This treasure trove gathers many of mysterious and lonesome sounding, sometimes twisty, but always beautiful melodies that don't neatly fit into the typical fiddle categories, yet are some of the melodies most beloved by fiddlers. Schottisches, airs, marches, two-steps, and more. All the pieces are transcribed from performances of the greatest traditional fiddlers of the past and present including Kenny Kosek, Pete Sutherland, Eck Robertson, Bruce Greene, Hoyt Ming, Jere Canote, Luther Strong, John Salyer, Clark Kessinger, Kenny Baker, Howdy Forrester, John Hartford, and others. A short introduction discusses the style and notation of fiddle music. A reprint of portions of Phillips's classic Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2.

This can be a source of classic American tunes to add to your repertoire, or a source of hours of easy to intermediate level sight-reading practice. Learning fiddle tunes is the fun way to drill your arpeggios and scales. Much more interesting than just using an etude book!