A collection of 78 tunes containing some Civil War selections as well as many other traditional favorites. Each arrangement features harmony, style marks and guitar chords. The music is supplemented with histories of the tunes and drumbeats. Complete Music for Fife and Drum was compiled by a professional fifer and intended for the military fife in B-flat. This book offers tunes from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras with suggested snare and bass drum parts as well as chord progressions. It also contains a wealth of fife history and resources. The author, Walter Sweet, is the son of the well-known American fife maker Ralph Sweet of Connecticut.
| Song Title: |
Composer/Source: | |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient And Honorable Artillery | Bruce And Emmett | |
| Arkansas Traveler | ||
| Army Six-Eight | Bruce And Emmett | |
| Army Two-Four | Bruce And Emmett | |
| Battle Hymn Of The Republic | ||
| Blackberry Quadrille | ||
| Blue & The Gray | Paul Dresser | |
| Bonnie Blue Flag | ||
| British Grenadiers | ||
| Caledonia | ||
| Chicken Reel | ||
| City Guards | ||
| Cloverdale Jig | ||
| Col. Robertson's Welcome | Bruce And Emmett | |
| Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean | David T. Shaw | |
| Connecticut Halftime | Hart | |
| Crown Point | Roy Watrous | |
| Dixie | Daniel D. Emmett | |
| Downfall Of Paris | Bruce And Emmett | |
| Drums And Guns | Roy Watrous | |
| East Hampton Fifes And Drums | James M. Clark | |
| Eighteen-Twelve | ||
| Eighth Volunteers | ||
| Essence Of Tampa | ||
| Fancy Six-Eight | ||
| Father O'flynn | ||
| Fifty Cents | ||
| Finnegan's Wake | ||
| Firemen's Quickstep | ||
| Frog In The Well | Hart | |
| Garry Owen | ||
| Girl I Left Behind | ||
| Goober Peas | ||
| Grandfather's Clock | Henry Clay Work | |
| Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? | ||
| Green Cockade | ||
| Guidon (Not On Cd) | ||
| Harum Scarum | ||
| Hashup | Albert J. Frey | |
| Haversack | Walter D. Sweet | |
| Hell On The Wabash | Bruce And Emmett | |
| Huntington | Colin Sterne | |
| Inimitable | ||
| Irish Reel | ||
| Jaybird | ||
| Jefferson And Liberty | ||
| Just Before The Battle, Mother | George F. Root | |
| Katy Hill | Ostling | |
| Kingdom Coming | Henry Clay Work | |
| Lakes Of Sligo | ||
| Long March | Ashworth | |
| Marching Through Georgia | Henry Clay Work | |
| Martin's Rattler | William Martin | |
| Minstrel Boy | ||
| Monumental Two-Four | Bruce And Emmett | |
| Moon And Seven Stars | ||
| Nancy Hanks | ||
| New Tatter Jack | ||
| Northwest Passage | ||
| Nutmeg Volunteers | ||
| Old Dan Tucker | ||
| Old Saybrook | ||
| Oyster River Hornpipe | ||
| Paddy O'toole | Acton Ostling Sr. | |
| Paddy On A Handcar | ||
| Pet Of The Pipers | ||
| Pig Town Fling | ||
| Plain Six-Eight | ||
| Pumpkin Creek | Sanford E. Moeller | |
| Rally 'Roung The Flag | George F. Root | |
| Road To Boston | Acton Ostling Sr. | |
| Sailing Masters Of 1812 | ||
| Sailor's Hornpipe | ||
| Scotty O'neil | Bob Mcquillen | |
| Sisters | Acton Ostling Sr. | |
| Six-Shooter | Walter D. Sweet | |
| Some Distance From Prussia | ||
| St. Patrick's Day In The Morning | James Clark | |
| Star-Spangled Banner | John Stafford Smith | |
| Steamboat Quickstep | ||
| Stonewall Jackson's Way | ||
| Tallewan | ||
| Tapoff (Not On Cd) | ||
| Tearful Drummer | Bruce And Emmett | |
| The General | ||
| The Powder Keg (Not On Cd) | ||
| Three Hundred Years | Acton Ostling Sr. | |
| Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! | George F. Root | |
| Turkey In The Straw | ||
| Village Quickstep | Acton Ostling Sr. | |
| Wearin' Of The Green | ||
| Westbrook Drum Corps | ||
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Louis Lambert | |
| Willie Weaver | ||
| Wrecker's Daughter | Conrad Fay | |
| Yankee Doodle | ||
| Yellow Rose Of Texas | ||
| York Fusiliers |