Contra/Square Tunebooks

Along the River $15.00; CD also $15

Ed. Susan Conger

Dance tunes written by musicians from the Connectucut River Valley of Western Massachusetts and Southern Vermont. Spiral.

Ashoken Farewell $9.95

Jay Unger

Single Sheet of the famous waltz from Ken Burns "The Civil War". Separate violin and piano sections.A fancy arrangement with lots of bowing and ornament details. This tune is also available in Bill Matheisen's Waltz Book 1 ( a plain simple version), and in sheet music form arranged for piano ($3.95). There is also an easy piano version for $3.95.

Chimes of Dunkirk Spiral Book $15.00 / Cassette $10.00 / CD $15.00

New England Dancing Masters

Dances for Children and beginners. With appropriate recordings of the tunes of a length for dancing if live music is not available.

Favorite American Polkas and Jigs for Fiddle $12.95

Stacy Phillips

Commonly played tunes; all these versions are taken directly from the playing of well established fiddlers. The fiddler whose version is transcribed herein is indicated next to the title. Chords are included; type is clear and easy to read. There aren't many collections that include polkas, so this is a welcome source. Includes loads of the wonderful Old-Fart polkas like Jennie Lind, Clarinet, and Beer Barrel!

Fiddler's Fake Book $24.95

Collection of tunes from all Anglo-American traditions. Discography. If you were looking for one general fiddle book to start your collection, this would be it! Spiral bound.

Jump Jim Joe $30 for book and CD

New England Dancing Masters

Singing games for children, with tunes.

Listen to the Mockingbird $30 Book and CD

New England Dancing Masters

More great dances for children, schools, and community.

Music for the Feet $17.95

Frank Ferrel

A collection of 136 all new dance melodies composed by fiddler Farrel. CD available.

New England Fiddler's Repertoire $20.00

by Randy Miller

Old chestnuts from the New England dance tradition. A classic. Spiral bound, hand written. We now have the 20th anniversary revised edition which has much improved the book. Tunes are now arranged alphabetically.There are both an alphebetical index and a list of tunes by key. A special feature are Randy's wood engravings intersprersed among the tunes.

Ryans Mammoth Collection $19.95

Hornpipes, clogs, strathspeys jigs. Reprint same as Cole's l000 Fiddle Tunes. Or Howe's which is no longer in print.

The Fiddler's Throne $25.00

Randy Miller

A new tune collection from Randy Miller, whose earlier tune books are classics. 375 tunes--both old and recently composed--for contra dances, sessions and house parties.

The Portland Collection $25.00

by Susan Songer

Some 400 tunes from Irish, Cape Breton, American, French Canadian sources that are commonly played at dances on the West Coast (and with the advent of this book, on the East Coast!) Spiral bound, easy-to-read music.

The Portland Collection Vol.2 $25.00

Susan Songer

Another 322 tunes from the Portland Oregon Dance community. Spiral bound with chords and fabulous discography and tune descriptions. The perfect gift for those who have loved Volume 1 over the years. Cd's of both volumes are now avaliable ($15 each) as well as a very valuable compilation of slow tunes for the beginner to play along with. ($25 for 2 cd's) Tune list available on request!

The Waltz Book Vol 1. $12.00 / Vol.2. $15.00/Vol.3 $15.00

Bill Matthiesen, Ed.

Traditional waltzes commonly played at dances. Essential member of every dance fiddler's library! Spiral bound. Chords and stories about the composers if available.