The Fiddler's Fakebook
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''The Fiddler's Fakebook'', by David Brody, is a collection of fiddle tunes in
lead sheet A lead sheet or fake sheet is a form of musical notation that specifies the essential elements of a popular song: the melody, lyrics and harmony. The melody is written in modern Western music notation, the lyric is written as text below the st ...
form (naturally without lyrics). It includes tunes in the following styles: *
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* Shetland * French Canadian * Nova Scotia/
Cape Breton Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18. ...
* New England * Old-Time * Bluegrass * Texas Style *
Western Swing Western swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. It is dance music, often with an up-tempo beat, which attracted huge crowds to dance ...


See also

* List of North American folk music traditions


Notes

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