Old-Time Fiddling Book One

This beginning old-time fiddling curriculum is written in a progressive tablature format. You do not need to know how to read music! This 82-page book and CD set will help you learn to play the fiddle! The book features tablature and standard music notation for each tune as well as accompaniment chords. It is bound so that it will lie flat on your music stand with pages that are easy to turn. It also has tips on how to care for the fiddle, how to tune the fiddle, the names of the parts of the fiddle, and photo-illustrated playing technique. The included 45-track CD features all of the tunes in the book and is split-track so the fiddle part is separate from the piano accompaniment. The listener can adjust the volume of each part separately. Fiddle tuning tracks are included to help you tune your instrument. This curriculum is the ideal resource for fiddle instructors as well as individuals who do not have an instructor available and would like to teach themselves. It begins with rhythms on open strings and simple nursery rhymes and includes 33 standard first position fiddle tunes. It is suitable for all ages. Included Tunes: Boil the Cabbage Down, Rubber Dolly, Cripple Creek, Cindy, Wabash Cannonball, Down in the Valley, Sweet Marie, Possum Up a Gum Stump, O Susanna, You Are My Sunshine, Little Brown Jug, Tennessee Waltz, Coming Around the Mountain, Home Sweet Home, Rye Whiskey, Red River Valley, Faded Love, Red Wing, Westphalia Waltz, Pop Goes the Weasel, Rabbit Where's Your Mama, Golden Slippers, Soldier's Joy, Flop-Eared Mule, Put Your Little Foot, Devil's Dream, Snow Deer, Echoes of the Ozarks, Peek-a-boo Waltz, Liberty, Heel and Toe Polka, Swallowtail Jig, Arkansas Traveler. Customer Comments: "I have been trying to teach myself fiddling and have just about every book on the subject. Your book is by far the best one I have. Thank You for a great product !!" B.B., Barrington, NH