Unusual keys, show and contest tunes, altered tunings, ragtime and more: "Orange Blossom Special," "Listen to the Mockingbird," "Sally Goodun," "Beaumont Rag," "Tom and Jerry," 44 more. Includes CD with 36 of the tunes. 117 pp.
02-93971BCD
$24.95
FIDDLING HANDBOOK
by Craig Duncan
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Scales, chords, shuffles, intros, endings, licks, etudes, and other goodies. Includes CD. 74 pp.
02-94111BCD
$19.95
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HOT FIDDLE
by Mary Ann Willis
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Book/2-DVD set. Wow your audience with four dozen pro techniques and three sizzling tunes to show them off (including "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"), with this 4-hour 2-DVD set. Intermediate to advanced; for fiddle or classical "cross-over" players. Interactive-study, flashy techniques, measure-by-measure tune instruction - hear, see, play along in both slow and performance tempos, easy and hot versions of each tune, with interchangeable licks; Fun practice lick for each technique. Book contains all the music on the DVDs. Intermediate/advanced. 52 pp.
02-20609DP
$24.95
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HOW TO PLAY ROMANIAN VIOLIN
by Miamon Miller
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Book/CD set. Perennially popular introduction to the style and technique of the music of this fiddle-rich culture. With nine tunes, double-staffed in standard notation with melody and rhythm ("contra") parts, and a chord chart! Comb-bound; 31 pp.
313-8
$19.95
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HOW TO PLAY ROMANIAN VIOLIN, VOL. 2
by Miamon Miller
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Book/CD set. Expands on volume one: more repertoire, giving two violinists' interpretation of the genre, more practical information on accompanying instruments, specifically the accordion and guitar. Reviews the chord violin (contra) and ornamentation sections from vol. 1. Combbound, 29 pp.
313-9
$19.95
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IMPROV FOR VIOLINISTS - A GUIDEBOOK FOR THE CREATIVE VIOLINIST
by John Henry Gates
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Book/CD pack. Aims to help violinists increase their versatility and improvisation skills. Explains song forms, harmonic structure and the Nashville number system in a practical, applicable manner. How to gain experience and the best ways to amplify your instrument are also covered. CD includes demonstrations of various styles in several keys, along with minus-one versions of the same tracks for practicing. Each track is unique, yet simple and straightforward to give you experience with a real rhythm section. 54 pp.
49-1278
$19.95
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ROCKIN' OUT WITH BLUES FIDDLE
by Julie Lyonn Lieberman
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Book/CD pack. Designed to provide fiddlers with all the tools needed to play blues or rock/pop styles. Includes many transcriptions of solos from artists such as Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Papa John Creach, Howard Armstrong, Carl Martin, Will Batts, and others. CD includes 33 practice tracks. 61 pp.
49-695612
$21.95
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THE FIDDLE AND VIOLIN BUYER'S GUIDE
by Ryan Thomson
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Straightforward basic advice on selecting a violin. 32 pp.
87-2
$19.95
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THE FIDDLER'S FRIEND: FORTY FIDDLE EXERCISES TO IMPROVE FINGERING AND BOWING
by Randy Miller
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Famed New England fiddle master Miller employs his "teaching experience and more than 30 years of fiddling to create a series of exercises tailored specifically to fiddlers and traditional fiddle music!" For all levels, novice through advanced. Includes bowing marks, a key to left-hand fingering, and tempo indications. 38 pp.
38-10
$10.00
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Advanced Fiddle Instruction
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