Sandbridge Dance Tune Collection
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................9
How I chose the tunes...............................................................................................................................................9
Four skill areas..........................................................................................................................................................9
Backup and harmony parts......................................................................................................................................11
My three arranging approaches: individual techniques, the full model, and the kitchen sink................................11
Caution: always learn just the melody and keep moving!......................................................................................12
Hammering choices................................................................................................................................................12
Using the arrangements...........................................................................................................................................13
TWENTY (or more!) ARRANGING IDEAS.........................................................................................................15
1. Using the full range of your instrument...........................................................................................................15
2. Hand separation or hand independence...........................................................................................................15
3. Two-note chords..............................................................................................................................................15
4. Three-note rolled chords..................................................................................................................................15
5. Tremolos..........................................................................................................................................................15
6. Hammered and bounced triplets......................................................................................................................16
7. Valley rolls.......................................................................................................................................................16
8. Arpeggio fills and color notes..........................................................................................................................16
9. Drones or pivot notes.......................................................................................................................................17
10. Melodic runs....................................................................................................................................................17
11. Ghost notes......................................................................................................................................................17
12. Note replacement.............................................................................................................................................17
13. Replacing phrases with brief passages of harmony.........................................................................................18
14. Chord theory and substitutions........................................................................................................................18
15. Swing...............................................................................................................................................................19
16. Accent shifts....................................................................................................................................................19
17. Additional rhythm ideas..................................................................................................................................19
18. Borrowing from harmony and backup.............................................................................................................20
19. Dynamics.........................................................................................................................................................20
20. Combining and varying ideas and improvisation............................................................................................20
THE TUNES
Are You Sleeping Maggie (Scotland): melody.......................................................................................................22
Are You Sleeping Maggie (Scotland): arrangement...............................................................................................23
Beaumont Rag (U.S.): melody................................................................................................................................24
Beaumont Rag (U.S.): arranging ideas...................................................................................................................25
Big Scioty (U.S.): melody, accompaniment............................................................................................................26
Big Scioty (U.S.): arranging ideas..........................................................................................................................27
Bill Cheatham (U.S.): melody................................................................................................................................28
Bill Cheatham (U.S.): variations.............................................................................................................................29
Billy in the Lowground (U.S.): melody and accompaniment.................................................................................30
Billy in the Lowground (U.S.): variations..............................................................................................................32
Black Nag, The (England): melody........................................................................................................................34
Black Nag, The (England): variations....................................................................................................................35
Carnaval (Quebec): melody....................................................................................................................................37
Carnaval (Quebec): variations and accompaniment...............................................................................................39
Cuckoo’s Nest (U.S.): melody, accompaniment.....................................................................................................41
Cuckoo’s Nest (U.S.): arranging ideas....................................................................................................................42
Cumberland Gap (U.S.): melody............................................................................................................................43
Cumberland Gap (U.S.): arrangement #1...............................................................................................................44
Cumberland Gap (U.S.): arranging ideas................................................................................................................45
East Tenneessee Blues (U.S.): melody....................................................................................................................46
East Tenneessee Blues (U.S.): arrangement #1.......................................................................................................47
East Tenneessee Blues (U.S.): arrangement #2.......................................................................................................48
Eagan’s Polka (Ireland): melody.............................................................................................................................49
Eagan’s Polka (Ireland): arrangement.....................................................................................................................50
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (U.S.): melody..................................................................................................51
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (U.S.): arrangement #1.....................................................................................52
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (U.S.): variations..............................................................................................53
Frenchie’s Reel (Ward Allen and Mel Lavigne, Canada): melody, harmony, accompaniment..............................54
Frenchie’s Reel (Ward Allen and Mel Lavigne, Canada): arranging ideas.............................................................56
Galway, The (Ireland): melody................................................................................................................................57
Galway, The (Ireland): arranging ideas...................................................................................................................58
Grub Springs (U.S.): melody..................................................................................................................................59
Grub Springs (U.S.): arrangement #1.....................................................................................................................60
Grub Springs (U.S.): more arranging ideas............................................................................................................61
John Brown’s March (U.S.): melody......................................................................................................................62
John Brown’s March (U.S.): arranging ideas..........................................................................................................63
Johnny Cope (Scotland, U.S.): melody, harmony...................................................................................................64
Johnny Cope (Scotland, U.S.): arrangement #1......................................................................................................65
Johnny Cope (Scotland, U.S.): variations...............................................................................................................66
Kitchen Girl (U.S.): melody....................................................................................................................................67
Kitchen Girl (U.S.): arrangement #1.......................................................................................................................68
Kitchen Girl (U.S.): arranging ideas.......................................................................................................................69
Lad O’Bierne’s (Ireland): melody with harmony...................................................................................................70
Lad O’Bierne’s (Ireland): arranging ideas..............................................................................................................71
Lonesome John (a.s.a. Clinch Mountain Backstep) (U.S.): melody, accompaniment............................................72
Lonesome John (a.s.a. Clinch Mountain Backstep) (U.S.): arranging ideas..........................................................73
Missouri (Mike Dappert, U.S.): melody, harmony, accompaniment......................................................................74
Missouri (Mike Dappert, U.S.): melody, alternate accompaniment.......................................................................75
Missouri (Mike Dappert, U.S.): variations.............................................................................................................76
North Carolina Breakdown (Arthur Smith, U.S.): melody.....................................................................................77
North Carolina Breakdown (Arthur Smith, U.S.): variations.................................................................................78
O’Sullivan’s (Ireland): melody................................................................................................................................80
O’Sullivan’s (Ireland): arrangement.......................................................................................................................81
Oklahoma Rooster, The (U.S.): melody..................................................................................................................82
Oklahoma Rooster, The (U.S.): variations..............................................................................................................83
Old Favorite, The (Ireland): melody.......................................................................................................................85
Old Favorite, The (Ireland): arranging ideas..........................................................................................................86
Over the Waterfall (U.S.): melody..........................................................................................................................87
Over the Waterfall (U.S.): arrangement #1.............................................................................................................88
Over the Waterfall (U.S.): variations......................................................................................................................89
Reel du Nord (Quebec): melody.............................................................................................................................90
Reel du Nord (Quebec): arranging ideas................................................................................................................91
Reel St. Joseph’s (Quebec): melody, accompaniment............................................................................................92
Reel St. Joseph’s (Quebec): arrangement #1..........................................................................................................94
Reel St. Joseph’s (Quebec): variations....................................................................................................................95
Rights of Man (James Hill, Ireland): melody.........................................................................................................96
Rights of Man (James Hill, Ireland): arranging ideas.............................................................................................97
Road to Banff, The (Scotland): melody..................................................................................................................98
Road to Banff, The (Scotland): arranging ideas.....................................................................................................99
Roof for the Rain, A (Ken Kolodner, U.S.): melody, accompaniment.................................................................100
Roscoe (U.S.): melody, harmony, accompaniment...............................................................................................101
Roscoe (U.S.): variations......................................................................................................................................103
Sail Away Ladies (U.S.): melody..........................................................................................................................104
Sail Away Ladies (U.S.): arranging ideas.............................................................................................................105
Saint Anne’s Reel (Quebec, US, Ireland): melody, accompaniment....................................................................106
Saint Anne’s Reel (Quebec, US, Ireland): variations and arranging ideas...........................................................107
Salmon Tails up The Water (Ireland): melody......................................................................................................108
Salmon Tails up The Water (Ireland): arrangement..............................................................................................109
Shenandoah Falls (U.S.): melody, harmony and accompaniment........................................................................110
Shenandoah Falls (U.S.): variations......................................................................................................................112
Silver and Gold Two-Step (U.S./Canada): melody...............................................................................................113
Silver and Gold Two-Step (U.S./Canada): arranging ideas..................................................................................114
Snow Drop (U.S.): melody...................................................................................................................................115
Snow Drop (U.S.): arranging ideas.......................................................................................................................116
Swift House (Ken Kolodner, U.S.): melody only.................................................................................................117
Tom Morrison’s (Ireland): melody........................................................................................................................118
Tom Morrison’s (Ireland): arranging ideas...........................................................................................................119
Washington’s Hornpipe (The Stony Steps or Good for the Tongue) (England/Ireland): melody, harmony.........120
Washington’s Hornpipe (The Stony Steps or Good for the Tongue) (England/Ireland): arranging ideas #1.......121
Washington’s Hornpipe (The Stony Steps or Good for the Tongue) (England/Ireland): more arranging ideas...122
Willafjord (Shetland): melody, harmony/accompaniment, arranging ideas.........................................................123
Wren’s Polka, The (Ireland): melody....................................................................................................................125
Wren’s Polka, The (Ireland): arrangement............................................................................................................126
Y.Z. Hamilton’s Breakdown (U.S.): melody.........................................................................................................127
Y.Z. Hamilton’s Breakdown (U.S.): arrangement.................................................................................................128
APPENDICES
I. INDEX OF TUNES BY TYPE OF TUNE....................................................................................................129
II. INDEX OF TUNES RECORDED BY KEN KOLODNER..........................................................................131
III. SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY......................................................................................................................132
IV. ABOUT KEN KOLODNER.........................................................................................................................133