In his 30-year teaching career, fiddle champ Jim Wood has produced positive results for hundreds of students. He knows just what you need to get started the right way: Proper posture and body alignment, correct hand positions, warm-up exercises and other vital fundamentals that will get you in shape for a lifetime of playing. There s a wealth of information in this two-hour starter course. You ll learn how to hold the fiddle and the bow, tune up, and start fingering your firs (more…)

A hand-carved solid spruce top and solid maple back, sides, and neck deliver fantastic tone. Features a fine tuner tailpiece, ebonized fittings, and inlaid purfling. Full size. Comes with Mongolian horsehair bow, rosin, and featherweight suspension case.

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Over 100 tunes, this is an outstanding collection of the traditional music of Britain, graded from easy to advanced.

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Destined to become a classic, this method provides the beginner with the elements needed to become a proficient fiddler. Based on many years of teaching experience, the author introduces the concepts and techniques that yields solid results. This method encourages creativity in the student by including variations to the tunes and illustrating how they can serve as a basis for improvisation. To assist in the development of ensemble skills, chords and lyrics, basic music theory, a (more…)

Student Grade Instrument.. Learn to Play the Violin / Fiddle without breaking the bank.. Full Size 4/4 Violin. Bow and Case Included. Quality Inspected Instrument w/ lots of Extras. List Price $159.. Compare and Save…. The violin features solid, hand carved woods for a great sound and feel, as well as a fine tuner tailpiece and ebonized fittings for easy tuning. Also included in this valuable package is a balanced shoulder rest, nickel plated pitch pipes, case, bow, rosin, and (more…)

You’re in total control while your own private teacher patiently guides you from your first notes all the way through to complete compositions. Several months of valuable lessons are included with phrase-by-phrase demonstrations, split-screen close-ups, guitar accompaniment to play along with, and a tablature booklet which shows you graphically which strings to play at which positions. Learn bowing patterns, finger positions, shuffle strokes, double stops, and tag endings while (more…)

Instructional DVD included. Now play! Never before has fiddling been so popular—the Riverdance phenomenon, the runaway success of Celtic Woman, and country and bluegrass sensations. Now, anyone can learn to play through the simple, step-by-step lessons provided here by an international expert and professional performer. Illustrated with finger tabs and supported by a unique instructional DVD, this will have budding musicians fiddling in no time. •Includes a unique 90-minute in (more…)

Old-time fiddler Jake Krack and Folkways archivist Jeff Place compiled and annotated this collection of vintage Southern Appalachian string band music from the Smithsonian archives. Clark Kessinger, Wade Ward, Tommy Jarrell, Marion Sumner, Gaither Carlton, Eck Robertson, Melvin Wine, and many more old-time fiddle masters play their signature sounds from the heart of Appalachia. 32-page booklet, 76 minutes.

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Crescent 4/4 Beginner’s Violin Set with Carrying Case and Accessories

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Heavy Metal Bands

Contains nearly 500 jigs, reels, rags, and hornpipes from all the major fiddling traditions. Special introductory materials on regional styles, bowing, and ornamentation. Includes an extensive discography.

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