The Essential Texas Fiddle (Piano Music): Improvisation, Harmony, and Style

by Lanny Fiel, Joe Stephenson, Fiddle style of Joe Stephenson

Book Overview

Texas fiddle is one of the last regional fiddle traditions in the United States. The elements of that sound--improvisation, harmony, and indvidual style--are recorded here in standard musical notation and on audiocassette that features Joe Stephenson.

Each of the 17 tunes is introduced through a series of arrangements that vary in degree of complexity. The first part presents solo Texas fiddle arrangements, and the second part presents twin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896722872
• ISBN13: 9780896722873
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 111 Pages