Fiddle / Violin Tutor Books

is book introduces children to bluesy violin techniques in a ground-breaking way that is both structured and fun. You will learn to slide the fingers using exercises and original composition that move from simple to intermediate levels. Suitable for adults as well. Includes access to online audio.

The Fiddle Chord Chart explores Major, Minor, Major 6, Minor 6, Dominant 7th, Diminished, Diminished 7th, and Augmented chords. For each chord quality, several voicings or ways to play the chord are illustrated with easy-to-read fingerboard diagrams. These diagrams display 2-note, 3-note, and 4-note foundational and functional voicings and can be used as a resource for harmony building on the fiddle.

The Essential String Method integrates musical awareness, creativity and technical development from the outset, developing the pupil as a musician as well as an instrumentalist right from the start through an integrated programme of games, activities, songs and pieces. Sheila Nelson's acclaimed teaching approach is a radical advance in the teaching of stringed instruments. Making their way through the series, pupils encounter an attractive selection of new tunes and arrangements on which to build their repertoire. The material is presented as a logical progression of musical activities involving both the instrument and the voice. These make learning fun and are easily incorporatedinto instrumental lessons, simultaneously developing the pupil's technical and musical abilities while reinforcing aspects of the National Curriculum. 4 easy-to-use books for each instrument (violin, viola, cello & double bass) offer a practical solution for today's instrumental teacher.A complete course for individual and group teaching.

This book introduces fiddlers to 3rd position in a fun and exciting way by using well known Scottish tunes as the examples. It is a very popular book and can be used in on its own or in conjunction with a non-Scottish 3rd position book if supplementary fun material is required.

Also included are some pages of 2nd position tunes to widen the interest in the uses of position work in fiddle playing and enable the players to tackle some of the material from Scott Skinner’s "The Scottish Violinist" book and tunes from the "Session" books, some of which include position work.