''The Fiddler's Fakebook'', by
David Brody, is a
collection
Collection or Collections may refer to:
* Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department
* Collection (church), money donated by the congregation during a church service
* Collection agency, agency to collect cash
* Collectio ...
of
fiddle
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...
tunes in
lead sheet form (naturally without lyrics). It includes tunes in the following styles:
*
England
*
Scotland
*
Ireland
*
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
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French Canadian
French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fren ...
* Nova Scotia/
Cape Breton
* New England
*
Old-Time
*
Bluegrass
* Texas Style
*
Western Swing
See also
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List of North American folk music traditions
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term ''folk music'' can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, inten ...
Notes
Folk music publications
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