Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus! by Wayne Erbsen (2005, Spiral)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNative Ground Music, Incorporated
ISBN-101883206480
ISBN-139781883206482
eBay Product ID (ePID)70333908

Product Key Features

Book TitleOld-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus!
Number of Pages80 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicInstruction & Study / General
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic
AuthorWayne Erbsen
Book SeriesFor the Complete Ignoramus! Ser.
FormatSpiral

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Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length11.8 in
Item Width8.8 in

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Table Of ContentParts of a Fiddle®; Who This Book is For; A Word to the Fiddlers; What is Old-Time Fiddling?; Checking out Your Fiddle; Checking Out Your Bow; Getting Equipped; Tuning Your Fiddle; How to Hold the Fiddle; How to Hold Your Left Hand; How to Hold the Bow; How to use the Bow; The Fear of Reading Music; Tablature or "Tab" for Ignoramuses; How to Read Music for Ignoramuses; Your First Scale; Finger Placement Help; Joy to the World; What a Typical Page Looks Like; Ida Red; Say, Darling, Say; How to Shuffle; Improvising; Lynchburg town; Shortening Bread; run Johnny run; Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase; Camptown Races; Sugar Hill; Polly Put the Kettle On; Sail Away Ladies; D Dorian Mode; In the Pines; Gospel Plow; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Muley's Daughter; East Virginia; Darling Corey; Rain and Snow; How to Jam; Playing in the Key of A; Cripple Creek; Buffalo Gals; Liza Poor Gal; Cotton-Eyed Joe; Old Joe Clark; Playing in A Minor; Charley He's a Good Old Man; Cluck Old Hen; House of the Rising Sun; The Key of G; Amazing Grace; It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'; Red River Valley; Old Molly Hare; rye Whiskey; Blackest Crow; Wagoner's Lad; Willie Moore; Groundhog; The Key of C; Wildwood Flower; Little Birdie; And Waht Now?; Fiddle Slang; Tune & CD Index; Native Ground Books & Music.
SynopsisBook & online audio. Wayne Erbsen's 35 years of teaching experience shows on every page. He takes the reader through every step of adjusting, tuning, holding, and playing the fiddle. 37 tunes are written out in Wayne's own unique and easy-to-use tab system and standard notation. Fiddle instruction has never been any simpler, clearer, or more humorous. This book will teach absolutely anyone to play the fiddle. Audio accompaniment now located online instead of as a CD., Here, at long last, is the perfect fiddle book for the true and total beginner. No previous experience needed! Wayne takes you through every step of adjusting, tuning, holding and playing the fiddle. The tunes are written out in Waynes unique and easy tab system an also in standard notation. Fiddle instruction has never been simpler, clearer, or more humorous. Includes instructional CD.

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    finally, advice that the snootier classic violin books don't offer! I really like the style as well as the content. thumbs up! (8 years violin lessons)

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    Written in a tongue-in-cheek style with easy to understand concepts and good explanations.

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  • GREAT learning tool!

    Simplified learning with humor- well laid out & written- Highly recommended especially if you do not read music!

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