer       Emmett Lundy
Mother's Day Waltz       Gerry Robichaud
Mrs. Greig's Strathspey       John Campbell
Old French       Andy Woolf
Old Molly Hare       Clayton Mcmichen
Original Canadian Hoedown       Joe Pancerzewski
Paddy Kelly's       Liz Carroll
Paddy On The Turnpike       Clark Kessinger
Perrodin Two Step       Wallace "Cheese" Read
Pols Fran Acton       John Chambers
Ragtime Annie       Hector Phillips
Reel De Montagne       Jean Carignan
Reel Du Diable       Lisa Ornstein
Reel In F       John Campbell
Rye Straw       Earl Collins
Saint Anne's Reel       Andy Woolf
Shottis Fran Idre       John Chambers
Slope Road Jig       Gerry Robichaud
Snowbird In The Ashbank       Earl Collins
Sugar In The Gourd       John Carson
Susannah Gal       Edd Michael
Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase       Dudley Vance
The Champion       Jehile Kirchuff
The Lost Child       Charles Stripling
The Rags       Louis Beaudoin
The Sailor's Bonnet       Michael Coleman
Three Forks Of Cheat       Burl Hammons
Uncle Herm's Hornpipe       John Ashby
Valcartier Set, First Part       Lisa Ornstein
Wagoner       Mark O'connor
Waltz Quadrille       Gustav Erdmann
Wild Rose Of The Mountain       J.P. Fraley
Yew Piney Mountain       French Carpenter