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Fiddle Tunes
A not-so-exhaustive (or up-to-date) list of tunes I can (probably) play on the fiddle. This makes things easier in a pinch for finding common tunes with other musicians. It also comes in handy for me when I lose the list I keep in my fiddle case.
D TUNES:
8th of January Arkansas Traveler Angeline the Baker Arkansas Traveler Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine Bony parts retreat Black eyed Suzie Cherokee shuffle Chinese breakdown Cindy Coleman's march Cricket on the Hearth Cumberland Gap Dixie Ducks on the Millpond Fisher's hornpipe Fly around Fortune Forked Deer Hang me O hang me Johnny Don't Get Drunk July anne Johnson Kingdom coming Liberty Logan county blues Midnight on the Water Mississippi Sawyer New cut road Over the Waterfall Quince Dillon's High "D" Ragtime Annie Rye Straw Sadie at the back door Sally Ann Saint Anne's Reel Santa Anna’s retreat Shootin creek Soldier's Joy Sugar hill Spotted Pony Sugar hill Too young to marry West fork gals Washington's march Whiskey Before Breakfast Winders Slide Wind that shakes the barley Worried man blues Yellow Rose of Texas Yellow Barber
GDAD/DDAD TUNES
Coleman’s march Indian nation Mountain air Washington’s march
A TUNES CROSS
Blackest Crow Bear Creek Hop Benton’s dream Bill Cheatham Boatman Booth (shot Lincoln) Breaking Up Christmas Buffalo Gals I, II Camp Chase Chilly winds Chinkapin Hunting Cluck old hen Cold frosty morning I, II Cotton Eyed Joe Cripple Creek Crow creek Drunken hiccups Golden slippers Grub springs Hangedman’s reel Hunting the buffalo John Brown's Dream Liza Jane Little Billy Wilson Little Liza Jane Old joe clark Old time John Henry Peg and awl Policeman Rove Riley rove Sandy Boys Shortnin' Bread Sourwood Mountain Sugar in the Gourd Tater patch Texas Train on the island Waterbound Ways of the World
A TUNES STANDARD
28 of January Bill Cheatam Cluck Old Hen Cold Frosty Morning Ducks on the Pond Elzic's Farewell Falls of Richmond Greasy Coat Growling Old Man and Woman June Apple Kitchen Girl King of Denmark Lazy John Little sadie Pretty little Indian Red haired boy Santa Anna's Retreat Shenandoah Falls Sweet Sunny South Tater Patch Texas Twin Sisters Waiting for Nancy
G TUNES
Barlow Knife Big Scioty Billy in the low ground Blackberry Blossom Cherokee trail Cotton eyed Joe Ebeneezer Fly around (Reyna) Girl I left behind I, II Got no honey baby now Grandfather’s clock In come a little bee Lost Boy Old Johnny booker Mouth of the Tobique Sail Away Ladies Sailors hornpipe Seneca Square Dance Shortnin bread Shove the pigs foot Stoney point Teetotalers Reel (temperance) The Girl I Left Behind Me Truly understand Turkey in the Straw
C TUNES
Birdie (Jabour) East Tennessee Blues Hell Broke Loose in Georgia New Money Tarrel Texas Blues
AC# TUNES
Bill Brown Grigsbys Cindy
WALTZES
Ashokan farewell Blackest Crow Crested Hens Drunken Hickups Far and away Gypsy waltz Jim and Judy’s (D) Lover’s waltz (D) Midnight on the water Ookpik waltz Old Paint Swananoa waltz Own House waltz Seans (W.A. “G”) Star of the county down Sunday river waltz (F) Tennessee waltz Waltz for the wendigo Wedding waltz White Rose waltz
FRENCH CANADIAN
D:
‘Tite Maie Les 4 coins
A:
Joe Cormier Cos reel Les voyageurs La bastringue
G:
Mouth of the Tobique
IRISH:
Conocktman’s rambles (D) Boys of blue hill (D) Mooncoin jig (A)
CONTRA:
Julia delaney
SONGS:
My Dixie Darlin' ...
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