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Institute of American Music

Institute of American Music

The Institute of American Music is an online publisher of traditional music with method and tunes books for violin, fiddle, viola, cello, bass, piano, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. For the classical string player or teacher, you'll find "fiddle tune" arrangements for violin duo, violin trio, string quartet, string orchestra, and tune books with old-time fiddle tunes from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Republic of Ireland.

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Click on tune links below to open PDF sheet music files. Parts below contain fiddle melodies and chords. Those that show “lyrics” in the title contain lyrics either with chords or with a notated lyric melody line.

8th of January

Arkansas Traveler 1

Arkansas Traveler 2

Arkansas Traveler Lyrics

Big Sciota 1

Big Sciota 2

Black Velvet Waltz

Blue Valley Waltz

Bonaparte’s Retreat

Bonaparte’s Retreat Lyrics

Buffalo Gals

Buffalo Gals Lyrics

Cluck Old Hen in A

Cluck Old Hen in D

Cluck Old Hen Lyrics in A

Cluck Old Hen Lyrics in D

Come Dance and Sing

Cotton-eyed Joe in A

Cotton-eyed Joe in D

Cotton-eyed Joe Lyrics

Cuckoo’s Nest

Cumberland Reel and Jig

Georgia Railroad

Golden Slippers

Irish Washerwoman

La Bastringue

Oh Johnny Oh

Oh Susanna in D

Oh Susanna Lyrics

Old South Waltz Fiddle

Old South Waltz Mandolin

Old South Waltz Guitar

Over the Waterfall in D

Over the Waterfall in G

Pop Goes the Weasel

Swallowtail Jig

Uncle Joe in D

Uncle Joe in G

Uncle Joe Lyrics

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