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Old-Time Fiddle Tunes

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The heart of any old-time or bluegrass jam is the fiddle tunes — the reels, breakdowns, and hornpipes everyone is expected to know. Here are the classics, each with a full chord chart and a play-along band so you can practice your backup or work up a break. Fiddle tunes are usually built from an A part and a B part that each repeat, and they tend to move fast, so the trick is getting the chord changes under your fingers before you chase the melody. Start slow with the band, lock in the changes, then bring the tempo up to speed.

Soldier's Joy Key of D · 4/4 · Old-time reel Cripple Creek Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time tune Old Joe Clark Key of G · 4/4 · Modal old-time tune Angeline the Baker Key of D · 4/4 · Old-time tune Cumberland Gap Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time tune Turkey in the Straw Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time tune Ragtime Annie Key of D · 4/4 · Fiddle rag June Apple Key of A · 4/4 · Modal old-time tune Whiskey Before Breakfast Key of D · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Blackberry Blossom Key of G · 4/4 · Fiddle tune Arkansas Traveler Key of C · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Red Haired Boy Key of G · 4/4 · Modal fiddle tune Cluck Old Hen Key of A · 4/4 · Modal old-time tune Bill Cheatham Key of A · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Fishers Hornpipe Key of D · 4/4 · Hornpipe Mississippi Sawyer Key of D · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Liberty Key of C · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Devil’s Dream Key of A · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Golden Slippers Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time tune Salt River / Salt Creek Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Boil Them Cabbage Down (Bile 'Em Cabbage Down) Key of A · 4/4 · Old-time tune Cotton-Eyed Joe Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Forked Deer Key of D · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Temperance Reel Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time reel Sailor's Hornpipe Key of G · 4/4 · Hornpipe Girl I Left Behind Me Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Flop Eared Mule Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Over the Waterfall Key of D · 4/4 · Old-time tune Billy in the Lowground Key of C · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Sally Ann Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time tune Old Molly Hare Key of D · 4/4 · Old-time fiddle tune Buffalo Gals Key of G · 4/4 · Old-time tune

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