VIOLIN/FIDDLE BOOKS I SOMETIMES USE WITH MY STUDENTS:
METHOD BOOKS:
- Learn to Play a Stringed Instrument-Violin Book One; Ralph Mate sky; Alfred Music Co.
- A Tune A Day-Violin Book One (or Two); C. Paul Herfurth; Boston Music Company
SCALE/ETUDE/POSITION BOOKS:
- Scales in First Position; Harvey Whistler; Rubank, Inc.(#185)
- Introducing the Positions; Harvey Whistler; Rubank, Inc.(#115)
- First Etude Album for Violin; Harvey Whistler; Rubank, Inc. (#163)
DUET BOOKS:
- Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments-Two Violins (Bk 1-4), Samuel Appelbaum; Belwin Mills Publ.
- Easy Baroque Duets for Violin, Betty Barlow, Summy Birchard, Inc.
- The Student Violinist's Book of Rounds; Marilyn Worth; Mel Bay Publ., MB95470
FIDDLE BOOKS:
- The Fiddler's Fakebook; David Brody; Oak Publ.
- The Cajun Fiddle; Craig Duncan; Mel Bay Publ., MB 95458BCD
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS, BUT RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
- Making Music for the Joy of It:Enhancing Creativity, Skills & Musical Confidence; Stephanie Judy; Tarcher /Putnam Publ.; ISBN# 0-87477-593-0
- Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Sharon Butler; New Harbinger Publ.; ISBN # 1-57224-039-3
- You Are Your Instrument; Julie Lyonn Lieberman; Huiksi Music Publ.; ISBN #1-879730-20-0
Fiddlers caught spirits and dreams whirling through the air, pulled them down to earth, where mere mortals could hear and see them. They brought the dead to life, and brought magic down from the sky, and made dreams more real than logic. ~ Luanne Rice, 'Summer of Roses'