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

 

Missouri Fiddle Tune Fast & Slow - Companion Book Missouri Fiddle Tunes
Fast & Slow for Learning (Vols. 1 & 2)
This is the companion book to the recordings Missouri Fiddle Tunes – Vol. 1 & 2 Fast & Slow for Learning. The book contains a transcription of all 64 tunes from the CDs. These transcriptions are provided as an additional aid in learning the tunes from the recordings. Standard notation for fiddle and TAB for mandolin is provided for each tune. Chords are indicated as a guide to the accompanist. I’ve included a few comments about each, from whom I learned it, alternate recorded and printed sources, etc.

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Contents: A & E Waltz / Angus Campbell / Arkansas Traveler / Bill Cheatum / Billy in the Low Ground / Black Velvet Waltz / Brickyard Joe / Caton's Hornpipe (Jeff City or Katon’s Hornpipe) / Clark's Waltz / Comin' Down From Denver / Country Waltz / Cowboy Waltz / Devil's Dream / Down Home Rag / Down Yonder / Durang's Hornpipe / East Tennessee Blues / Eighth of January / Fever in the South / Fiddler's Dream / Fire on the Mountain / Fisher's Hornpipe / Flop-Eared Mule / Ford One Step / Forked Deer / Golden Slippers / Goodnight Waltz / Granny Will Your Dog Bite / Haste to the Wedding / I'll Be All Smiles Tonight / Lamplighter's Hornpipe / Leadout / Liberty / Lost Indian MacCleod's Reel / Marmaduke's Hornpipe / Mississippi Sawyer / Missouri Mud / MO Waltz / Mockingbird Hill / O’er the Waves / Old Joe / Old Joe Clark / Old Molly Hare / Peek-A-Boo Waltz / Rachel / Ragtime Annie / Red Fox Waltz / Red Wing / Rickett's Hornpipe / Shenandoah Valley Waltz / Soldier's Joy / Spanish Two-Step / St. Anne's Reel / Sugar in the Coffee / Sweet Bunch of Daisies / TN Waltz / Wagner / Walk Along John / Walking in my Sleep / Whiskey Before Breakfast / Woodchopper's Breakdown

PDF Tune Sheets

Hoe-Downs Quadrilles/Jigs Waltzes Pieces
 
Tune Title Remarks on Origin
Acorn Hill Breakdown Tommy Jackson
Adrian's Hornpipe Cyril Stinnett
Art Wooten's Hornpipe Bob Walters
Bear Creek Hop Western Swing fiddle piece; earlier recorded as

Bear Creek Hop : Cliff & Ray (Clifford Gross, fiddle and Ramon DeArmon, guitar) Vocalion 04293 ; recorded Wednesday, May 18, 1938 in Dallas Texas (Thanks to Jim Nelson for this citation.)

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
Casey's Hornpipe Cyril Stinnett
Champion Hornpipe Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters
Constitution Hornpipe Cole's 1000
Countryman's Reel Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters (also "Old Countrymans Reel)
Dew Drop Hornpipe Texas tune
Dick Sand's Hornpipe Bob Walters
Duncan's Reel Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters
Five Miles Out Of Town Dwight Lamb / Bob Walters
Forked Deer Standard Missouri Version
Frisky Jim Cyril Stinnett
Good for the Tongue Hornpipe Cyril Stinnett / 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)
Leddy's Hornpipe Cyril Stinnett / Bob Walters (Democratic Rage Hornpipe)
London Hornpipe Cyril Stinnett
Long John Cyril Stinnett
Ned Kendall's Hornpipe Cole's 1000
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
South Missouri Cyril Stinnett
Sugar in the Coffee-O Bill Graves
Tom & Jerry Taylor McBaine and others
Tune in C R. P. Christeson
Wagner Missouri Version
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)
find more info on 6/8 time tunes in the Midwest....
 
Waltzes
Tune Title Remarks on Origin
Crying Waltz Pete McMahan
Life in the Finnish Woods Waltz (aka Cattle Call) Bob Christeson
Roses of Avonmore Waltz Scottish origin (Roses of Allendale).  Popular contest tune.
Waltz You Saved For Me Old Standard
Whistler's Waltz Taylor McBaine
   
   
Pieces / Specialty Tunes
Tune Title Remarks on Origin
Flannigan Polka Bob Walters
Put Your Little Foot Ozark Dancers

Special Tune Collections

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.
   

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