The Cajun Fiddle

This book provides a thorough introduction to Cajun music for fiddle players of all levels of ability. Beginning with a selection of easy arrangements of popular Cajun tunes The Cajun Fiddle progresseson to more difficult solos based on the playing of various well-known fiddlers including Dewey Balfa Michael Doucet Doug Kershaw and Rufus Thibodeaux.  This book covers Cajun stylings rhythms double stops slides turns and trills bowings and tunings. Fiddle and Guitar are used to demonstrate the tunes on the accompanying online audio tracks.  Covering most of the pieces in the book the recorded versions are played at a slower tempothan typical performance speed to allow the listener to pick out details of the Cajun style.

Par DUNCAN CRAIG. Si vous cherchez excitant et stimulant fiddle solos par un des violoneux les plus chauds de l'Amérique, ce livre est pour vous. Contient des arrangements de violon exceptionnelle de Craig sur : Duel Fiddles - Rocky Top - Black Mountain Rag - Tennessee Waltz - s'est évanouie Love - Cajun Fiddle - Jole Blon - Gardenia Waltz - Draggine la proue - Granny est votre morsure de chien ? -Suzie Eyed - Wabash Cannonball - et beaucoup plus. Présente 60 grands airs de tergiversation ! Le CD est mousseux stéréo à l'écoute d'enregistrement mettant en vedette Craig Duncan, soutenue par une partie supérieure de la rythmique sur les pays de Nashville ! / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Bluegrass and Country - Solos / Recueil / Violon

If you are looking for exciting and challenging fiddle solos by one of America's hottest fiddlers this book is for you. Contains Craig's outstanding fiddle arrangements on: Dueling Fiddles; Rocky Top; Black MountainRag; Tennessee Waltz; Faded Love; Cajun Fiddle; Jole Blon; Gardenia Waltz; Draggin' the Bow; Granny Does Your Dog Bite?; Black-Eyed Suzie; Wabash Cannonball; and many more. Presents 60 great fiddling tunes. The audio is asparkling stereo listening recording featuring Craig Duncan backed up by a top Nashville country rhythm section. Includes access to online audio.

This collection presents traditional Cajun tunes for fiddle in a simplified manner. The songs all include basic staff notation in the keys of A D and G which are the simplest keys for a beginning student. Each piece hasfinger notation undereach note enabling the new violinist to play confidently. Quarter notes and half notes are the primary notes used with a few eighth notes added in the last few pages.The accompanying CD presents eachsong in the book with an accompaniment that resembles the sounds of a Cajun band. The lively accompaniments will help the student with melody and rhythm as well as give the musician the confidence that comes from playing with aband. The tunes are performed at a slower rate for practice and at a faster rate for performance.

Par REINER DAVID. A critically acclaimed book covering old-time, bluegrass, Irish, blues, Scandinavian, Cajun, Texas, swing and jazz, and twin fiddling styles. This book also covers bowing, chords, chord progressions, kickoffs and endings, and improvisation. The companion recording features David Reiner's solo performance of all the tunes in the book. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / All Styles - Solos / Recueil / Violon

Beau Solo is a collection of 12 Cajun Fiddle tunes transcribed from Michael Doucet’s CD of the same name.Selections include: Grand Tasso Valse Acadienne One-Step d’Amedee Valse a Pop McGee BluesAcadiens Grand Mamou Chez Varise Connor La Betaille Gigue d’Acadie Two-Step d’Ambrose La Valse d’Auguste Breaux and Wade’s Waltz.

Traditional fiddle music from around the world. Par . Le répertoire complet de musique traditionnelle pour violon est maintenant à votre portée ! Avec ce grand choix de recueils vous pourrez recréer l'ambiance de votre propre 'ceilidh', des danses folkloriques, du club de jazz, des cafés concerts comme à Sarajevo. Certains de ces morceaux de musiques sont connus, d'autres sont plus exotiques, mais tous sont absolument authentiques et leurs arrangements sont faits sans compromis, mais ce qu?il y a de plus important, c'est qu'ils vous donneront énormément de plaisir. Chaque titre de la série est disponible en deux versions : la Violin Edition (avec en option une partie violon simplifiée et des accords de guitare), ou la Complete Edition qui comprend des accompagnements pour clavier et pour violon. Chaque version permet de jouer la musique en solo, en duo ou en trio aussi bien que dans des ensembles plus importants. Edward Huws Jones a beaucoup voyagé lors de sa recherche de styles traditionnels pour violon. Dans chaque livre il explique l'histoire d'un style particulier, offrant ses propres suggestions pour obtenir une exécution vivante. / Date parution : 2022-06-21/ Recueil / Violon

An Introduction to Folk Styles Technique and Improvisation-* This in-depth tutor book from renowned fiddle player and teacher Chris Haigh is perfect for classical violinists and fiddle players looking to master the art. * Covering all aspects of folk violin technique from ornamentation to modes and scales and from scordatura to improvisation and composition. * The book is centred around Irish traditional music but also dips into English Scottish Scandinavian East European Klezmer Cajun and American Old-Time traditions. * Accompanied by a CD of all pieces performed by Chris Haigh with a live backing band. Folk fiddle and classical violin are as different as chalk and cheese. At first glance folk might seem so simpleit?s hardly worth bothering with. The tunes are often no more than 32 bars long they stay in first position and they don?t even have a composer. However it?s what?s NOT written on the page that makes folk fiddle so interesting and challenging.This book attempts to explore from general observation down to the finest detail what the fiddler needs to know to bring these tunes alive. We need to understand their history and context their purpose their structure and pulse. And we need to be able to add all the stylistic elements that come not from reading the music but from years of immersion in folk music both listening and playing.Key areas covered include:* Tune types and structures * Ornamentation * Bowing * Modes and scales * Scordatura * Starts endings and links * Variation improvisation and composition Playing tunes in ?sets? * Regional and individual style * Playing in sessions for contests and for dancing

American fiddler : Old-time, Bluegrass, Cajun and Texas Style Fiddle Tunes des U.S.A.Ce recueil fait partie de la série Fiddler Collection. On y trouve une réduction violon et piano, mais aussi un second violon et une partie guitare. Les morceaux sont fidèlement arrangés par Edward Huws Jones.Cette nouvelle série contient un CD d'accompagnement. / Violon Et Piano

Ce livre enseigne les techniques de toutes les branches principales du violon country. Il apporte structure, clarté et objectif à votre apprentissage et vous permet de jouer avec fluidité une chanson country, en faisant la différence entre l'intro, le backing, les fills sur le couplet et le refrain, le solo de violon et l'outro, le tout dans un style approprié au type de chanson. Old time, early string band music, western swing, bluegrass, honky tonk, cajun et commercial country sont tous couverts ici. Vous apprendrez également à connaître certains musiciens de l'histoire de la musique country, afin d'assimiler et de maîtriser les techniques qu'ils ont mises au point. Le style du livre est pratique et terre-à-terre, mais aussi divertissant, agrémenté d'anecdotes sur les nombreux personnages hauts en couleur que nous rencontrons en chemin, qu'il s'agisse de héros ou de méchants ! / Violon / Schott