Fiddle Tune
tagStarted 18th centuryPeak 1923–1940Last big hit still active
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A fiddle tune is an instrumental melody built for dancing or social playing, usually in repeated AABB form with strong rhythmic bowing and memorable contour.
History
Fiddle tunes sat at the center of Southern community music long before records, and they became some of the earliest commercially documented mountain pieces in the 1920s.
Defining artists
Essential listening
Sources
- Library of Congress
- Smithsonian Folkways
- NPS
- Britannica. citeturn16search0turn8search6turn7search1