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Kids’ Fiddle Program
Old Town School of Folk Music
Book 2
Congratulations! All of your hard work got you to Fiddle Book 2!
This book was created as a guide for fiddlers and their families. It can be used alongside the kids’ tune archive. Our approach to learning in the classroom is kinesthetic, aural, and visual. By actively listening to the tunes and learning to sing the tunes before learning to play them on the fiddle, our students develop their ability to learn by ear. They come to know each tune well, in their heart and memory. Learning by ear is a very important musical skill.
In our fiddle program, we always learn the tunes by ear. And, throughout our process, we plant the seeds for reading music (music literacy). After fiddlers complete a full session of Advanced Fiddle, we want them to take our Advanced Fiddle: Note Reading class. In this class, note reading skills flourish.
Advanced Fiddle and Note Reading are group classes we intend fiddlers will repeat. It is a place in which fiddlers can thrive and learn for many sessions.
For parents, the book can be helpful when working at home on class material. If you don’t read music, don’t fret! Make a joyful habit for your young fiddler to explore each new tune and skill—singing and keeping the beat while listening to the tune archive or tune samples that your teacher has emailed you!
Please bring the book to class each week, so we can make connections as needed. If a child forgets something that happened in class, the book and the tune archive are important references.
If you have any questions, reach out directly to your teacher or email Erin Flynn at [email protected]
Happy Fiddling! Erin
For more practice and play, come to the free Saturday OPEN Jam every Saturday in session, Saturday at noon, 909 W. Armitage.
Tune Archiveots.fm/kidstunesThis link will take you to sound files of most of the songs we will sing and play
in class. Listening during the week helps students internalize the music we are
learning, and it’s fun! In the beginning, we will learn tunes mostly from the Kids
Section. In later classes, we will also learn tunes from the Adult Section.
Our Fiddle BooksThese books are the collaboration and hard work of many teachers: Geoff
Dolce, Erin Flynn, Jonas Friddle, Jillian Hicks, Walter Hojka, Anna S. Jacobsen,
Maria McCullough, Jason McInnes, Jess McIntosh, YahvÍ Pichardo and Paul
Tyler. We hope that you find them helpful on your fiddle journey!
IllustrationsMost of the illustrations in this book are the work of Kristin Mount,
illustrator, music and mom extraordinaire!
Kristin Mount / [email protected] / www.gm-studio.com
The Musical Alphabet
Solfege
The A Scale Kiddo A!
G#F#E
DC#
B
A
tilaso
fami
re
do
Violin Notes in First Position
G D A E
If your violinhas tapes, theywill belocated here.
G#/Ab
A#/Bb E#/F B#/C
B#/C
A E
E
B
B
B
G
G D
D
A
A
D#/Eb
D#/Eb
A#/Bb
A#/Bb
F#/Gb
G#/Ab
G#/Ab
C#/Db
C#/Db
F#/Gb
E#/F Low 1
Low 2
High 2
High 3
3
4
1
An A Scale on Your Violin(using the A and E strings)
The order of the notes are:
A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A
Play this scale up and down
using Chicken in a Barnyard!
The D Scale on Your Violin(using the D and A strings)
The order of the notes are:
D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D
Play this scale up and down
using Chicken in a Barnyard!
The G Scale on Your Violin(using the G and D strings)
The order of the notes are:
G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G
Play this scale up and down
using Chicken in a Barnyard!
The Staff
The lines of the staff sayEvery Good Bat Deserves Fudge
The spaces of the staff spell FACE
E
E
GB
DF
FA
C
NoteValues
Note Name
SoundRhythm Syllable
Counting
Whole Note
One sound held for
four beatsTa-a-a-a 1-2-3-4
Half Note
One sound held for
two beatsTa-a 1-2
Quarter Note
One sound on one beat
Ta 1
Eighth Note
Two sounds on one beat
Ti-ti 1-and
Sixteenth Note
Four sounds on one beat
Tiri-Tiri 1-ee-and-ah
Rests
Note Name
Beats Sound Counting
Whole Note
4 Beats No sound 1-2-3-4
Half Note
2 Beats No sound 1-2
Quarter Note
1 Beat No sound 1
Eighth Notes
2 eighth notes for each beat
No sound 1-and
Sixteenth Notes
4 sixteenth notes for each beat
No sound 1-ee-and-ah
Key Signatures
Key SignaturesA key signature tells us which notes in the tune
are sharp (#) or flat ( );. Instead of writing a sharp or flat next to the note every time it appears, a key
tells us which notes are not natural for an entire tune(or until the next key signature.)
*An accidental is an exception to the key signature, and it applies only in the measure it appears. For example:
A (3 sharps)
and
D (2 sharps)
These are the two keys we play in most so far.
Key SignaturesA key signature tells us which notes in the tune
are sharp (#) or flat ( );. Instead of writing a sharp or flat next to the note every time it appears, a key
tells us which notes are not natural for an entire tune(or until the next key signature.)
*An accidental is an exception to the key signature, and it applies only in the measure it appears. For example:
A (3 sharps)
and
D (2 sharps)
These are the two keys we play in most so far.
A key signature tells which notes in the tune are sharp ( # ) or flat (
Key SignaturesA key signature tells us which notes in the tune
are sharp (#) or flat ( );. Instead of writing a sharp or flat next to the note every time it appears, a key
tells us which notes are not natural for an entire tune(or until the next key signature.)
*An accidental is an exception to the key signature, and it applies only in the measure it appears. For example:
A (3 sharps)
and
D (2 sharps)
These are the two keys we play in most so far.
).
Instead of writing a sharp or flat nect to the note every time it appears, a key tells us which notes are not natural for an entire tune (or until the next key signature).
* An accidental is an exception to the key signature, and it applies only in the measure it appears. For example:
These are the two keys we play in most so far.
A (3 sharps)
D (2 sharps)
“Taters”are a great way to begin a tune when
playing with others. Play taters on notesbelonging to the key of the tune that follows.
“One tater, two tater, three tater,four tater…”
or
“One and a two and a three and afour and a…”
…then we play the tune!
“Taters”are a great way to begin a tune when
playing with others. Play taters on notes belonging to the key of the tune that
follows.
“One tater, two tater, three tater, four tater...”
or
“One and a two and a three and a four and a...”
...then we play the tune!
Go tell Aunt Rho dy,- go tell Aunt Rho dy
Go tell Aunt Rho dy,- old grey goose is dead.
5
One she'd been sa ving- for a feath er- bed
9
One she'd been sa ving- for a bed
13
Go tell Aunt Rho dy,- go tell Aunt Rho dy
17
Go tell Aunt Rho dy,- old grey goose is dead.
21
4
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#
#
* Do a bow circle at the end of measure 8!
2 1 0 3
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Traditional
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#
0
&
#
#
1
&
#
#
&
#
#
&
#
#
˙ œœ
˙ ˙˙ œ
œœ
œ˙
˙ œœ
˙ ˙œ
œœ
œ
w
˙ œœ
˙ ˙˙ ˙
œœ
˙
˙ œœ
˙ ˙˙ ˙
w
˙ œœ
˙ ˙˙ œ
œœ
œ˙
˙ œœ
˙ ˙œ
œœ
œ
w
Rock y- moun tain,- rock y- moun tain,- rock y- moun tain- high,
When you're on that rock y- moun tain,- hang your head and cry
3
Do, do, do, do, do re mem- ber- me,
5
Do, do, do, do, do re mem- ber- me.
7
4
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#
#
*Try this song with bow circles
at the end of each line!
0 2 0
Rocky Mountain
Traditional
&
#
#
1 1
&
#
#
&
#
#
1. Stormy ocean, stormy ocean, stormy ocean wide,
When you're on that stormy ocean, there's no place to hide.
2. Sunny valley, sunny valley, sunny valley low,
When you're in that sunny valley sing it soft and low.
œ œ œ
œ
œ œ œ
œ
œ œ œ
œ
œŒ
œœ
œ
œ
œœ
œ
œ
œ œœ œ
œ
Œ
œ
œ
œœ
œ œœ
œœ
Œ
œ
œ
œœ
œ œœ œ
œ
Œ
Lon don- Bridge is fal ling- down, fal ling- down, fal ling- down
Lon don- Bridge is fal ling- down, my fair la dy!-
5
2
4&
#
#
#0 1 3 2 1
London Bridge
Traditional
&
#
#
#0
œ ™
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œ ™
œœ
œœ
œœ
œ
œ
œ
œ œ
There's a pen ny- in my hand. It will trav el- through the land. Is it
here? Is it there? Is the pen ny- an y- where?-
3
Who has the pen ny?- Who has the pen ny?- I do!
5
4
4&
#
#
#
*Practice "walking fingers" from the C# to the F# in m. 5!
0 1 2
The Penny Song
Traditional
&
#
#
#
&
#
#
#
0 1
œœ
œ œœ œ
œ œœ
œ œœ œ
œ œœ
œ
œœ
œ
œœ
œ œœ œ
œŒ
œ
œ
œœ
œ
œ
œ
œœ
œ
˙
˙
Boil 'em cab bage- down down bake 'em bis cuits- brown brown the
™
™
on ly- song I ever did learn was boil 'em cab bage- down down.
5
™
™
9
™
™
13
2
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#
#
#
A part
Boil 'Em Cabbage Down
(With B part)
Traditional
&
#
#
#
&
#
#
#
B part
&
#
#
#
œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œœ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
œ œœœ
œ
œ œœœ
œ
œ œœœ
œœ œ
œœ
œœ
œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œœ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
A lou- et- te,- gen tille- a lou- et- te,-
A lou- et- te,- je te plu me- rai.-
3
Je te plu me- rai- la tête, je te plu me- rai- la tête.
5
Et la tête! Et la tête! A lou- ette!- A lou- ette!- Oh - -
7
C
&
#
#
#
0 1 2 1
Alouette
Traditional French-Canadian
&
#
#
#
&
#
#
#
3 4
&
#
#
#
œ ™
œ
J
œ œœ
™
œœ
™ œ
œ
œ
œ ™
œ
J
œ œœ
™
œœ
™ œ
˙
œœ
œœ
œ œ œ œœ
œœ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œœ
œœ
Witch, Witch, fell in a ditch, found a pen ny- and thought she was rich.
Are you my chil dren?- Yes, we're your chil dren.-
5
Are you my chil dren?- Yes, we're your chil dren.-
9
Are you my chil dren?-
13
4
4&
#
*This tune uses a G natural, which is
your low 2 finger on your E string.
2 0
Witch, Witch
Traditional
Key: E minor
&
#
&
#
&
#
(Spoken:) No!
∑
˙
˙
œ œ œ
˙
œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ
˙
˙
œ œ
˙
˙
˙
œ œ
˙
˙
˙
œ œ
˙
˙
˙
œ œ
˙
˙
˙
œ œ
˙
˙
Old Joe Clark he had a house, eight een- sto ries- high!
™
™
Ev' ry- sto ry- in that house was filled with chick en- pie!
5
™
™
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark, fare thee well I say,
9
™
™
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark, I'm a goin' a way!-
13
2
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#
#
#
A part
*This tune is in A Mixolydian mode. This means
that you'll play low 2 finger on the E string and
high 2 finger on the A string.
0 1 2 3 2
Traditional
Key: A modal
Old Joe Clark
&
#
#
#
0 1 3
&
#
#
#
B part
&
#
#
#
œœ
œnœ
œœ
œ
œœ
œnœ
œ œ
œœ
œnœ
œœ
œ œ
œ
œœ
œnœ œ
œ œ œ
œœ
œ
œ œ œ œœn œ
œ œ œ
œœ
œ
œ
œœ
œnœ œ
An ge- line- the ba ker- Age of twen ty- three
™
™
Pretti est- girl in the whole wide world, but she won't mar ry- me.
3
™
™
5
7
4
4&
#
#
*This tune's B part has no words. To help you learn the melody,
sing it using your favorite syllable (la, do, etc.)
*You don't need your finger 2 for the entire song! You can leave
it lifted off the string.
A part
0 1 3
Traditional
Angeline the Baker
&
#
#
0 1
&
#
#
B part
3
&
#
#
œœ
Ϫ
œœ
J
Ϫ
œœ
œ
œœ œ
œœ
œ™ œ
œœ
œ™ œ
œœ
œ
œœ œ
œ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œ
œ
œœ
œ
œ œ
œ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œ™ œ
œœ
œ
œœ œ
Snake baked a hoe cake,- Set the frog to watch it
Frog fell a do- zin'- Lizard came and took it
5
Bring back my hoe cake- you long tailed- nan ny- o-
9
™
™
One and a two and a three and a four and a
13
C
&
#
#
3 1 0
Snake Baked a Hoecake
Traditional
&
#
#
&
#
#
3
2 1 0
&
#
#
˙ œ™
œ
J
œ
œ
Ó
˙ œ™
œ
J
œœ
Ó
˙ œ™
œ
J
œ
œ
Ó
˙ œ™
œ
J
œœ
Ó
˙œ
œœ
œ
Œœ
˙ ˙
œœ œ
Œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Draw me a bucket of wa ter- for my ol dest- daugh ter-
One in the bunch Two out the bunch (Go) un der- (bro
(sis
ther)
ter)
-
(your name)
5
C
&
#
*When going from G to B, your finger 3 should stay down on
the D string like an anchor when you're placing finger 1. We
call these walking fingers!
3 1 0
Draw Me a Bucket of Water
Traditional
&
#
0
-
1
œ œ
œ œ
˙
˙
œ œ
œ œ
˙
˙
œ œ œ
œ Œ
œ œ œ
œ Œ œœ
œ
œ
˙ ˙
This old man, he played one, he played knick knack- on my thumb, with a
knick knack- pad dy- whack,- give a dog a bone, this old man came rol ling- home!
5
C
&
#
#
*Make a tunnel with finger 2 on your D string, making sure
your finger doesn't touch the A string at all!
0 2 1 3 1
This Old Man
Traditional
&
#
#
0
œ
œ
œŒ
œ
œ
œŒ œ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œ
œ œ œ œ œœœœ
œŒ
œ
œ œ
œœ
œœ
Œ
I go toiling on my farm, I take a little brown jug under my arm
™
™
Place it under shad y- tree, lit tle- brown jug just you and me.
5
™
™
Ha ha ha, you and me, lit tle- brown jug how I love thee
9
™
™
Ha ha ha, you and me, lit tle- brown jug how I love thee.
13
2
4&
#
#
(When)
2 0 3 1 2 3 0 1
Little Brown Jug
Joseph Winner
&
#
#
&
#
#
&
#
#
Œ
œ
œ œœ
œ œœ œ œ
œœ
œœ
œ
œ
œ œœ
œ œœ œ œ
œœ
œœ œ
œ
œ
œœ
œ œœ œ œ
œœ
œœ
œ
œ
œ
œœ
œ œœ œ œ
œœ
œœ œ
All I need to make me happy is two little boys to make me hap py.-
One named Tom and one named Da vey,- one likes bis cuits,- one likes gra vy-
9
Hey, hey, black eyed- Su sie.- Hey, hey, black eyed- Su sie.-
17
Hey, hey, black eyed- Su sie.- Hey, hey, black eyed- Su sie.-
25
2
4&
#
#
A part
3
1 2 0 3 1 0 2
Black-Eyed Susie
Traditional
&
#
#
&
#
#
B part
&
#
#
œ œ œ
œœ œ œ
œœ œ œ
œ
œœ
œ
œ
œ œ œ
œœ œ œ
œœ œ œ
œ
œœ
œ
œ
˙
˙
œœ
œ
œ
˙
˙
œœ
œ
œ
˙
˙
œœ
œ
œ
˙
˙
œœ
œ
œ
Cripple Creek's wideandCripple Creek's deep, wade old Cripple Creek be fore- I sleep.
Roll my britches up to my knees, wade old Cripple Creek when I please.
5
Goin' up to Cripple Creek, goin'on a run Goin' up to Cripple Creek to have some fun.
9
Goin' up to Cripple Creek,goin' on a whirl Goin' up to Cripple Creek to see my girl.
13
4
4&
#
#
#
A part
3
0 2 3 1 1 0
Cripple Creek
Traditional
&
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#
#
&
#
#
#
B part
1 2
&
#
#
#
œ œ œ
œ
œœ
œ˙
œ œ œ
œ
œœœ ˙
œ œ œ
œ
œœ
œ˙
œ œ œ
œ
œœ
œ ˙
œ œ œœ
œ
œ œ œ
˙
œ œ œœ
œ œ
œœ
˙
œ œ œœ
œ
œ œ œ
˙
œ œ œœ
œ œ
œœ
˙
Frè re- Jac ques,- Frè re- Jac ques- Dor mez- vous? Dor mez- vous?
Son nez- les ma ti- nes!- Son nez- les ma ti- nes!- Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong.
5
4
4&
#
#
*We have a note on the G string in this song - it's
the low A (finger 1) in measures 7 and 8!
0 1 2 3 0
Frère Jacques
Traditional French
&
#
#
1 1
œœ
œ
œ œœ
œ
œ
œœ
˙
œœ
˙
œœœœœ
œ
œœœœœ
œ œ
œ
˙ œ
œ
˙
Chick en- in a barn yard,- can't dance Jo sie- Chick en- in a barn yard,- can't dance Jo sie-
Chick en- in a barn yard,- can't dance Jo sie- All the way to O hi- o!-
5
™
™
(Bows in the air and we land on the D and go)
9
2
4&
#
#
*We learned how to play this song way back at the beginning, but now
we're learning all the notes (not just the "chicken in a barnyard" part)!
0 2 1 0 2 1
Dance Josie (Chicken in a Barnyard)
Traditional
&
#
#
1
&
#
#
œ œ œ œ œ œ
œœ
œ
œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
œ
œœ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
œœ
œ
œœ
œ
œœ
œ œ œ
j ‰
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
™
™
Ida
Ida
red,
red,
Ida
I don't
green,
know,
I
should
got
I
stuck
stay
on
or
sev
should
en
I
- teen.
go?
-
4
4&
#
#
#
* Once you've learned this simple tune, try improvising a different
rhythm for the first two measures!
* Try making up your own verse! Hint: Pick a color, find a word
that rhymes with it, and you'll be well on your way!
2 1 0 2 1
Traditional
Ida Red
˙˙
˙
˙
œ œœ
œ
œœ
˙
May
Give
Went
ree
me a
to the
- Mack,
nickel,
river,
dressed
give
couldn't
in
me a
get a
black,
dime,
cross,-
buttons
see
got
all
my
in
up
honey
trou
and
baby
ble-
down
all
with
her
the
my
back.
time.
boss.
Hi yo,- hi yo,- hi yo- hi yo.
5
4
4&
#
* In this song, we'll use our pinky finger for the high B
in measures 4 and 8!
* Don't forget to use your low 2 finger for every G!
0 2
3
4
May-ree Mack
Ella Jenkins
Key: E minor
&
#
œ œ
˙
œ œ
˙
œ œ
œœ
œ
œ
˙
˙
˙
˙
˙
˙
œœ
œ
œ
˙
Yan kee- Doo dle- went to town a rid- ing- on a po ny-
Stuck a feath er- in his cap and called it mac a- ro- ni-
3
Yan kee- Doo dle,- keep it up, Yan kee- Doo dle- dan dy-
5
Mind the mu sic- and the steps and with the girls be hand y.-
7
4
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#
#
Verse
*This song uses a high finger 3 on the D string and G string.
Reach almost to your pinky tape for a high 3!
0
1
21
3
Traditional
Yankee Doodle
&
#
#
#
3 2
&
#
#
#
Chorus
0 3
&
#
#
#
œ œœ
œ
œ
œœ
œ
œ œœ
œ
œœ
œ œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ œ
œ ™
œœ
œœ
œœ
œ™ œ
œœ
œ
œ
œ ™
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œœ œ
Hap py- birth day- to you Hap py-
birth day- to you Hap py-
3
birth day- dear (name) Hap py-
5
birth day- to you!
7
3
4&
#
#
0 1 3 2
Happy Birthday
Patty and Mildred Hill
&
#
#
0
&
#
#
3
U
2
&
#
#
œ ™ œœ
œ
œ˙
œ ™ œ
œœ
œ˙
œ ™ œ
œ
œ
œœ
œ
œ ™ œ
œ
œœ
˙
U na- po lla- pin ta, y- u na- co lo- ra- da-
U na- po lla- pin ta, y- u na- co lo- ra- da-
5
Po nen- sus hue vi- tos- en la mad ru- ga- da-
9
Po nen- sus hue vi- tos- en la mad ru- ga- da.-
13
2
4&
#
*"En la madrugada" has a tricky combination
of F sharp (high 2) and C natural (low 2).
A part
3 0 1 2 3 2 1 0
Polla Pinta
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Au claire de la lu ne- mon a mi- Pier rot-
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Ou vre- moi ta por te,- pour l'a mour- de Dieu.
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*Learn the melody first, and then try the harmony part
so you can play a duet with someone!
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Au Clair de la Lune
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Dancing Bear
Bob McQuillen
Key: E minor
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Chickens are a crowing- on a Sour wood- Moun tain,- hey and a ho and a did dle- um day!
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