A complete guide to playing and reading fiddle music for beginners - contains everything you need to get you started, from advice on choosing a fiddle and changing strings, to learning to read music and play your first tunes. 35 lessons and a music reading course, including a 41 track CD with tunes recorded at two speeds so you can play along at home. Download of the CD included in case you don't have a CD player!

A4

Spiral Bound

89 pages

Independent review -
"I am a Director of Music at a Prep School and I teach violin to whole classes as well as having a son who learns violin and loves fiddle music. As an educator, I can tell you that this book is very clearly presented and every step is explained very clearly in non-complex language. Exercises have a very clear objective and the basic technical challenges of playing the violin are dealt with quickly and effectively from the outset (care of the instrument, bow hold, pizzicato, bowing, where to place your fingers, high 2 versus low 2 and semitones versus tones, slurs etc etc - surprisingly, scales become simple beginners things in no time, rather than complex Grade 1 challenges to battle with!). The CD presents material at a slow tempo and at full speed meaning that pupils also have 'learning tracks' that they can work with until they've mastered their new challenges. This book is suitable for a very beginner and moves on to become very useful to a Grade 2-4 violinist with a good mixture of string crossing, slurs, scale and arpeggio patterns within traditional tunes etc. Each piece is introduced with its background which is in itself interesting and then a focus on a specific technical feature or two with an explanation of how to master that challenge. As a true comparison, I have just sent 2 other books that I bought from Amazon back as they simply moved too fast and seemed rather dull and uninspiring. I therefore am very happy to recommend this clearly laid out, well thought out, step-by-step pedagogical method. Great job Fiona!"

Includes unlimited streaming of Fiona Driver's Scottish Fiddle Course - 41 tracks via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.