Category: Fiddle

from Elderly Instruments : Folks,   We’d like you to know about the full-time fiddle track at Midwest Banjo Camp, where you can study the fine points of fiddling for an entire weekend with world class players and teachers.   For 2010, our principle fiddle instructor is renowned musician and scholar Alan Jabbour, one of the […]

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Sheet Music Plus has new violin releases. “Elvis Presley for Violin” looks very interesting. The Copland Violin Collection: $22.99 Beethoven: Two Romances for Violin (Classical Play-Along): $12.99 Best of Bach for Violin: $10.99 Elvis Presley for Violin: $12.99 Violin Solos on Symphony Themes: $7.99 – 20% off

Elementary Fiddling by: Mike Casey Book and CD set $15.95 The most comprehensive fiddle instruction book on the market. This 83-page book includes helpful instructional photos and many line-art illustrations by the suthor. Perect for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Includes step-by-step instructions in technique and note reading complete with illustrations, easy beginning exercize tunes, […]

Mark O’Connor’s new violin method uses America’s Classical and Folk music. Books I and II are finally available. You can find the books at Shar Music. Below, is a list of teacher training seminars around the country. Please visit his site for more information. Congratuations Mark! O’CONNOR VIOLIN METHOD SEMINARS IN MAJOR CITIES AROUND THE […]

Bobby Hicks is one of my all time favorite fiddlers. His recordings occupy a very large part of my library. I particularly enjoy ‘Fiddle Patch’.  Bobby’s DVD “Bobby Hicks Teaches Fiddling Volume 1” is absolutely invaluable.  A “Must Have”! Bobby’s workshops in Marshall, NC are highly recommended. Please visit his site for more information.  FiddleplayereBBobby’s

I’m often asked if the fiddle and violin are the same instrument. The answer is yes. The difference is the music you play.  And yes, I do play both. The next logical question is electric or acoustic. I have two antique acoustics and one Fender electric solid body. All have different voices and purposes. But […]