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Fiddles in Harmony Book and 2 Digital Albums

This Bundle contains the "Fiddles in Harmony" book by Magdalena Reid and the Digital albums (2) of all the music in the book.

Each of the tune and harmony parts in the book are played as individual tracks to make learning them easy. The tune is then played as a group recording so you can hear how the whole piece sounds with all the harmonies added.

This is a very useful guide for the book. The album has been split into two parts as it contains 87 tracks.

The tunes are beautifully played by Emma Reid, Magdalena's daughter and recorded by Daniel Carlsson.

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This is a book of "Tunes and Harmonies for fiddlers playing together"

- a delightful book of duets by Magdalena Reid and is the result of her many years working and writing arrangements for fiddle groups. The tunes arrangements are greatly influenced by the popular Swedish tradition of harmony playing as Magdalena is Swedish - though having lived in the UK for many years she is also very knowledgeable about traditional tunes from here too.

The second and third part harmonies and other accompaniment options she gives in the book offer simple accompaniment options for even the most beginner fiddler to more progressive harmonies and other techniques to make group playing fun. This is an inspiring collection for groups of friends to play or groupwork classes and is well presented with clear text and music.

The books includes a guide on creating harmonies which is very useful if you are interested in creating your own harmonies and something that is not often explained.

Details

Instruments:
Fiddle, Group music
Book format:
A4
Authors:
Magdalena Reid
Pages:
40
Articulations:
Bowing, Staff notation
Tune Types:
Air, Dance tunes, Jig, March, Reel
Date:
2013
Origin:
Scottish, Irish, Swedish, UK
Level:
Beginners / Intermediate
Arrangers:
Magdalena Reid
ISBN:
978-1-906804-96-1
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Contents

  • ----Ideas for Harmonising----
  • Drone
  • Riff
  • Simple Harmony-based Arrangements
  • Playing in 3rds
  • Independent Melodic Lines
  • Rhythmic Patterns and Effects
  • Creating a Set of Tunes
  • ----Tunes with Arrangements----
  • Drone accompaniment
  • Festmarsch (Swedish March)
  • Riff
  • Rovlåten (Swedish Long Dance)
  • Spootiskerry (Shetland Reel)
  • Simple harmony-based arrangements
  • Mairi’s Wedding (Highland Bridal Song)
  • Bonnie Tammie Scolla (Shetland Song)
  • Saddle the Pony (Irish Jig)
  • The Keel Row (Tyneside Song)
  • Blaydon Races (Northumbrian Jig)
  • John Ryan’s Polka (Irish Polka)
  • Shoe the Donkey (Irish polka)
  • Egan’s Polka (Irish Polka)
  • Iona’s Air (Northumbrian Air)
  • Fear a´ Bhata (Highland Air)
  • Denis Murphy’s Polka (Irish Polka)
  • Playing in 3rds
  • Engelska från Småland (Swedish Dance)
  • Homfidifixan (Finnish Polka)
  • Sussex Waltz (English Waltz)
  • Ringenesen (Norvegian Rheinländer)
  • Independent Melodic Lines
  • Dalaigh’s Polka (Irish Polka)
  • Waters of Tyne (Tyneside Song)
  • Bonny at Morn (Northumbrian Air)
  • Herbert the Sherbert (English Jig)
  • Rakes of Kildare (Irish Jig)
  • Sleep Soond ida Moarnin’ (Shetland Reel)
  • Drowsy Maggie (Irish Reel)
  • Rhythmic Patterns and Effects
  • King of the Fairies (Irish Hornpipe)
  • Myra’s Jig (Scottish Border Jig)
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