The Fiddle Handbook is a treasure trove of information spanning the whole range of fiddle playing. It looks in detail at the most commonly played styles among today's fiddlers. From America there's old time bluegrass Cajun Western swing country blues rock klezmer and jazz while from the British Isles there's Irish Scottish and English. There is also a quick romp through Eastern Europe …

A Private Lesson With Richard Greene-Classically trained Bluegrass virtuoso Richard Greene covers a fascinating array of musical ideas exercises and instrumental examples on this one-of-a-kind fiddle lesson. Learn the bluesier use of double and triple stops fingered unisons 3rds 5ths and 7ths and tricks to play faster. Best of all you'll learn some fantastic numbers from the blugrass reperto…

Christmas Tunes for Fiddle-Mel Bay's first fiddle DVD taught by Murphy. This beginning level disc has tunes your family will surely recognise. Murphy worked out these arrangements for the Fiddle Sisters a group of her students that she plays within Winchester Va. These very tunes have been performed in nursing homes all around the town and will be again this Christmas. This DVD features easy ve…

These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrass songs & instrumentals created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists.The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune then a more adventurous improvisation and each solo is transcribed in detail.The CD provides the audio versions of the solos plus multiple rhythm tracks p…

Edward Huws Jones’ popular series of traditional fiddle repertoire now available with expertly-recorded audio CD. Containing colourful instrumental backing tracks and full demonstrations the new audio resource will aid and inspire your private practice and public performance alike. These generous collections of authentic music some familiar some more exotic but all of it faithfully arra…

This is not just another book of Irish session tunes. It represents the relatively unknown repertoire of a single Irish traditional musician Packie Manus Byrne of Donegal. There has been considerable interest in the music ofDonegal over the past 10 years or so especially with the rise of groups such as Altan. Packie Manus Byrne is a familiar name to traditional-music lovers in Ireland and the UK…

A compilation of 30 fiddle tunes ranging from folk to ragtime to gospel. Includes Skillet Good and Greasy; Rakes of Mallow; Cripple Creek; Leaning on the Everlasting Arms; and others. All tunes are presented in a'theme-and-variations' format. Guitar chords are included as are lyrics where appropriate. Levity leapt over the lyrical in these fiddling favorites that set our father's feet to stepping…

This book was written to be used as a learning tool for beginners who read music. It presents very easy tunes to learn the basics of bowing and style and progresses in difficulty with each tune. All of the arrangements arerenditions that the author plays and has heard other fiddlers play. Many of the tunes are done in the style of Herman Johnson a five-time National Fiddle Champion.

Championship Contest Fiddling contains painstakingly detailed transcriptions of 44 fiddle tunes as they were played by thirteen champions of the National Old Time Fiddlers' Contest held in Weiser Idaho.In addition to the tunes the book includes excerpts of extensive interviews with these champions where they offer advice on how to play in the contest style prepare for contests and deal with nerv…

Violin Play-Along Volume 1-The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the audio to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to improvise on the melody.  This volume includes some of the best-known bluegrass songs including Foggy …

by Mark O'Connor; transcribed and edited by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle. Bluegrass and country, fiddle tunes. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book. Solos. Size 8.75x11.75. 200 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

Traditional, Old Time, Bluegrass and Celtic Solos. By Mark Geslison. For Fiddle. Solos. Fiddle Tunes. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 144 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Craig Duncan. For fiddle. Bluegrass and country, bluegrass. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book. Solos. Size 8.75x11.75. 152 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

(With a CD of Performance and Backing Tracks Violin Part, Book/CD). By Various. Edited by Edward Huws Jones. Arranged by Edward Huws Jones. For Violin, Fiddle. Boosey and Hawkes Chamber Music. Softcover with CD. 31 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M060124013. Publis

(Violin Play-Along Volume 10). By Various. Violin Play-Along. Softcover with CD. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

A Sequenced Guide to American Fiddling (Violin). Composed by Crystal Plohman Wiegman, Renata Bratt, and Bob Phillips. Book; CD; Method/Instruction; String Orchestra Method/Supplement. Folk; Traditional. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Music

String Orchestra Arrangement. By Barrage. For Violin. Ensemble (mixed). Bluegrass and Country. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book. Size 9x12. 82 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

by Gene Lowinger. Book. Published by Music Sales. The first complete guide to bluegrass fiddling, covering the fundamentals of musical terminology, right- and left-hand techniques, double stops, slurs and slides. Twenty nine bluegrass and 14 traditional tunes arranged to develop…

Edited by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle. Includes instructional book and examples CD. With standard notation, chord names, instructional text, violin notation guide, introductory text and black and white photos. Bluegrass and Instructional. 128 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Oak P…

For Fiddle. By Darol Anger. Homespun Tapes (Instructional). Softcover with CD. 44 pages. Published by Homespun.

By Richard Matteson, Jr. For Fretted. Tune book. Bluegrass. Level: Beginning. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 248 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Violin Play-Along Volume 1. Composed by Various. Violin Play-Along. Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(60 Traditional Pieces - Book/CD). Composed by Various. Arranged by Iain Fraser. For Fiddle. String Solo. Softcover with CD. Schott Music #ED13700. Published by Schott Music

(Etudes and Ideas for the Modern Fiddler). Berklee Guide. Softcover with CD. 50 pages. Published by Berklee Press

by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle. Bluegrass and country, fiddle tunes. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD package. Duets. Size 9x13. 148 pages.

For Fiddle and Mandolin. Edited by Austin Gregory. Squareback saddle-stitched. Book. 88 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

(16 Violin Duets). Composed by Julianne Hay. For fiddle. Perfect binding. Intermediate. Book and online audio. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Composed by Craig Duncan. For fiddle. Squareback saddle stitch. Intermediate-Advanced. Book and online audio. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Beginning Fiddle Tunes and Techniques. By Brian Wicklund. By Brian Wicklund. For Fiddle. Methods. American Fiddle Method. Bluegrass and Country. Level: Beginning. Book CD DVD. 64 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

By Dick Weissman and Mike Connolly. For fiddle. Solos. Value Line. Bluegrass and Country. Level: Beginning. Book/CD Set. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.