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Hi friends and welcome to my series "Steve Kaufman's Favorite Fifty American Traditional Fiddle Tunes for Guitar Volume 1 - A-F. I know the title says "Fifty Favorites" but there are really a few more. Don't tell the boss. You can call it a seven tune bonus from Steve K.

This collection originally appeared in my "Kaufman's Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar" (MB 95748) but the book was so large and heavy and we couldn't put all the songs on CDs to include with the package so it was divided into four great, melody packed volumes. Each book now includes a CD that holds all the songs in the volume.

I can't emphasize enough the importance of developing a large repertoire of tunes. Fiddle tunes give us melodies that eventually allow us to begin to improvise. Sometimes without even knowing it. The more tunes you know, the more melodies and intersecting melody lines you know. This allows you to eventually cut and paste portions of the melody line into another song. In the beginning you will probably unknowingly replace an ending run. These are the last two measures of the section of a tune. Many of them in the same key are interchangeable, unless they are specific to the melody of the song. After a while you will cut out measures in the middle of the song. And then you will be able to take the snips of melodies and play them in another song in a different key thus beginning to "improvise". All of this is possible because you built up your repertoire of tunes.

Have fun with these tunes and get them off the paper as soon as possible. If you have a favorite traditional American fiddle tune not in this series that you would like to share to the world, fax it to my office or mail it to my PO Box listed elsewhere in this book. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to get in touch with me as well.

Let me know how this set of great American fiddle tunes treats you. Practice Hard and Play Nice!

Steve Kaufman

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