The Stoltman Tunebook: Fiddle Tunes Played in Northwestern Minnesota

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This is a digital tunebook, not an album. It does include MIDI-based .wav files of the transcriptions.

- 60 tune transcriptions with tabs and chords.
- .Wav based midi files to play along with. Up to tempo and slowed down.
- Newspaper clippings, family photos, stories, and linocuts in a 76 page electronic book.

This tunebook chronicles the lives and repertoire of the Stoltman family. Walter Stoltman was a Polish kid on the MN-ND border in the early 1900s, when he began taking fiddling lessons from "Old Man Hawkinson", a traditional Norwegian-American fiddler. As he learned and started placing at regional fiddle contests he became good friends with the great Canadian Métis fiddler, Andy Dejarlis. They travelled back and forth across the border swapping tunes with each other regularly. Walter took 3rd place at the National Old-Time Fiddler Convention. When he was dying of cancer in 1974, he decided to record his repertoire and the transcriptions within are from those recordings.

Hilary was Walter's son. Although Walter did not teach him, Hilary learned a lot of Walter's tunes through trial and error. Eventually Hilary became skilled enough to take first place at many of the region's contests. Hilary worked on the railroads for 40 years, traveling all over the country. This book also takes a look at the many adventures he has had in his full life. ... more

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1.	HS A1 Diddleedee Waltz 150BPM 02:02	buy track
2.	HS A2 Selmer Ramsey's Waltz 160 BPM 02:47	buy track
3.	HS A3 Unknown Waltz 160 BPM 01:52	buy track
4.	HS D1 Henry Grondahl's Schottische 150 BPM 02:39	buy track
5.	HS D2 Stoltman's Dad's Waltz 160BPM 01:52	buy track
6.	HS G1 Unknown Hambo 150 BPM 02:00	buy track
7.	HS G3 Waltz 150 BPM 02:00	buy track
8.	WS A1 Logger's Breakdown 200 BPM 01:58	buy track
9.	WS A2 Paddy Whack 170BPM 01:43	buy track
10.	WS A3 Mazurka 160 BPM 01:53	buy track
11.	WS A4 Mazurka 150BPM 02:00	buy track
12.	WS A5 Uncle Jim's Jig 170BPM 01:43	buy track
13.	WS A6 Two Step 200 BPM 02:00	buy track
14.	WS A7 Suspenders Reel 200 BPM 01:58	buy track
15.	WS A8 Schottische 140 BPM 02:48	buy track
16.	WS A9 Two Step 200 BPM 02:00	buy track
17.	WS A10 Waltz 160BPM 01:54	buy track
18.	WS D1 Waltz 160 BPM 01:52	buy track
19.	WS D2 Rambler's Hornpipe 200 BPM 01:38	buy track
20.	WS D3 Waltz 150 BPM 02:00	buy track
21.	WS D4 Waltz 150 BPM 02:00	buy track
22.	WS D5 Two Step 200BPM 01:24	buy track
23.	WS D6 Schottische 140 BPM 02:51	buy track
24.	WS D7 Waltz 150 BPM 02:02	buy track
25.	WS D8 Mazurka 150 BPM 01:52	buy track
26.	WS D9 Mazurka 140 BPM 01:54	buy track
27.	WS D10 Schottische 140 BPM 02:48	buy track
28.	WS D11 Waltz 140 BPM 02:08	buy track
29.	WS D12 Two Step 200 BPM 02:18	buy track
30.	WS D13 Waltz 140 BPM 02:11	buy track
31.	WS D14 Jig 170 BPM 01:12	buy track
32.	WS D15 Waltz 160 BPM 01:54	buy track
33.	WS D16 Two Step 190 BPM 01:24	buy track
34.	WS D17 Two Step 210 BPM 01:52	buy track
35.	WS D18 Prairie Reel BPM 01:57	buy track
36.	WS D19 Two Step 190 BPM 02:05	buy track
37.	Ws D20 Waltz 140BPM 02:44	buy track
38.	WS D21 Mazurka 140 BPM 02:11	buy track
39.	WS D22 Polka 170 BPM 02:21	buy track
40.	WS D23 Country Waltz 150 BPM 02:01	buy track
41.	WS D24 Romeo's First Change 170 BPM 02:19	buy track
42.	WS D25 Waltz 150 BPM 02:39	buy track
43.	WS D26 Two Step 180 BPM 01:29	buy track
44.	WS D27 Jig 170 BPM 02:02	buy track
45.	WS D28 Two Step 210 BPM 01:52	buy track
46.	WSD29 Two Step 200 BPM 01:58	buy track
47.	WS D30 Blueberry Jig 170 BPM 01:44	buy track
48.	WS G1 Mazurka 160 BPM 01:52	buy track
49.	WS G2 Waltz 150 BPM 02:02	buy track
50.	WS G3 Waltz 150 BPM 02:00	buy track
51.	WS G4 Happy Days Jig 170 BPM 02:34	buy track
52.	WS G5 Waltz 130 BPM 02:21	buy track
53.	WS G6 Waltz 60 BPM 01:53	buy track
54.	WS G7 Waltz 140 BPM 02:09	buy track
55.	WS G8 Two Step 190 BPM 01:24	buy track
56.	WS G9 Waltz 150 BPM 02:03	buy track
57.	WS G10 Waltz 150 BPM 02:03	buy track
58.	WS G11 Waltz 160 BPM 02:24	buy track
59.	WS G12 jig 170 BPM 01:28	buy track
60.	HS G2 Waltz 160 BPM 01:54	buy track
61.	HS A1 Diddleedee Waltz 120 BPM 02:33	buy track
62.	HS A2 Selmer Ramsey's Waltz 120BPM 03:43	buy track
63.	HS A3 Unknown Waltz 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
64.	HS D1 Henry Grondahl's Schottische 120 BPM 03:19	buy track
65.	HS D2 Stoltman's Dad's Waltz 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
66.	HS G1 Unknown Hambo 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
67.	HS G2 Unknown Waltz 120 BPM 02:33	buy track
68.	HS G3 Waltz 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
69.	WS A1 Logger's Breakdown 160 BPM 02:27	buy track
70.	WS A2 Paddy Whack 130 BPM 02:18	buy track
71.	WS A4 Mazurka 120 BPM 02:02	buy track
72.	WS A3 Mazurka 120 BPM 02:31	buy track
73.	WS A5 Uncle Jim's JIg 02:17	buy track
74.	WS A6 Two Step 160 BPM 02:30	buy track
75.	WS A7 Suspenders Reel 160 BPM 02:28	buy track
76.	WS A8 Schottische 110 BPM 03:34	buy track
77.	WS A9 Two Step 160 BPM 02:30	buy track
78.	WS A10 Waltz 120 BPM 02:33	buy track
79.	WS D1 Waltz 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
80.	WS D2 Ramnbler's Hornpipe 160 BPM 02:03	buy track
81.	WS D3 Waltz 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
82.	WS D4 Waltz 120 BPM 02:01	buy track
83.	WS D5 Two Step 160 BPM 01:45	buy track
84.	WS D6 Schottische 110 BPM 03:38	buy track
85.	WS D7 Waltz 120 BPM 02:33	buy track
86.	WS D8 Mazurka 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
87.	WS D9 Mazurka 110 BPM 02:24	buy track
88.	WS D10 Schottische 110 BPM 03:34	buy track
89.	WS D11 Waltz 110 BPM 02:43	buy track
90.	WS D12 Two Step 160 BPM 02:52	buy track
91.	WS D13 Waltz 110 BPM 02:46	buy track
92.	WS D14 Jig 130 BPM 01:34	buy track
93.	WS D15 Waltz 120 BPM 02:33	buy track
94.	WS D16 Two Step 160 BPM 01:39	buy track
95.	WS D17 Two Step 160 BPM 02:33	buy track
96.	WS D18 Prairie Reel 160 BPM 02:28	buy track
97.	WS D19 Two Step 160BPM 02:28	buy track
98.	WS D20 Waltz 110 BPM 03:29	buy track
99.	WS D21 Mazurka 110 BPM 02:46	buy track
100.	WS D22 Polka 130 BPM 03:04	buy track
101.	WS D23 Country Waltz 120 BPM 02:31	buy track
102.	WS D24 Romeo's First Change 130 BPM 03:02	buy track
103.	WS D25 Waltz 120 BPM 03:19	buy track
104.	WS D26 Two Step 140BPM 01:54	buy track
105.	WS D27 Jig 140 BPM 02:29	buy track
106.	WS D28 Two Step 160 BPM 02:27	buy track
107.	WS D29 Two Step 160 BPM 02:27	buy track
108.	WS D30 Blueberry Jig 130 BPM 02:17	buy track
109.	WS G1 Mazurka 120 BPM 02:30	buy track
110.	WS G2 Waltz 120 BPM 02:33	buy track
111.	WS G3 Waltz 120 BPM 02:31	buy track
112.	WS G4 Happy Days Jig 130 BPM 03:22	buy track
113.	WS G5 Waltz 110 BPM 02:46	buy track
114.	WS G6 Waltz 120 BPM 02:31	buy track
115.	Ws G7 Waltz 110 BPM 02:44	buy track
116.	WS G8 Two Step 160 BPM 01:40	buy track
117.	WS G9 Waltz 120 BPM 02:34	buy track
118.	WS G10 1Waltz 120 BPM 02:34	buy track
119.	WS G11 Waltz 120 BPM 03:12	buy track
120.	WS G12 Jig 140 BPM 01:48	buy track

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