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Dirt Simple Fiddle will teach you the basics of the instrument to get you playing tunes in no time! This book covers technique, reading, fiddle bowings and ornaments. Included are simple tunes such as Angline the Baker, Arkansas Traveler, Battle of New Orleans, Billy the Lowground, Boil the Cabbage...

This new edition of three Easy To Bluff guides will teach you everything you need to convince people you are an expert at Blues, Rock and Acoustic Guitar. With tips on how to get the right gear, know the right trivia and sound like the genuine article, this guide is an invaluable asset to any aspiring (and work-shy) guitarist who wants to get good fast!

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...

This handy, case-sized book is packed full of useful information and tips for traditional fiddle players of any experience level. Clear musical examples, diagrams, photos and cartoons are included covering bowing, fingering, posture,practice, instrument care, theory, traditional music, improvisation and accessories.An ideal gift for any fiddle player.

The Dip In series returns, here presenting 100 Graded Violin Solos. Each piece is specially graded from easy-to-play tunes to more challenging pieces, from grades 1-3, with bowing, articulation and chord symbols to allow you to learn at your own pace with songs tailored to your ability. The...

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...

Beginning level. Book 3 in the Beginner Violin Theory for Children series is an engaging resource that allows students to develop a deeper understanding of important theory concepts. Key signatures, enharmonic, diatonic and chromatic semitones, whole tones, major scales, musical terms and symbols...

These flexible arrangements are designed to be enjoyed with the companion viola and cello books. Each book contains the melody and a harmony part along with a piano accompaniment. Suggested uses include: solo violin, with piano accompaniment, violin duets, violin and cello duets, trios with cello,...

Book 2 in the Melanie Smith cello theory series introduces students to new music and theory concepts which are fundamental in developing a deeper understanding of the cello. Book 2 will begin by covering the theory involving the ranges of notes for the cello and then moves into specific theory concepts...

The Absolute Beginners award-winning method has been designed to make learning the Mandolin easier than ever before!Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs.Absolute Beginners Mandolin gives you:- An 'owner's manual' approach to the mandolin.- Practical...

The Tenor Banjo Chord Book contains all the Tenor Banjo chords you'll ever need. Suitable for beginner to intermediate players, to either begin learning or, once learned, for later reference and exploration, this book includes all of the essential chords in all 12 keys for the Tenor Banjo in C-G-D-A tuning.

A complete study and reference book which gives string players experience with rhythmic concepts, bowing styles, syncopation, and other jazz violin effects. Includes "licks" of various lengths. The play-along stereo recording has select examples played at various speeds. Includes access to online audio.

Designed as a follow-up to Volume 1, 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...

The mountain dulcimer has a long and interesting history in the southern Appalachian mountains, and it's an instrument that so many of us enjoy playing. The book begins with the basics of tuning, strumming and finding notes on the dulcimer. The songs and tunes include favorites of dulcimer players,...