These 60 minute recordings contain the standard tunes you'll need for the friday night country dance. Learn fiddle tunes by repeated listening! I present the tunes very slowly and simply, note by note, and then up to speed with fancier licks. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced fiddler wanting to learn new tunes, these recordings are for you. The style is dance fiddling with jigs, hornpipes, reels, waltzes, bluegrass, and square dance tunes. Each CD contains both easy and intermediate level tunes. All four recordings are at a similar difficulty level and each CD contains both easy and intermediate level tunes.. These CDs are designed for learners who can already either play some scales, or a handful of simple melodies. They are suitable for both left handed or right handed playing: CD's are $12.95 each. For learners with NO previous experience playing on a fiddle, I recommend starting with the Fiddling for Beginners book, CD 1 and DVD video set, and then progressing on to CDs 2,3,4,5.
You can buy 2 CDs and get a free tune book - $24.95 for CDs 4, 5, and tune book 2.(Please note that Tune Book 2 contains written music only for the tunes on CDs 4 and 5. Tune Book 1 is out of print. and has been replaced by "Captain Fiddle's Tunes and Variations, Book 1, and has written music for CDs 2 and 3. CD 2: Road to Boston, 100 pipers, Mairi's Wedding, Soldier's Joy, Tennessee Waltz,Old Molly Hare, Rose Tree, Cock of the North, Road to Lisdoonvarna, Off She Goes, Over the Waterfall, Gentle Maiden Waltz, Angeline the Baker, Margaret's Waltz, Dixon County Blues, My Love is but a Lassie. CD 3: Old Joe CLark, Arkansas Traveler, Old French, Rory O'Moore, Chorus Jig, Drowsy Maggie, Bonaparte's Retreat, Turkey in the Straw, Ragtime Annie, La Bastringue, Smash the Windows, Shibeg Shimore, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Rights of Man Hornpipe, West Fork Girls, Upic Waltz. CD 4: Irishman's Heart to the Ladies, Devil's Dream, Leather Britches, Maid Milking the Cow waltz, Sailor's Hornpipe, Hull's Victory, Swallowtail Jig, Jesusito Lindo, Pipe on the Hob, Wind that Shakes the Barley, Woodchopper's reel, and Blue Eagle. CD/ 5: Barlow Knife, Bayou Two-Step, Cielito Lindo Waltz, Drops of Brandy, Fire on the Mountain, Harvest Home Hornpipe, Liberty, Maid Milking her Cow Waltz, Morpeth Rant, Morrison's Jig, None such, Opera Reel, Pays de Haut, Spootiskerry, Top of Cork Road.
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