French Fiddler
Traditional fiddle music from around the world
violin (2 violins) and piano, guitar ad libitum (VLN/PF/GTR)
French Fiddler
Traditional fiddle music from around the world
violin (2 violins) and piano, guitar ad libitum (VLN/PF/GTR)
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The full range of traditional fiddle repertoire is now at your fingertips! Using these generous collections, you can create your own ceilidh, barn dance, jazz club or Sarajevo street-café. Some of this music is familiar, some more exotic, but all of it is absolutely authentic, faithfully arranged and, above all, hugely enjoyable. Each title in the series is available in two formats: the Violin Edition (with an optional easy violin part and guitar chords); or the Complete Edition, which also includes both keyboard and violin accompaniments. Either format is hugely flexible, which means the music can be played as solos, duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles. Edward Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style, giving his own suggestions for a lively performance. This addition to the best-selling Fiddler series takes a leisurely and meandering journey through France, starting in Gascony, wandering east to Tarn and on towards Provence. It then heads north via the Auvergne and Limousin, through Berry and Morvan to Alsace, and after a detour to Paris the tour concludes in Brittany. An appetising introduction to the vibrant and diverse folk scene in France!
Contents
- Preface, notes
- The witch's broomstick
- Jig
- Joanna's wedding
- Tric trac polka
- King of the carnival
- The wolf, the hare and the fox
- Time to go
- The folk from the mountain
- Bourrée for Aurore
- Vine-growers' polka
- Bourrée: tuning the drones
- Scottisch from Marmagne
- In the evening
- Marching song
- The water jug
- Beware of the wolf
- An evening of romance
- Lament
- Ton-bale 1 & 2
