Gordon Stobbe Of Course You Can Play the Fiddle, a beginner's guide - Stobbe - Book/CD

Author: Gordon Stobbe
Format: Book with CD
Instrumentation: Fiddle

Introducing the basics of fiddling through the in-depth study of twelve tunes (jigs, hornpipes, reels, and waltzes). Proper hand positions, finger charts for scales and arpeggios, reading exercises, and bowing techniques are included.
The CD, with fiddle in the left channel and guitar in the right channel, contains tuning, scales and arpeggios, all tunes played at both half and full speed with guitar accompaniment.

Contents:

• About this book
• About the CD
• CD contents
• Right hand
• Left hand
• Music basics
• Written basics
• Practice habits
• Physical warm-up
• 'G' Scale and arpeggio
• Bow direction
• 'D' Scale and arpeggio
• 'A' Scale and arpeggio
• McNab's Hornpipe --Part2
• McNab's Hornpipe --Part1
• Year of Jubilo
• Flop-eared Mule
• Sean Ryan's Polka
• Waltz Quadrille
• Uncle Jimmy's Jig
• Arpeggio Jig
• Westfalia Waltz
• The Girl I Left Behind Me
• Devil's Dream
• Harvest Home Hornpipe
• High Road to Linton
• Appendix 1 -- Tuning, Timing, Tapes, Accompaniment
• Appendix 2 -- Music Reading Exercises
• Appendix 3 -- Accents