Fiddle Tunes for Marimba is a collection of old-time American, Scottish, Irish, and English fiddle tunes transcribed for two-mallet marimba or xylophone with four-mallet marimba accompaniment. The fiddle tunes included in the collection were selected to introduce percussionists and mallet players to the rich traditions of American and European folk-dance music. The challenging two-mallet tune melodies work well as technical studies that are fun to play.

The following fiddle tunes are included in this volume:

• Arkansas Traveler
• Billy in the Lowground
• Blackberry Blossom
• Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains
• Chicken Reel
• Devil’s Dream
• East Tennessee Blues
• Garry Owen
• Hills of Glenorchy
• Irish Washerwoman
• June Apple
• Liberty
• Maggie Brown’s Favorite
• Mary Walker
• Red Haired Boy
• Sailor’s Hornpipe
• Salt Creek
• Sligo Maid
• Soldier’s Joy
• Stronsay Waltz
• Swallow Tail Jig
• Whiskey before Breakfast

These 22 tunes are accessible, fun, and functional. . . . This would be a great addition to the library of a private-lesson instructor or band director to be used as sight reading, fun and easy duet material, or as an end-of-the section playing test.

—Joshua D. Smith
    Percussive Notes, April 2023