The Fiddle Handbook Mixed media product
by Chris Haigh
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EThe Fiddle HandbookE is a treasure trove of information spanning the whole range of fiddle playing.
It looks in detail at the most commonly played styles among today's fiddlers.
From America there's old time bluegrass Cajun Western swing country blues rock klezmer and jazz while from the British Isles there's Irish Scottish and English.
There is also a quick romp through Eastern Europe and beyond from the spike fiddles of Africa and Asia to the Chinese Erhu the fabulous Indian Sarangi and the mysterious Norwegian Hardingfele.
THA wealth of musical examples a ornaments bowing patterns scales modes exercises and complete tunes a are faithfully reproduced on the accompanying CD to give you a taste of each style. And finally the book answers once and for all the hoary old question What's the difference between a fiddle and a violin? The answer of course is that fiddle players have more fun....
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- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Hal Leonard Corporation
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
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- ISBN:9780879309787
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Unavailable
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Hal Leonard Corporation
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780879309787