Picture of an angel playing the Dulcimer from a carving in Manchester Cathedral

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Picture of an angel playing the Dulcimer from a carving in Manchester Cathedral
 

 

Page Last updated November 2002

 

 

Southern Member's tunes

This list gives the tunes that are often played at Southern Member's meets.
Tune Title Key Origin/Source
Ashokan FarewellDUSA (Jay Ungar)/WWFF
Bay of Fundy ReelACanadian - Bill Guest - 100 FFT
Beaucatcher's FarewellGAmerican - DPN News
Bouffard's WaltzG & DFrench - Pierre Bouffard
ButterflyGIrish - Tommy Potts
Cabri WaltzGCanadian - FFB
Harvest HomeDBritish - O'Neill's, FFB, PP
Haste to the WeddingDIrish - FFB, O'Neill's
Michael Turner's WaltzGEnglish - A Sussex Tune Book
Midnite on the WaterDAmerican - Luke Thomasson, FFB, PP
NonsuchDEnglish - FFB 
Sheffield HornpipeG

English - Internet

Sir John FenwicksGEnglish - Northumberland Pipe tune
SmedensGSwedish
Snowbird in the AshbankAUSA (Trad)WWFF (NOT the FFB version )
Soldiers JoyDEnglish - FFB, O'Neill's
Speed the PloughGEnglish - FFB 
Peacocks MarchEmIrish - Ossian; Music from Ireland
The Plane TreeEmEnglish
Whalen's BreakdownCCanadian - 100 FFT

Sources

O'Neill's = O'Neill's Music of Ireland, 1001 Tunes
PP = Hammer Dulcimer by Peter Pickow
FFB = Fiddlers Fake Book
100 FTT = A hundred Favorite Fiddle Tunes, Bill Guest (published by Mel Bay Music)
WWFF =  Waltz of the Wind - The Best of Fiddle Fever  Ashokan Farewell also recorded by Tom McConville & Pauline Cato, Catriona McDonald & Ian Lothian
Michael Turners Waltz is Untitled waltz No 105 in A Sussex Tune Book
Smedens Anden Fynbo = 2 part arrangement in Trad Tunes for two fiddles

(More complete details can be obtained from Kathy & Neil Corbett if you have trouble finding a book or tape)