Missouri Fiddle Tunes
This page consists of links to my transcriptions of various Missouri-style fiddle tunes. Most are my renditions as I learned them, adapted from the playing of old-time fiddlers who have shared their music with me over the years.
Check out my list of One Hundred Essential Missouri Fiddle Tunes. If you want to learn strictly by ear or just listen to some tunes visit www.charliewalden.com and click the "PROJECT" link.
Thanks and keep fiddlin'. Charlie Walden
| Hoe-Downs | Quadrilles/Jigs | Waltzes | Pieces |
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| Tune Title | Remarks on Origin | ||
| Acorn Hill Breakdown | Tommy Jackson | ||
| Adrian's Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Angus Campbell | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Arkansas Traveler | Old Standard | ||
| Arkansas Traveler (Hi/Lo parts reversed) | Play it low then play it high... | ||
| Art Wooten's Hornpipe | Bob Walters | ||
| Bear Creek Hop | Western Swing fiddle piece | ||
| Bill Cheatum | Standard Version | ||
| Billy in the Low Ground | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Bob Walters Hornpipe in D | Bob Walters by way of Lynn "Chirps" Smith | ||
| Boys Around the World | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Brenda's Reel | Cyril Stinnett - Canadian Tune | ||
| Brickyard Joe | Lyman Enloe / Tony Gilmore | ||
| Casey's Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Champion Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters | ||
| Coming Down From Denver | Taylor McBaine | ||
| Constitution Hornpipe | Cole's 1000 | ||
| Countryman's Reel | Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters (also "Old Countrymans Reel) | ||
| Devil's Dream | Old Standard | ||
| Dew Drop Hornpipe | Texas tune | ||
| Dick Sand's Hornpipe | Bob Walters | ||
| Duncan's Reel | Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters | ||
| Durang's Hornpipe | Standard Version | ||
| Eighth of January | Standard Version | ||
| Fever in the South | Vee Latty | ||
| Fiddler's Dream | Cyril Stinnett / Pete McMahan | ||
| Fisher's Hornpipe | Version in F | ||
| Five Miles Out Of Town | Dwight Lamb / Bob Walters | ||
| Flop-Eared Mule | G & D Rendition - (McMahan's Peach Tree Limb) | ||
| Forked Deer | Standard Missouri Version | ||
| Frisky Jim | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Good for the Tongue Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters | ||
| Granny Will Your Dog Bite? | Bob Walters | ||
| Gypsy Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters | ||
| Irish Cobbler | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Irish Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Johnny Don't Come Home Drunk | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Katon's Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett (also Caton's Hornpipe or Jeff City) | ||
| Lamplighter's Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Leadout | Old Standard (also Too Young To Marry, Chinky Pin, etc.) | ||
| Leddy's Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters (Democratic Rage Hornpipe) | ||
| Liberty | Old Standard | ||
| London Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Long John | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Lost Indian | Standard Version in D | ||
| MacCleod's Reel (Uncle Joe) | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Marmaduke's Hornpipe | Jake Hockemeyer | ||
| Mississippi Sawyer | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Missouri Mud | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Ned Kendall's Hornpipe | Cole's 1000 | ||
| Old Joe | Bob Walters | ||
| Old Joe Clark | Standard Missouri Version (non-modal) | ||
| Old Molly Hare (Old Mother Blair) | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Opera Reel | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Pacific Slope | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Salty River Reel | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Smith's Hornpipe | Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters | ||
| Smith's Reel | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Soldier's Joy | Pete McMahan / Cyril Stinnett | ||
| South Missouri | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| St. Anne's Reel | Cyril Stinnett - Canadian tune | ||
| Sugar in the Coffee-O | Bill Graves | ||
| Tom & Jerry | Taylor McBaine and others | ||
| Tune in C | R. P. Christeson | ||
| Wagner | Missouri Version | ||
| Walk Along John | Bob Holt | ||
| Whiskey Before Breakfast | Cyril Stinnett | ||
| Woodchopper's Breakdown | Cyril Stinnett - Canadian tune | ||
| Zack Wheat's Piece | R. P. Christeson | ||
| Quadrilles / Jigs (tunes in 6/8 time) | |
| Tune Title | Remarks on Origin |
| Jefferson & Liberty - Quadrille | Bob Walters |
| Jesse's Jig - Quadrille | Charlie Walden Composition (named for my daughter) |
| Haste to the Wedding - Quadrille | Standard Version |
| find more info on 6/8 time tunes in the Midwest.... | |
| Waltzes | |
| Tune Title | Remarks on Origin |
| A & E Waltz | Taylor McBaine |
| Black Velvet Waltz | Jake Hockemeyer - Canadian Fiddle Piece |
| Clark's Waltz | Pete McMahan |
| Country Waltz | Cyril Stinnett (Canadian Tune) |
| Cowboy Waltz | Cyril Stinnett |
| Crying Waltz | Pete McMahan |
| Goodnight Waltz | R. P. Christeson |
| I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - Waltz | Standard Version |
| Life in the Finnish Woods Waltz (aka Cattle Call) | Bob Christeson |
| Mockingbird Hill Waltz | Old Standard |
| Peek-a-boo Waltz | Jake Hockemeyer |
| Roses of Avonmore Waltz | Scottish origin (Roses of Allendale). Popular contest tune. |
| Shenandoah Valley Waltz | Virgil Smith |
| TN Waltz | Old Standard |
| Waltz You Saved For Me | Old Standard |
| Westphalia Waltz | Old Standard |
| Whistler's Waltz | Taylor McBaine |
| Pieces / Specialty Tunes | |
| Tune Title | Remarks on Origin |
| Down Home Rag | Lyman Enloe |
| East Tennessee Blues | Walden's Version |
| Flannigan Polka | Bob Walters |
| Ford One-Step | Pete McMahan |
| Golden Slippers | Standard Version |
| Put Your Little Foot | Ozark Dancers |
| Red Wing | Old Standard |
| Spanish Two-Step | Old Couple Dance Tune |
Special Tune Collections
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2004 Montana Camp |
Tunes taught at the 2004 Montana
fiddle camp. |
| 2010 Chambana Jan Jam Workshop Tunes | Tunes taught at the 2010 Jan Jam Workshop. |
Old HTML Versions
- Aunt Mary's Hornpipe
- Big Horned Cattle
- Bob Walter's Hornpipe
- Bob Walter's No Name Hoe-Down in D #1
- Casey's Hornpipe
- Country Waltz
- Duncan's Reel
- Fiddler's Dream
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee
- Liberty
- London Hornpipe
- Marmaduke's Hornpipe
- Oklahoma Redbird
- Rose of Avonmore Waltz (a.k.a. Rose of Sharon)
- Run, Johnny, Run
- Snowshoe Reel
- St. Anne's Reel
- Tom and Jerry
- Westphalia Waltz--Melody Part
- Westphalia Waltz--Harmony Part
- Woodchopper's Breakdown