Destined to become a classic, this method provides the beginner with the elements needed to become a proficient fiddler. Based on many years of teaching experience, the author introduces the concepts and techniques that yields solid results. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! The book includes a downloadable CD which you access from Mel Bay's website.

Volume 2 addresses such important skills as: 1) expanding a basic repertoire of common intermediate-level tunes, 2) learning to use low first position, 3) mastery of bowing down on the beat and corrective slurring, 4) artistic slurring, 5) understanding basic music theory, and 6) learning double-stop backup combinations.

By Deborah Greenblatt, the past Nebraska State and Mid-America fiddle champion. Contains many tunes from hoedowns to waltzes of all levels of difficulty.

Beginners will be playing double-stops, harmonies, riffs and exciting solos right from the first lesson. More than 35 great fiddle tunes are taught!

This book and CD/DVD teaches the basics of fiddling by beginning with essential bowings and fingerings, and progressing from simple to more complex renditions of tunes. Usable fingerings, bowings and explanations of each of the 49 tunes are included in this book. This is the most widely-used fiddle method available!

A compilation of arrangements of traditional tunes by several outstanding practitioners of the art of fiddle playing. From The Arkansas Traveler to The Yellow Rose of Texas, over 300 colorful fiddle tunes populated this book's 205 pages. Now available with DVD!

With You Can Teach Yourself Fiddling, veteran Mel Bay author, Craig Duncan, has produced an excellent book for the beginning fiddler. Its 36 lessons teach basic techniques through specific exercises and traditional fiddle tunes.

As both a championship fiddler and superb teacher, Carol Ann Wheeler brings all her talents to bear in this fiddling book written especially for young children. Students raised in the Suzuki tradition will immediately take to the method, concepts, and techniques used in this book and CD.

This volume builds on the techniques explained in Children's Fiddling Method Volume 1. While created with children in mind, this book is equally well suited for adults, violinists, and string teachers.

Contains two dozen arrangements of tunes for the beginning fiddler or violinist. This book begins with the easiest arrangements and progresses in difficulty. Each tune is written in music notation with chord changes followed by a fingering chart.

This book of original pieces is intended to give the beginning fiddler an immediate grasp of the fundamentals of fiddling in an instructive yet enjoyable way. Melodies are shown with chord symbols for guitar, banjo, or piano accompaniment. A companion CD is included-all at a great price!

Transcriptions of 23 great old time classic vocals and fiddle tunes as played and recorded by the Highwoods String Band, one of the pre-eminent old time revival bands of the 1970s. Transcriptions include melodies, lyrics, chords, and solos with standard musical notation.

A Guide to American Fiddling exposes serious students of the violin to the technical nuances of traditional Old Time fiddling. In this book, violinist/fiddler Andrew Carlson provides a detailed technical analysis of Missouri-style fiddling, focusing primarily on the use of the bow.

Easy beginning fiddle method includes chords and how to use them in songs, how to tune and more. By Benny Simms.

Fiddle Primer Book by Jim Tolles (companion to the video) is the first book clearly showing the beginner how to play the fiddle. Includes many illustrations showing how to hold the bow and fiddle properly and many exercises to develop good bowing technique and learning how to play in tune. Great beginnner fiddle lessons.

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 technique and a repertoire.

Teach yourself authentic bluegrass, with clear instructions from a professional. Covers the basics, bowing and left-handed techniques and solo backup. A section also includes personal advice on performance. Plus a complete section of the best bluegrass songs and tunes to learn from. B/w photos.

Easy one step at time progressive instruction. Book with CD includes helpful diagrams photographs and workshops. A great assortment of familiar fiddle tunes. This instruction is methodical essential and easy to understand.

This book of fiddle solos is a companion to Children's Fiddling Method Volume 1. The tunes, presented first in their simplest form followed by progressively more difficult arrangements, utilize the skills and techniques introduced in the method book. While created for children, this music will also be enjoyed by adults who wish to gain an understanding of how to fiddle a tune.

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. A lifetime course for the price of one lesson! Intermediate to advanced; for fiddle or classical "cross-over" players.

This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate fiddler player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe the anatomy of a jam session, jam session etiquette, chords and keys for jamming, and vamping. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes.

A quick study in the most popular fiddle styles played today, this 96 page text covers basic fiddling techniques and tunes in Old Time, Bluegrass, Contest, Western Swing, Cajun and Irish/Celtic music. The text will benefit both players who wish to expand their knowledge of fiddling and musicians who are seeking the right tunes from a variety of styles combined into one book. Companion CD included.

A collection of over 225 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation along with lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, The Osborne Brothers. Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson and many more. Also included: Step-by-Step instruction on how to transpose any song to any key! The two CDs include recordings of EVERY song in the book. Standard notation.

The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard "Jam" tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.

These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrss 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.

Fourteen beautiful solos based on favorite hymns and sacred melodies. Selections are appropriate throughout the church year and are easy to moderate in difficulty. Keyboard accompaniment is included with each selection.

Easy solos in several styles for beginners... great tune selection! Includes Down Yonder; Goodbye Liza Jane; and many others. Each tune has a complete explanation of rhythm and fingering, along with helpful playing hints.

This book contains the same 50 tunes as those found in the other 4 books of the series for guitar, mandolin, bass and banjo, but carefully designed for the fiddle. The parts in this book range from beginner to advanced. All tunes contain a simple melody and most of the tunes contain an intermediate or advanced part. Companion CD's included.

The perfect introduction to bluegrass and traditional fiddle tunes. Sections include: Fiddle Tunes, Hornpipes, Waltzes, Jigs, Strathspeys, Reels, and Improvisation. The 43 traditional fiddle standards covered in the book comprise the core fiddle tune repertoire. All songs are demonstrated on the included CD! Each song is taught in a basic "standard" arrangement and then in an advanced variation.

This book contains many types of Christmas and holiday tunes from a wide variety of sources. Each tune has suggested bowings, guitar chords, an optional harmony part and a piano accompaniment along with information on the origin of the tune.

Fiddle favorites is an intermediate to advanced course most helpful to those who already play by Benny Simms.

More than 40 tunes for the absolute beginner and detailed sections on how to hold the bow, bow movement, positions. Includes tunes in the styles of J.P. Fraley, Gaither Carlton, and Kenny Hall for the intermediate and advanced player.

A compilation of 30 fiddle tunes ranging from folk to ragtime to gospel. 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 and made them 'do their thing.'

The most complete bluegrass fiddle book ever published. Authentic transcriptions of bluegrass breaks in the styles of 25 major players, including Eck Robertson, Fiddin' Arthur Smith, Chubby Wise, Vassar Clements, and Kenny Baker.

Contains nearly 500 jigs, reels, rags, and hornpipes from all the major fiddling traditions. Special introductory materials on regional styles, bowing, and ornamentation. Includes an extensive discography.

This Anthology contains the fiddle tunes from the books : Original Old Tyme Music, Way Down East Fiddlin' Tunes, Barndance Breakdowns and Canadian Hoedowns moost of which have been out of print for some time. They represent Don's favorite and most requested tunes in his long career as Canada's best know country fiddler.

The purpose of this book is to offer fiddlers direct access to the gems of the genre. Composers represented in this volume span a three hundred year period including works by: Patrick MacDonald, Adam Craig, Capt. Charles Duff, Simon Fraser, Robert and Joseph Lowe, Robert MacIntosh, William Marshall, and J. Scott Skinner.

A collection of 167 Scottish fiddle tunes compiled and arranged by Alan Lerwick, including: Reels and Scotch Measures, Strathspeys, Jigs, Hornpipes, Waltzes, Descriptive Tunes, Marches, Slow Airs and Laments, and more. Includes historical notes, playing tips, and photos.

This collection of more than 30 Cajun tunes is intended as a stepping stone for those who are new to the Cajun tradition. Includes a list of sources for Cajun recordings, a discography, and a bio of arranger Deborah Greenblatt.

One of the most bizarre stories in all of popular music is the history of "Orange Blossom Special," arguably the century's best-known fiddle tune. The man credited with its ownership, Ervin T. Rouse, endured tragedy, alcoholism and mental illness. He spent his last years fiddling for tips in isolated taverns at the edge of the Florida Everglades, and died all but unknown.