Renata Bratt: The Fiddling Cellist: Cello: Instrumental Album

for Fiddle Tunes-Eclectic cellist Renata Bratt has written the ultimate book for the fiddling cellist this time from the perspective of an accompanist. Herein you???ll find the theoretical and technical foundation for everything you need to creatively back up the lead players in a fiddle jam session not to mention playing the lead yourself. This progressive method includes detailed fingerings and bowings for traditional fiddle tunes like: Salt Creek Jenny Dang the Weaver The Water Is Wide The Girl I left Behind Me The Road to California Mason???s Apron and Green Grows the Laurel ??? plus three jigs and a slip-jig. Accompaniment elements include single chord-tone backup bluegrass bass style 2 and 3-note chords and arpeggios in the common fiddling keys one and two-measure rhythmic bowing patterns the Charleston rhythm the traveling beat and many variations of the ever-popular chop bowing technique. With the knowledge and experience conveyed by this book a cellist can become a valuable asset to any musical group no matter the style! Includes access to 100 online audio tracks expertly played by the author.

Renata Bratt's The Fiddling Cellist is a comprehensive resource designed to prepare intermediate and advanced Cello students to play fiddle music. Eighteen fiddle tunes with chords in stylesfound in typical fiddle jam sessions - Celtic Old Time and Bluegrass. Each tune arranged for two or three Cellos and accompanied by short studies teaching idiomatic bass lines and back-up harmony as well as improvisationalsoloing over the chord changes. The companion audio download available online includes all examples with Guitar accompaniment.