Ah, Pauline, NOW I think I understand what you mean. I 'suppose' that a 'fiddle tune' means a dance tune. I could be all wet here but in a Fiddle Contest a waltz, hoedown and tune of choice which is neither must be played.

The choice can be a polka, blues, aire, etc. And don't ask ME what a 'hoedown' is.....I've tried for years to get someone to define it for me including contest judges. I gather that a hornpipe is not hoedown but a jig is.

So, in that light, Home on the Range isn't a fiddle tune. Neither is the tune to Star Spangled Banner (Ancreon). I have found though, that a lot of people refer to a fiddle tune as any tune/song that the fiddle can lead on, which leaves it wide open.

And in light of a fiddle tune being a dance or danceable tune, yes, all the tunes in the Fake Book/Oak by Brody are fiddle tunes. So are the ones in Coles 1000 Fiddle Tunes. A 'country' fake book on the other hand would be mostly tunes/songs that are NOT 'fiddle tunes'.

Over to Malcolm.