*** Has many tunes from the era of the PBS series,Poldark!** (I don't know if any of the tunes in the book has actually been played on that show)
Every country in Europe seems to have rediscovered its own vital tradition of fiddle music, except England ... But, English fiddle music forms an important, yet neglected, part of the mosaic of Old and New World fiddle styles.
Chris Bartram has played this music for over forty years. He has learned from traditional musicians around his home communities and more widely in other parts of England and in Cornwall. He has studied the majority of the existing field recordings of older generations of players and many of the handwritten manuscripts of nineteenth century fiddlers. 'English Fiddling' contains a wide variety of traditional tunes, an essay about the history of the instrument in England and a number of archive photographs.
'English Fiddling' is intended to be a source for people who can already play the fiddle - or violin - at some level. This is not a book for the complete beginner, although a player who can play simple tunes in the first position and who can read music a little will find it helpful and instructive. Sugg retail $22.99
The companion CD contains a selection of tunes played by Chris and some of his friends.
• A unique insight into the neglected fiddle music of England.
• Nearly one hundred tunes
• Historical essay and illustrations
• Technique and repertoire
• Companion CD
Songs are:
| SongTitle: |
Composer: |
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| 'Pop Steers' Polka No. 1 | ||
| A Soldier's Joy | ||
| Bert's Jig | ||
| Bishop's Jig | ||
| Bobbing Around | ||
| Bonnets So Blue | ||
| Captain Pugwash | ||
| Captain Wyke's Dance | ||
| Cross Hands Polka | ||
| Double Lead Through | ||
| Favourite Quickstep | ||
| Four-Hand Reel No. 1 | ||
| Four-Hand Reel No. 2 | ||
| Harky's Polka | ||
| Haste to the Wedding | ||
| Hunt the Squirrel | ||
| Hunt the Squirrel (Devon Version) | ||
| Idbury Hill | ||
| Jack's Schottische | ||
| La Garcon Volage | ||
| Laura | ||
| Lived Under the Stairs | ||
| Major Malley's Reel | ||
| Monday Morning | ||
| Navvy on the Line | ||
| Old Adam the Poacher | ||
| Old Meddon of Fawsley | ||
| Old Towler | ||
| Over the Hills to Glory | ||
| Penny on the Water | ||
| Plain Schottische | ||
| Proudlock's Hornpipe | ||
| Rattle the Cash | ||
| Rig-a-jig | ||
| Shave the Donkey | ||
| Sir Roger de Covelly | ||
| Some Says the Devil's Dead | ||
| The Black Joke | ||
| The Blue-Eyed Stranger | ||
| The Breakdown | ||
| The Canadian Hornpipe | ||
| The Cat Caught the Measles | ||
| The Cliff Hornpipe | ||
| The Cokey | ||
| The Cotillion from Bosham | ||
| The Crossed Pipes Dance | ||
| The Dorset Hornpipe | ||
| The Dulverton Schottische | ||
| The Flowers of Edinburgh | ||
| The Forester | ||
| The Girl I Left Behind me | ||
| The Girl With the Blue Dress On | ||
| The Gloster Hornpipe | ||
| The Greenwood Tree | ||
| The Gypsy's Hornpipe | ||
| The Highland Mary | ||
| The King of the Cannibal Islands | ||
| The Ladies Breastknot | ||
| The Lass of Dallowgill | ||
| The Mallard | ||
| The Morning Star | ||
| The News of Victory | ||
| The Ninety Five | ||
| The Norfolk Long Dance | ||
| The Old Man Can't Keep His Wife At Home | ||
| The Old Mole | ||
| The Perfect Cure | ||
| The Persian Dance | ||
| The Pleasures of the Town | ||
| The Princess Royal | ||
| The Rose Tree in Full Bearing | ||
| The Sultan's Polka | ||
| The Sun From the East | ||
| The Twin Sisters | ||
| The Varsoviana | ||
| The Washington Hornpipe | ||
| The Wonder Hornpipe | ||
| There was an Old Woman | ||
| Tink-a-tink | ||
| Tommy Make Room for Your Uncle | ||
| Tommy Roberts' | ||
| Untitled Schottische | ||
| Up the Sides and Down the Middle No. 1 | ||
| Wantage Hornpipe | ||
| We Be |