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 appropriate. Levity leapt over the lyrical in these fiddling favorites that set our father's feet to stepping and made them 'do their thing.'

This book was written to be used as a learning tool for beginners who read music. It presents very easy tunes to learn the basics of bowing and style and progresses in difficulty with each tune. All of the arrangements arerenditions that the author plays and has heard other fiddlers play. Many of the tunes are done in the style of Herman Johnson a five-time National Fiddle Champion.

Championship Contest Fiddling contains painstakingly detailed transcriptions of 44 fiddle tunes as they were played by thirteen champions of the National Old Time Fiddlers' Contest held in Weiser Idaho.In addition to the tunes the book includes excerpts of extensive interviews with these champions where they offer advice on how to play in the contest style prepare for contests and deal with nerves adapt andarrange tunes to make them your own and play with drive among many other topics. It is an indispensable resource for fiddlers seeking to understand contest fiddling better and prepare for fiddle contests or learn some greattunes from the masters! Includes audio online of the actual piece played during the contest. Includes access to online audio.

Violin Play-Along Volume 1-The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the audio to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to improvise on the melody.  This volume includes some of the best-known bluegrass songs including Foggy Mountain Breakdown Gold Rush John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man and many more!

Fiddler Playalong Collection 2 is a second collection of pieces from all over the world that represent a colourful cross-section of fiddle music through the ages. Whether you are looking for a Hot Club trad-Jazz classic an Irish folk tune an old Bluegrass standard or something more exotic this special selection of nineteen fiddle melodies has it all! What's more the book also boasts a play-along CD of backing tracks and recorded examples to accompany your practices and performances. You'll find a pull-out part containing a full set of Piano accompaniments too as well as supplementary Violin parts for elementary players so everybody can enjoythis wonderful selection of pieces from around the globe whatever your ability!

Presents 140 of the most frequently played tunes in old time fiddle contests as well as the most popular bluegrass square dance and country tunes heard throughout the United States. The performance length arrangements of contesttunes include standard as well as challenging variations on hoe-downs rags polkas show pieces and waltzes complete with suggested accompaniment chords. This encyclopedia of fiddle tunes and variations spotlights Americanpopular fiddle music as played by the great fiddlers of our time.

Violin Play-Along Volume 11-The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the CD to hear how the Violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody and lyrics included in the book you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!This volume includes the songs: Bill Cheatham • Blackberry Blossom • Cripple Creek • Great Speckled Bird • Red Wing• Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms • Soldier's Joy • Turkey in the Straw.

Edward Huws Jones’ popular series of traditional fiddle repertoire now available with expertly-recorded audio CD. Containing colourful instrumental backing tracks and full demonstrations the new audio resource will aid and inspire your private practice and public performance alike. These generous collections of authentic music some familiar some more exotic but all of it faithfully arranged enable you to create your own ceilidh bluegrass club or charanga band.The violin edition includes optional easy violin part and guitar chords whilst the complete edition also includes both keyboard and violin accompaniments. Either format is highly flexible whichmeans the music can be played as solos duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles.Edwards Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style giving his own suggestions for a lively performance.

Bluegrass Jamming on Fiddle is Wayne's newest instruction book and the second in a 4-part series of fun books that will teach the tools tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards how to jamwith others how to improvise and make up your own tasteful licks and fills almost painless music theory how to play harmony how to transpose and play in different keys and pretty much everything you'll need to marchfearlessly into your next jam or picking session! This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vintage photos. Coming soon: Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo (available Winter 2012) and Bluegrass Jamming on Guitar (availableSpring 2013). All the books in the series will teach the same 31 tunes and will be 96 pages 9' x 12' and will include an audio instructional CD. Price: $22.95 (a steal!) You WILL learn how to play and jam on: All theGood Times Are Past & Gone Back Up and Push Black-Eyed Susie Cherokee Shuffle Columbus Stockade Colleen Malone Dark Hollow Deep Elem Blues East Virginia Footprints in the Snow Katie Dear Hand Me Down My Walking Cane High on a Mountain I Am a Pilgrim I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages John Henry Just Over in the Gloryland Little Birdie Lonesome Road Blues Love of the Mountains Mama Don't Allow Man of Constant Sorrow More Pretty GirlsThan One Pig in a Pen Pretty Polly Red Rocking Chair Rocky Road Blues Roll on Buddy Run and Hide Sittin' on Top of the World Working on a Building.