Title: 52 Tunes from Fiddle Hell: Played Fast & Slow
Artist: Reiner Family Band
Label: CD Baby
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 700261308432
Genre: Folk

A tune for every week of the year! Each tune from the Fiddle Hell Common Tune List is played both up-to-tempo and slowly. The CD includes reels, jigs, waltzes, hornpipes and airs from Southern, Northern, Irish, Scottish, Canadian, and other traditional fiddle styles. This will help you learn a lot of great tunes by year -- or prepare for Fiddle Hell, if you're able to make it to that annual gathering of fiddlers for jamming, workshops, and more each November in Concord, MA. Order a copy for yourself and for a friend or family member, and you can learn the same tunes to play next time you're together. Here's what fiddlers are saying: Jean: "Just wanted to tell you the CD is great! Even knowing a lot of the tunes, I love hearing a variation and the backup as well! Fabulous job putting it together. In fact, I'm going to be ordering a few more from you to give as gifts to friends." Mat: "The playing is good, precise and done with a light touch... good teachin' material. The tempos of the band tracks are the kind you'd hear at a festival or dance; no pussyfooting... I'm happy. This is some decent tutelage and motivation to learn a tune a week. To the woodshed..." Tom: "Even if it takes the rest of my life to learn all these tunes each Fiddle Hell will be better because of it... This is a great resource and well worth the price!" Laquetta: "It is easy to hear the melody in both slow and fast versions... For the first time ever, I'm actually learning by ear and not frantically searching the Internet for a version of the sheet music that more or less matches the version of the tune I'm trying to learn... I really liked your slow versions. In the few days I've had the CDs, I've probably learned more about good playing techniques than I have in the year I've been learning... I can hear when you hammer on, pick up a string an octave below for resonance, or do slides or grace notes and the all the various things that add texture but can't be heard at "full" slow speed. I can hear some of how the bow is used to create the effects. This is all stuff I've read about, but never really experienced. It's been a real eye-opener." George: "If you're looking for a nice mix of must-know tunes this is a great set of CD's. They are played at a modest tempo, very clear and well recorded and a VERY slow tempo as well. Each tune is played a couple times through and usually more ornamented each time around. All are accompanied by Dave's family band. Most prominent being the piano, which is excellent. These CD's are as much a joy just to entertain as they are to learn from." Willy: "Great arrangements with very clear fiddling. And although I'll probably never get to Fiddle Hell, this will be a good resource for me to expand my repertoire."

Tracks:
1.1 Angeline the Baker
1.2 Ashokan Farewell
1.3 Atholl Highlanders'
1.4 Big John McNeill
1.5 Bile Them Cabbage Down
1.6 Billy in the Lowground
1.7 Bodine's Waltz
1.8 Brian Boru's March
1.9 The Butterfly
1.10 Cluck Old Hen
1.11 Cold Frosty Morning
1.12 Coleraine
1.13 Cooley's Reel
1.14 Cork Hornpipe
1.15 Devil's Dream
1.16 Drowsy Maggie
1.17 Fairy Dance
1.18 Flowers of Edinburgh
1.19 Gary Owen
1.20 Golden Slippers
1.21 Gravel Walk
1.22 Haste to the Wedding
1.23 Irish Washerwoman
1.24 Julia Delaney's
1.25 Kesh Jig
1.26 La Bastringue
1.27 Angeline the Baker (Slow)
1.28 Ashokan Farewell (Slow)
1.29 Atholl Highlanders' (Slow)
1.30 Big John MacNeill (Slow)
1.31 Bile Them Cabbage Down (Slow)
1.32 Billy in the Lowground (Slow)
1.33 Bodine's Waltz (Slow)
1.34 Brian Boru's March (Slow)
1.35 The Butterfly (Slow)
1.36 Cluck Old Hen (Slow)
1.37 Cold Frosty Morning (Slow)
1.38 Coleraine (Slow)
1.39 Cooley's Reel (Slow)
1.40 Cork Hornpipe (Slow)
1.41 Devil's Dream (Slow)
1.42 Drowsy Maggie (Slow)
1.43 Fairy Dance (Slow)
1.44 Flowers of Edinburgh (Slow)
1.45 Gary Owen (Slow)
1.46 Golden Slippers (Slow)
1.47 Gravel Walk (Slow)
1.48 Haste to the Wedding (Slow)
1.49 Irish Washerwoman (Slow)
1.50 Julia Delaney's (Slow)
1.51 Kesh Jig (Slow)
1.52 La Bastringue (Slow)
1.53 Tuning Track (Adge Strings)
2.1 Laird O'Drumblair
2.2 Liberty Two-Step
2.3 Little Liza Jane
2.4 Maid Behind the Bar
2.5 Old Joe Clark
2.6 Over the Waterfall
2.7 Over the Waves
2.8 Ragtime Annie
2.9 Red Haired Boy
2.10 Redwing
2.11 Road to Lisdoonvarna
2.12 St. Anne's Reel
2.13 Sandy Boys
2.14 Seneca Square Dance
2.15 Shady Grove
2.16 Ships Are Sailing
2.17 Si Bheag, Si Mhor
2.18 Smash the Windows
2.19 Soldier's Joy
2.20 Spootiskerry
2.21 Staten Island Hornpipe
2.22 Stone's Rag
2.23 Swallowtail Jig
2.24 Ten Penny Bit
2.25 Tennessee Waltz
2.26 Turkey in the Straw
2.27 Laird O'Drumblair (Slow)
2.28 Liberty Two-Step (Slow)
2.29 Little Liza Jane (Slow)
2.30 Maid Behind the Bar (Slow)
2.31 Old Joe Clark (Slow)
2.32 Over the Waterfall (Slow)
2.33 Over the Waves (Slow)
2.34 Ragtime Annie (Slow)
2.35 Red Haired Boy (Slow)
2.36 Redwing (Slow)
2.37 Road to Lisdoonvarna (Slow)
2.38 St. Anne's Reel (Slow)
2.39 Sandy Boys (Slow)
2.40 Seneca Square Dance (Slow)
2.41 Shady Grove (Slow)
2.42 Ships Are Sailing (Slow)
2.43 Si Bheag, Si Mhor (Slow)
2.44 Smash the Windows (Slow)
2.45 Soldier's Joy (Slow)
2.46 Spootiskerry (Slow)
2.47 Staten Island Hornpipe (Slow)
2.48 Stone's Rag (Slow)
2.49 Swallowtail Jig (Slow)
2.50 Ten Penny Bit (Slow)
2.51 Tennessee Waltz (Slow)
2.52 Turkey in the Straw (Slow)
2.53 Tuning Track (Adge Strings)