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Re/Covering the Past: Exploring Old-Time Music in the Classroom

In recent years, old-time fiddling has become more popular than ever among revivalists and increasingly present in string education (see, for example, Alarik 2005; Bithell 2014; Dabczynski and Phillips 2007; and Woods 2015). It is likely that you or your students have heard or seen videos of adventurous old-time fiddlers such as Bruce Molsky, Brad Leftwich, Tatiana Hargreaves, Kirk Sutphin, Dan Gellert, or Brittany Haas, among many others who are part of this scene—and old-time fiddle tune arrangements have multiplied, becoming some of the most popular tunes for string orchestras at nearly every level. You may have led your ensemble in a rousing rendition of a tune such as “Fisher’s Hornpipe,” “Cripple Creek,” or “Leather Britches” and felt the infectious rhythms and sonorities of the old-time sound. In addition to these lively tunes, this musical genre presents many openings for educators to tap into student interests and afford opportunities for musical and historical analysis, creative exploration, and alternative performance configurations. In this article, I present some of the resources available to investigate and incorporate old-time music into a secondary curriculum, and consider some of the ways that educators might include this music as part of a comprehensive music education.