On some ships, fifers and /or fiddlers were employed in place of chanteymen. There are a number of examples both in documents and illustrations.

One good collection made by such a fiddler is “William Litton’s Fiddle Tunes 1800-1802” ~ extracts from the introduction by Gale Huntington, pages 6 & 7
This collection of fiddle tunes was made by William Litten at sea on a vessel, or on two different vessels, of the British India fleet in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802.