The Fiddle Handbook
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2009
288 pages
978-1-4768-5476-2 (ISBN)
Description
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....
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....
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United States
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4768-5476-2 (9781476854762)
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Person
Chris Haigh (London, England) is one of the UK's leading professional fiddlers. Over the years he has performed a huge range of music with dozens of bands, and played sessions for artists as diverse as Alison Moyet, Rolf Harris, All About Eve, and James Galway.
Content
- Intro
- Introducing The Fiddle
- The History
- Early Precursors
- Medieval Ancestors
- Evolution
- Where Did The Names 'Violin' And 'Fiddle' Come From?
- The Fiddler As Rogue Or Devil
- Fiddles Of The World
- The Basics Of Fiddle Playing
- Buying An Instrument
- The Bow
- Strings
- Tuning
- The Bridge
- Shoulder Rest
- Mute
- Amplification
- Learning The Fiddle
- Irish Fiddle
- The History Of Irish Fiddling
- The Irish Pub Session
- Irish-American Fiddling
- Playing Irish Fiddle
- The Anatomy Of A Tune
- Tune Types In Irish Music
- Bowing
- Fingered Ornamentation
- Bowed Ornamentation
- Scottish Fiddle
- The History Of Scottish Fiddling
- Scottish Fiddle In The 20th Century
- Scottish Fiddle Today
- Regional Styles
- The Shetland Isles
- The East And North-East
- The Highlands And West Coast
- Cape Breton
- Playing Scottish Fiddle
- Modes
- Scottish Tune Types
- Scottish Fiddle Techniques
- English Fiddle
- The English Dancing Master
- Style And Repertoire In Pre-Victorian Fiddling
- Improvisation
- Ornamentation
- Keys
- Rhythms, Tune Types, And Tempos
- Bowing Technique
- Double-Stops And Drones
- The Decline Of English Fiddling
- Rural Depopulation
- The Demise Of The West Gallery Tradition
- Changes In Dance Fashion
- The Rise Of Music Hall
- The Failings Of The First Folk Music Revival
- The Poor Quality Of Sound Recordings
- Competition From Melodeon And Concertina
- The Lack Of Fiddle Contests
- The Poor Image Of The Revival
- The Effects Of Empire
- Morris Dancing
- The Post-War Folk Revival
- The New English Folk Fiddlers
- English Fiddle Today
- Playing English Fiddle
- Shepherd's Hey
- Sir Roger De Coverley
- Hod The Lass Till I Run At Her
- John Of The Green, The Cheshire Way
- The Savage Hornpipe
- The High Level Bridge
- Klezmer Fiddle
- The History Of Klezmer Fiddle
- Klezmer In The United States
- The Klezmer Revival
- Revival Bands
- Playing Klezmer Fiddle
- Klezmer Modes
- Ornamentation
- Eastern European Fiddle
- Russia
- Korobushka
- Ukraine
- Kolomyjka
- Kozachok
- Hopak
- Early Ukrainian-American Recordings
- Hungary
- The Dance House Movement
- Poland
- Krakowiak
- Polonaise
- Mazurka
- Oberek
- Kujawiak
- Tatra Mountains Fiddle
- Romania
- Tune Types
- Bulgaria
- The Gadulka
- Playing Bulgarian Music
- American Old-Time Fiddle
- The Roots Of Old-Time Fiddle
- Old-Time Fiddle In The 20th Century
- The Old-Time Revival
- Competition Fiddling
- Playing Old-Time Fiddle
- Old Joe Clark
- Fisher's Hornpipe
- Granny Will Your Dog Bite?
- Greenback Dollar
- Cajun Fiddle
- Early Cajun Fiddlers
- Cajun String Bands
- Post-War Cajun Music
- Cajun Fiddle Today
- Playing Cajun Fiddle
- Jolie Blonde
- Allons A Lafayette
- Bluegrass Fiddle
- Bill Monroe
- Monroe's Fiddlers
- Art Wooten
- Tommy Magness
- Howdy Forrester
- Chubby Wise
- Benny Martin
- Bobby Hicks
- Kenny Baker
- Richard Greene
- Byron Berline
- The Classic Bluegrass Line-Up
- The Bluegrass Revival
- Bluegrass Fiddle Today
- Playing Bluegrass Fiddle
- Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Western Swing Fiddle
- Bob Wills
- Light Crust Doughboys And Musical Brownies
- 'San Antonio Rose'
- West Coast Western Swing
- Cowboys On Acid
- A Who's Who Of Western Swing Fiddle Players
- Bob Wills
- Jesse Ashlock
- Cecil Brower
- Joe Holley
- Louis Tierney
- Cliff Bruner
- Johnny Gimble
- Playing Western Swing Fiddle
- Liberty
- Beaumont Rag
- Country Fiddle
- The Birth Of Country Music
- Radio Barn Dances
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Singing Cowboys
- Honky-Tonk Music
- Hank Williams
- The Rise Of Nashville
- Rockabilly Versus The Nashville Sound
- New Country
- Playing Country Fiddle
- Blues Fiddle
- What Is The Blues?
- The Roots Of The Blues
- Early Blues Recordings
- Three Great Blues Fiddlers
- Playing Blues Fiddle
- Rock Fiddle
- What Is Rock Violin?
- Fiddlers In Bands
- Playing Rock Fiddle
- Jazz Fiddle
- Joe Venuti
- Eddie South
- Stuff Smith
- Stéphane Grappelli
- Svend Asmussen
- Bebop And Beyond
- Jean-Luc Ponty
- Jazz Fusion
- Playing Jazz Fiddle
- Messing With The Tune
- Improvisation
- Chords
- Playing Outside
