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Learn to Fiddle Country Style

Tracy Schwarz
Learn to Fiddle Country Style Tracy Schwarz, of New Lost City Ramblers renown, offers instruction on playing the fiddle on this 1965 release. He takes a simple tune (the old-time classic, "Cripple Creek") and walks listeners through different ways to add variations, including adding more notes, drones (playing on two strings), or changing bow strokes. He also demonstrates different techniques such as vibrato. Liner notes include a transcription of the song text, illustrations of scale finger patterns for different musical keys, and an essay by fellow Rambler, John Cohen, on bluegrass, country, and old-time music and their growing popularity in cities and on college campuses.

Track Listing

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Tuning Tracy Schwarz 01:23
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The Scale of A Tracy Schwarz 02:42
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Base and Unison Notes Tracy Schwarz 01:28
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The Saw Stroke Tracy Schwarz 01:30
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Learning Cripple Creek with the Saw Stroke Tracy Schwarz 00:51
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Cripple Creek with More Notes Tracy Schwarz 00:49
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Double String Runs Tracy Schwarz 00:47
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Saw Stroke Version of Cripple Creek Tracy Schwarz 00:51
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Nashville Shuffle Stroke Tracy Schwarz 01:26
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Nashville Shuffle Version of Cripple Creek Tracy Schwarz 00:52
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Combined Nashville Shuffle and Saw Strokes Tracy Schwarz 01:19
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Cripple Creek Using Combined Nashville Shuffle and Saw Strokes Tracy Schwarz 00:51
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Long Bow Stroke Tracy Schwarz 01:16
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Cripple Creek using Only the Long Bow Stroke Tracy Schwarz 00:56
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Combining the Long Bow and Saw Strokes Tracy Schwarz 01:07
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Combination of Long Bow and Nashville Shuffle Strokes in Old Joe Clark Tracy Schwarz 00:40
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Combination of Long Bow, Saw, and Nashville Shuffle Strokes in Cripple Creek Tracy Schwarz 00:54
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Base, Unison, and Octave Notes in G Tracy Schwarz 00:40
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119
Leather Britches in G Tracy Schwarz 00:55
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Key of D Tracy Schwarz 01:14
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Ragtime Annie in D Tracy Schwarz 01:29
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Key of C Tracy Schwarz 01:11
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Texas Waggoner in C Tracy Schwarz 01:04
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Double Stops in G Tracy Schwarz 01:18
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Double Stops in D Tracy Schwarz 00:50
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Double Stops in A Tracy Schwarz 00:45
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Double Stops in C Tracy Schwarz 00:51
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Country Vibrato Tracy Schwarz 00:14
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Sliding into Notes Tracy Schwarz 00:39
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Open G and A Tunings Tracy Schwarz 00:35
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210
Black Mt. Blues A Tuning Tracy Schwarz 00:25
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Black Mountain Blues Tracy Schwarz 01:21
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Bonapart's Retreat (D tuning #1) Tracy Schwarz 00:38
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Bonapart's Retreat Tracy Schwarz 00:44
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214
D Tunings #2 and #3 Tracy Schwarz 00:52
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Rocking the Bow Tracy Schwarz 00:24
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Jolly Blacksmiths in A Tracy Schwarz 01:44
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Trills Tracy Schwarz 00:24
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Soldier's Joy in D with an Old Time Start Tracy Schwarz 00:45
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Single String Runs Tracy Schwarz 00:36
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Bluegrass Fiddle in 3/4 Time Tracy Schwarz 00:49
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Bluegrass Fiddle Lead in 4/4 Time Tracy Schwarz 00:48
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Fiddle Tune Type Lead in 4/4 Time Tracy Schwarz 00:46
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Bluegrass Vibrato Tracy Schwarz 00:35
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Double Shuffle Tracy Schwarz 01:35
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Banjo-Fiddle Music Tracy Schwarz 01:50
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Guitar-Fiddle Music Tracy Schwarz 00:53
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Guitar-Banjo-Fiddle Music Tracy Schwarz 01:17