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Jack
Tuttle's Bluegrass Fiddle Collection
To order by mail
This is my most recent and most ambitious
project. As a response to many requests through the years,
I have put together a book focusing on the fiddling style
used for bluegrass singing pieces, banjo and mandolin tunes,
and a few of the fiddle tunes that are commonly played, but
hard to find. There are 113 songs in the book, (see
index below) but many of them have an easier and harder
version, so all told, there are 150 solos. I have spent twenty
years transcribing solos from the greatest players of the
past and present, and have spent the last 9 months adding
many more that I hadn't gotten to. Over half of the transcriptions
are my own arrangements, often with an intermediate and an
advanced version.
Many of these pieces are challenging, but all the require
details are notated. Bowing is notated logically and fastidiously,
with the bowing direction marks at the beginning of each measure.
Of course, many will choose to just bow it their own way,
and that's fine, but those who need to better understand and
develop the bowing patterns of top bluegrass fiddlers can
carefully follow these bowings. Left hand fingering is also
notated in any instance where there might be a question.
Also included are 8 pages - one for each bluegrass key, of
end licks. Each page has 8 licks that can be used for the
last line of most standard bluegrass songs. A typical bluegrass
song can be broken down into four lines of melody and often
a fiddler will leave the melody on the last line and play
a lick in its place. These end licks are to be used for this
purpose. Half of the licks will fit over a I - V - I chord
progression and the other half fit over a V - V - I. Since
this chord progression is so common for the last line, these
licks will work for the vast majority of songs.
For an idea of the quality of the transcriptions, you can
download PDF samples on my transcription
page.
By far the majority of these tunes and
songs are from mainstream bluegrass jam repertoire. Bill Monroe,
Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers repertoire are
well represented. Here is the song index from the book:
Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow - two versions,
my arrangements, C listen
to version 1, listen
to version 2
Ashland Breakdown - from Kenny Baker, C
Baby Blues Eyes - two versions, my arrangements, F
Banjo Signal - from Mac Magaha, G
Banks Of The Ohio - two versions, my arrangements, D
Big Country - from Ron Stewart, A
Big Mon - my arrangement, A
Big Tilda - from Stuart Duncan, G
Blue Grass Breakdown - my arrangement, G
Blue Grass Stomp - two versions, my arrangements, D
Blue Moon Of Kentucky - two versions, Chubby Wise's 3/4, and
Kenny Baker's in 4/4
Blue Ridge Cabin Home - two versions, my arrangements, Bb
Bury Me Beneath The Willow - two versions, my arrangements,
G
Cabin In Caroline - two versions, mine and Jimmy Shumate's,
G
Can't You Hear Me Calling? - from Chubby Wise, G
Clinch Mountain Backstep - from Curly Ray Cline, A
Cheyenne - from Bobby Hicks, Gm
Cumberland Gap - two versions, my arrangements, G
Cora Is Gone - from Bobby Hicks, D
Dark Hollow - my arrangement, C
Daybreak In Dixie - my arrangement, A
Dear Old Dixie - from Benny Martin, G
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke - two versions, my arrangements, E
Dixie Hoedown - my arrangement, G
Dusty Miller - from Richard Greene, A
Earl's Breakdown - from Howdy Forrester, G
East Virginia Blues - two versions, my arrangements, E
Farewell Blues - my arrangement, C
Fireball Mail - two versions, my arrangements, G
Foggy Mountain Special - two versions, my arrangements. G
Foggy Mountain Top - two versions, my arrangements, A
Foggy Mountain Breakdown - from Benny Sims, G
Footprints In The Snow - two versions, from Chubby Wise and
Kenny Baker, E
Gold Rush - my arrangement, A
Gonna Paint The Town - two versions, my mine and Curly Ray
Cline's, G
Gonna Settle Down - two versions, Howdy Forrester's and Bobby
Hicks', G
Ground Speed - my arrangement
Goodbye Old Pal - two versions from Michael Cleveland, Bb
Head Over Heels - two versions, from Benny Sims and Bobby
Hicks, G
Heavy Traffic Ahead - three versions, 2 from Chubby Wise and
1 from Stuart Duncan, A
Highway Of Regret - two versions, my arrangements, G
How Mountain Girls Can Love - two versions, mine and James
Price's, G
I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair - my arrangement, E
If I Should Wander Back Tonight - from Benny Martin, G
I'll Fly Away - two versions, my arrangements, A
I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky - two versions, my arrangements,
A
I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home - two versions, my arrangements,
Bb
In The Pines - two versions, my arrangements, E
Is It Too Late Now? - two versions, mine and Bobby Hicks',
F
It Takes One To Know One - two versions, my arrangements,
A
John Hardy - from Vassar Clements, G
John Henry - from Eddie Stubbs, G
Katy Daley - two versions, my arrangement and Randy Howard's,
B
Kentucky Mandolin - my arrangement, Gm
Let Me Love You One More Time - from James Price, B
Little Annie - my arrangement, A
Little Darling Pal Of Mine - my arrangement, G
Little Girl In Tennessee - from Benny Sims, G
Little Maggie (C) - from Curly Ray Cline, C
Little Maggie (A) - two versions, my arrangements, A
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz - from Kenny Baker, Dm
Lonesome Road Blues - from Paul Warren, G
Long Gone - two versions, my arrangement and Stuart Duncan's,
Bb
Love Me Darling Just Tonight - two versions, mine and Curly
Ray Cline's, A
Love Please Come Home - my arrangement, B
Man Of Constant Sorrow - from Curly Ray Cline, C
Molly And Tenbrooks - two versions, mine and Stuart Duncan's,
Bb
Mountain Dew - two versions, my arrangements G
My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' - two versions, mine and Alison
Krauss' B
New Camptown Races - my arrangement, Bb
Nine Pound Hammer - from Sam Bush, A
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine - from James Price, B
Ocean Of Diamonds - two versions, my arrangements, F
Old Home Place - two versions, my arrangements, Bb
Pig In A Pen - from Bobby Hicks, A
Pike County Breakdown - from Benny Sims, A
Prayer Bells Of Heaven - from Michael Cleveland, Bb
Pretty Polly - from James Price, C
Raw Hide - my arrangement, C
Rebecca - from Stuart Duncan, Bb
Red Clay Halo - from Stuart Duncan, C
Riding On That Midnight Train - from Curly Ray Cline, G
Remmington Ride - my arrangement, G
Roanoke - my arrangement, G
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - from Bobby Hicks, B
Roll on Buddy - two versions, my arrangements, B
Salty Dog - two versions, my arrangements, G
Sally Ann - from Paul Warren, G
Scotland - my arrangement, A
Shenandoah Breakdown - my arrangement, A
Short Life Of Trouble - from Aubrey Haynie, G
Shouting On The Hills Of Glory - from James Price, A
Shuckin' The Corn - two versions, mine and Paul Warren's,
G
Someone Took My Place With You - two versions, mine and Benny
Martin's, A
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong - two versions, my arrangements,
D
Theme Time - from Vernon Derrick, A
Think Of What You've Done - two versions, mine and Bobby Hicks',
C
Toy Heart - from Bobby Hicks, C
Train 45 - my arrangement, B
Travelin' This Lonesome Road - from Cubby Wise, F
True Life Blues - from Laurie Lewis, C
Uncle Pen - my arrangement, A
Walls Of Time - from Stuart Duncan, B
We'll Meet Again Sweetheart - two versions, mine and Jimmy
Shumate's, A
Wheel Hoss - my arrangement, G
When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall - my arrangement, E
When You Go Walking After Midnight - two versions, mine and
Aubrey Haynie's B
White Dove - two versions, my arrangements, E
Why Did You Wander? - two versions, mine and Benny Martin's,
G
Will He Wait A Little Longer? - from Aubrey Haynie, A
Will You Be Satisfied That Way? - from Michael Cleveland,
D
Will The Circle Be Unbroken? - two versions, my arrangements,
A
Worried Man Blues - two versions, my arrangements, G
Key of G End Licks
Key of A End Licks
Key of Bb End Licks
Key of B End Licks
Key of C End Licks
Key of D End Licks
Key of E End Licks
Key of F End Licks
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