Ken Kolodner

NOTE: The OLD-TIME FIDDLE STYLE BOOK/CD SET is a significantly expanded and revised version of this double CD set. The CD in the new version contains MP3s and is designed to play in your computer while the double CD can be played on any CD player.

This recording is a double CD containing 35 old-time (Appalachian) traditional tunes played three ways over approximately 150 minutes: (1.) simply and at a very slow tempo; (2.) at a modest tempo but with chords, drones and other ornamentation; (3.) fully up-to-tempo.

Included are PDFs of the tune transcriptions written out in standard notation with bowings and style points (see a sample here). Also, included is a detailed discussion of bowing ideas and many other techniques.

This recording is appropriate for all levels.

While this recording is for fiddlers, the tunes are suitable for any instrument.

Concepts covered include bow rocks, 3-1 bowing, "circle bowing," Nashville shuffle, ghost bows, anticipations, using drones, double stops, alternate tunings (AEAE, GDGD, ADAD), swing, mid-bow pulses, slides, dissonances, anticipations, 4th finger unisons and more.

Tunes include:

Barlow Knife; Big Scioty; Booth Shot Lincoln; Charles Guiteau; Charleston Gals; Chinquapin Hunting; Devil in the Strawstack; Elk River Blues; Flop Eared Mule; Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss; Grey Cat on an Old Tennessee Farm; Hangman's; Hell Among the Stallions; Home with the Girls in the Morning; Journey to the Heartland; Julianne Johnson; Little Star; Liza Jane; Mike in the Wilderness; Needle Case; Puncheon Floor; Quince Dillon's High D; Ragtime Annie; Richmond; Road Dog; Roscoe; Sally in the Garden; Sandy Boys; Shady Grove; Shove that Pigs Foot A Little Bit Further in the Fire; Single Footin' Horse; Spotted Pony; Washington's March; West Fork Gals; Whiskey before Breakfast