This collection contains 31 traditional Cajun tunes plus three Deborah Greenblatt originals written in the Cajun style.
The tradition of this music dates back to 1624, when French immigrants arrived at what is now Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, an area also known as “Acadia”. In 1755, the descendants of these settlers were exiled by the British. This “The Great Deportation”, or “Le Grand Derangement”, deported thousands of Acadians south to what is now the United States. The word “Acadien” was shortened to “Cadien”, and then became “Cajun”.
The notes, harmonies, and chords in this collection will get you started, but to truly capture the spicy flavor of these haunting tunes, you need to do a lot of listening.
Each Tunes for Two collection consists of individual spiral-bound duet books presented in score form with melody on the top line and harmony beneath so you can play each tune by yourself or with others. The tunes are laid out so that there are no page turns to interrupt the flow of your playing. Duo arrangements of the tunes in this collection, in the same keys, are available for violins, violas, cellos, basses, and mandolins.
PDFs are available worldwide for each of the books in the Tunes for Two series.
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“Allons A Lafayette” “Bosco Stomp” “Cajun Two Step” “Casse Pas Ma Tete” “Chere Joules Roses” “Crapaud” “Creole Stomp” “Crowley Two-Step” “Donnez-Moi Mon Chapeau” “Empty Bottle Stomp” “Fais Ton Dodo” “Fond d’Culotte Two-Step” “French Jig” “Grand Mamou Blues” “Grand Mamou” “Grandpa’s Waltz” “I Don’t Want No Babies in My Bed” “J’ai Passe Devant Ta Porte” “Jolie Blonde” “Jonie & Mason Two-Step” “L’Affaire de Perrodin” “La Valse De Grand Bois” “La Valse Des Jonglements” “Les Maringouins Ont Tout Mage Ma Belle” “Ma Chere ‘Tite Fille” “Mary Ann the Fiddler” “One-Step des Chameaux” “Parlez-Nous a Boire” “Step It Fast” “Un, Deux, Trois” “Valse Creole” “Valse d’Evangeline” “Valse de ‘Cadien” “Valse de Duson” |
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