Cross-tuning, or “scordatura” as it is called in classical music, refers to the practice of altering the tuning of one or more strings. This technique makes some double stops easier to play, and adds a different dimension to the basic resonance of the fiddle.
This spiral bound collection contains 39 cross-tuned fiddle tunes utilizing 11 different tunings. Scales for each of these tunings are also provided, to inform and confuse the fiddler. There are two staves for each tune as well as each scale. The top stave is the way you play the tune after you have cross-tuned. The bottom stave is the way you play the tune in standard tuning.
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EADF:
“Tjukkrustdagen” DADG:
“Indian Girl”, “Springleik in G”; EADA:
“Lady of the Lake”, “Halling”, “Polsdans from Elverum”, “Puken i Kjerkjetarnet”, “Ducks On the Millpond”, “The Apple Blossom”, “Farmer Had a Dog”, “Nancy Dawson”, “Fel-Jakup Springleik”, “Kvekfanten”, “Trondelag Bridal Waltz”, “Steffasgard Rorospols”, “Hallingdal Traveling Tune”; EAAA:
“Miss McLeod’s Reel”; DGDG:
“Jenny in the Cotton Patch”; EAEA:
“Hins Polska”, “Brad Walters”, “A Sprig of Shillelagh”, “Arisaig Bridge”, “Big Eyed Rabbit”, “Pretty Little Girl”, “Doney”, “Georgia Row”, “Bob Tailed Mule”, “Jenny Run Away in the Mud in the Night”, “Laughing Boy”, “Grubb Springs”, “Mike in the Wilderness”, “Yew Piney Mountain”; DADD:
“Napoleon’s Charge”, “Bonaparte’s Retreat”; DADF#:
“Escape Hatch Door”; C#AEA:
“Bill Brown”; C#AC#A:
“Axtel Jig” |
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