Old-time fiddle, Round Peak style : CD included with 83 tunes : history, tips, & techniques

Author

Brad Leftwich

Call Number

• 787.2193 L495 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Pacific, MO : Mel Bay Publications, c2011.

Physical Description

128 p. of music : ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Summary

Presents traditional Southern old-time fiddling from the world-renowned Round Peak area of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. All of the tunes are included on the CD as transcribed. Helpful stylistic tips and important background information on the area and the music are included.

Notes

Includes compact disc.

Includes index.

Contents

• Round Peak: a hill, a community, a tradition
• The area around the turn of the 20th century (map)
• Tommy Jarrell and the fiddlers who influenced him
• Using the CD and the book
• The fiddler's tricks of the trade
• Tablature and special symbols
• Transcriptions.