Description
A collection of 78 tunes containing some Civil War selections as well as many other traditional favorites. Each arrangement features harmony, style marks and guitar chords. The music is supplemented with histories of the tunes and drumbeats. Complete Music for Fife and Drum was compiled by a professional fifer and intended for the military fife in B-flat. This book offers tunes from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras with suggested snare and bass drum parts as well as chord progressions. It also contains a wealth of fife history and resources. The author, Walter Sweet, is the son of the well-known American fife maker Ralph Sweet of Connecticut. Audio access included.
Contents:
Ancient And Honorable Artillery
Arkansas Traveler
Army Six-Eight
Army Two-Four
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Blackberry Quadrille
Blue & The Gray
Bonnie Blue Flag
British Grenadiers
Caledonia
Chicken Reel
City Guards
Cloverdale Jig
Col. Robertson's Welcome
Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean
Connecticut Halftime
Crown Point
Dixie
Downfall Of Paris
Drums And Guns
East Hampton Fifes And Drums
Eighteen-Twelve
Eighth Volunteers
Essence Of Tampa
Fancy Six-Eight
Father O'flynn
Fifty Cents
Finnegan's Wake
Firemen's Quickstep
Frog In The Well
Garry Owen
Girl I Left Behind
Goober Peas
Grandfather's Clock
Granny, Will Your Dog Bite?
Green Cockade
Guidon (Not On Cd)
Harum Scarum
Hashup
Haversack
Hell On The Wabash
Huntington
Inimitable
Irish Reel
Jaybird
Jefferson And Liberty
Just Before The Battle, Mother
Katy Hill
Kingdom Coming
Lakes Of Sligo
Long March
Marching Through Georgia
Martin's Rattler
Minstrel Boy
Monumental Two-Four
Moon And Seven Stars
Nancy Hanks
New Tatter Jack
Northwest Passage
Nutmeg Volunteers
Old Dan Tucker
Old Saybrook
Oyster River Hornpipe
Paddy O'toole