The Fiddle Handbook Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful book by a man who knows his fiddle. It's well written with a deep understanding of history, styles and technique that will make any fiddle player a better musician.
Mr Haigh covers a lot of ground. He begins with the basics of playing, the history of the violin, and tips on buying an instrument. Then he explores many styles of fiddle playing beginning with Irish fiddle. Each style presented has examples on the accompanying cd so we can learn how that passage, ornament or whole song should sound when we play.
If you play fiddle, whether it's Irish, Scottish, Cajun, western swing, bluegrass, jazz, or whatever, this book is for you. It will make us all better players.

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The Fiddle Handbook 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. A wealth of musical examples - ornaments, bowing patterns, scales, modes, exercises and complete tunes - 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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