IRISH FIDDLE SOLOS +CD COOPER

Irish Fiddle Solos presents sixty-four superb Irish traditional fiddle tunes, including jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes and slow airs, arranged in sets for concert performance or for informal sessions. Pete Cooper's excellent introduction explains traditional bowing techniques, style and ornamentation. All the tunes are recorded, note-for-note as written, on the accompanying CD.

Content

- Introduction
- The Fiddle in Ireland
- Airs
- Dance Tune Structure
- Dance Tune Types
- Bowing
- Ornamentation
- Modes and Key Signature
- Chords
- Further Listening
- Index of Pieces by Dance Type
- The Pieces