Gene Lowinger. A comprehensive guide to playing the fiddle, bluegrass and country style, from Gene Lowinger, who has played with Bill Monroe. With 29 bluegrass and 14 traditional tunes.

Stacy Phillips and Kenny Kosek. The most complete bluegrass fiddle book ever published. Authentic transcriptions of classic bluegrass breaks in the styles of major players.

Stacy Phillips. Over 450 licks - how to apply them to create your own solos, play fills and back-ups and increase your musical understanding. Plus how to play solos. Soundsheet.

A delightful repertory of first position pieces, arranged in order of difficulty, with piano accompaniment, by Betty M Barlow.

Teach yourself authentic bluegrass fiddle with this book and CD pack. The book contains clear instructions on the basics: bowing and left-hand techniques, solos, backup, personal advice on performance, and much more, as well as a complete selection of the best bluegrass songs to learn from. The CD contains audio versions of the examples contained in the book and backing tracks for several songs.Written by Matt Glaser, chairman of the String Department at the Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1980.

Beyond Dark consists of one movement which is in three sections fast-slow-fast. Influences from the modern jazz harmony of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea and also traditional Japanese instruments such as the koto and shakahachi. The piece lends itself to alternative fingerings which helps to give the piece an exotic flavour - some of which are included in the score included some of these optional fingerings in the score.

Learn to Play Country Fiddle by Frank Zucco. For Fiddle. Methods. Country. Beginning. Book. 48 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.93418). ISBN 9780871664822. Country. 8.5x11 inches. An excellent, concise method for fiddling. Appropriate for children, this text also will prepare the fiddler for transition into classics. Widely used by string teachers!

Advanced Fiddling Book/CD Set by Craig Duncan. For Fiddle. Solos. Bluegrass & Country. Intermediate-Advanced. Book/CD Set. 120 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.93971BCD). ISBN 9780786629534. Bluegrass & Country. 8.75x11.75 inches. A follow-up book on Craig Duncan's popular "Deluxe Fiddling Method" containing 40 great fiddle solos in the keys of F, B-flat, E major, E minor, and A minor. Also features tunes in altered tunings, contest-style-breakdowns, ragtime tunes, and additional fiddling favorites. The split-track CD features full performances of the first 36 tunes in the book, split between fiddle solo and guitar accompaniment. The tunes Twinkle Little Star, Under the Double Eagle, and Whiskey Before Breakfast are not on the CD.

Bluegrass Fiddler by Burton Isaac. For Fiddle. Solos. Bluegrass. Intermediate. Book. 48 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.93341). ISBN 9780871667847. Bluegrass. 8.75x11.75 inches. A compilation of 30 fiddle tunes ranging from folk to ragtime to gospel. Includes Skillet Good and Greasy; Rakes of Mallow; Cripple Creek; Leaning on the Everlasting Arms; and others. All tunes are presented in a "theme-and-variations" format. Guitar chords are included as are lyrics, where appropriate. Levity leapt over the lyrical in these fiddling favorites that set our father's feet to stepping and made them "do their thing.".

The Craig Duncan Master Fiddle Solo Collection by Craig Duncan. Edited by Craig Duncan. For fiddle. Solos. Intermediate-Advanced level. Bluegrass and Country. Intermediate-Advanced. Book. 152 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.96995). ISBN 9780786633876. Bluegrass and Country. 8.75x11.75 inches. Presents 144 of the most frequently played tunes in old time fiddle contests as well as the most popular bluegrass, square dance and country tunes heard throughout the United States. The performance length arrangements of contest tunes include standard as well as challenging variations on hoe-downs, rags, polkas, show pieces, and waltzes complete with suggested accompaniment chords. This encyclopedia of fiddle tunes and variations spotlights American popular fiddle music as played by the great fiddlers of our time.