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The Traditional Tune Archive (TTA) is the searchable digital library of traditional music from Ireland, Great Britain and North America organized alphabetically, by tune title, with alternate or additional titles and variants cross-referenced, music in standard and ABC notation, annotated information on history and context, along with references and internet links for further reference.
Reference to the Irish fiddle can also be found in John Dunton's Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish (1698) he says “on Sundays and Holydays, all the people resorted with the piper and fiddler to the village green" Thomas Dineley visited Ireland in 1680 he says in regards to music "with piper, harper, or fidler, revell and dance ...
Old time fiddle tunes are derived from European folk dance forms such as the jig, reel, breakdown, schottische, waltz, two-step, and polka. When the fiddle is accompanied by banjo, guitar, mandolin, or other string instruments, the configuration is called a string band. The types of tunes found in old-time fiddling are called "fiddle tunes ...
Celtic tunes are popular, even in England, however English music is enjoying a large revival currently, due in part to 'new-folk' artists playing traditional English music, such as Bellowhead and Eliza Carthy. Some people go to folk festivals simply in order to play along with others in the beer tent.
"Soldier's Joy" is a fiddle tune, classified as a reel or country dance. [1] It is popular in the American fiddle canon, in which it is touted as "an American classic" [ 1 ] but traces its origin to Scottish fiddling traditions. [ 2 ]
Oldtime Fiddling and Other Folk Music (Weiser, Idaho) 1973; A Jam Session With Benny and Jerry Thomasson (Voyager VRLP 309) ~1973; Texas Fiddle Legends Benny Thomasson and Dick Barrett (Yazoo 517, VHS video) recorded early 1970s, released late 1990s; Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle (Voyager VRCD 345) recorded informally on March 3, 1974, re ...
The canonical American fiddle tune, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" was written by Charlie Daniels as an interpretation the "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" by Vassar Clements and has been covered innumerable times. Although classified as country rock, the tune uses licks based on old-time fiddle playing and rock guitar riffs. Unlike most old-time ...
Once more, a Bluegrass Unlimited reviewer recognized her style and classical training as "very polished and exact" and further suggested that anyone into "clean well-executed fiddle playing should enjoy the album". [1] Williams is a noted composer of fiddle tunes, some of which have been recorded by prominent folk and bluegrass musicians.