An American classic fiddle tune and standard repertoire in the world of bluegrass, Cold Frosty Morning is transformed into an energy-filled showpiece for strings with this clever setting by Larry Moore. Play it for the winter season and holidays, or on any program that needs a pickin-grinnin audience pleaser. / Ensemble A Cordes

Book with Audio and Video Access. Preface by Jay Ungar, composer of Ashokan Farewell. A Festival of Violin and Fiddle Styles presents 23 styles and is chock full of right- and left-hand techniques, exercises, and advice designed to help violinists, violists and cellists step into inclusive, 21st century skills as well as repertoire. This jam-packed book includes tips from an incredible array of multi-genre and roots-specific players including: Jay Ungar, Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, Mark Wood, Aly Bain, Roby Lakatos, Don Roy, Calvin Vollrath, Paul Anastasio, and more. Styles include old-time, bluegrass, Cajun, Franco-American, western swing, blues, swing, pop/rock, Irish, Scottish, Shetland Islands, Cape Breton,Hungarian, Ukrainian, Klezmer, Roma, Calentano, Galician, Afro-Cuban, tango, Swedish, Bollywood, Quebecois, and Metis. Online audio includes playing examples of all the fiddle tunes in the book, followed by background music so you can continue to play on your own. Videos include expert instruction on fiddle techniques like bowing, slurs, slides, vibrato, and ornamentation. / Pédagogie / Recueil / Violoncelle

for Fiddle Tunes. Eclectic cellist, Renata Bratt, has written the ultimate book for the fiddling cellist, this time from the perspective of an accompanist. Herein, you'll find the theoretical and technical foundation for everything you need to creatively back up the lead players in a fiddle jam session, not to mention playing the lead yourself. This progressive method includes detailed fingerings and bowings for traditional fiddle tunes like: Salt Creek, Jenny Dang the Weaver, The Water Is Wide, The Girl I left Behind Me, The Road to California, Mason's Apron, and Green Grows the Laurel - plus three jigs and a slip-jig. Accompaniment elements include single chord-tone backup, bluegrass bass style, 2 and 3-note chords and arpeggios in the common fiddling keys, one and two-measure rhythmic bowing patterns, the Charleston rhythm, the traveling beat, and many variations of the ever-popular chop bowing technique. With the knowledge and experience conveyed by this book, a cellist can become a valuable asset to any musical group no matter the style! Includes access to 100 online audio tracks expertly played by the author. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Date parution : 2020-04-11/ Etude / Violoncelle

Renata Bratt's The Fiddling Cellist is a comprehensive resource designed to prepare intermediate and advanced Cello students to play fiddle music. Eighteen fiddle tunes with chords in stylesfound in typical fiddle jam sessions - Celtic Old Time and Bluegrass. Each tune arranged for two or three Cellos and accompanied by short studies teaching idiomatic bass lines and back-up harmony as well as improvisationalsoloing over the chord changes. The companion audio download available online includes all examples with Guitar accompaniment.

Par RENATA BRATT. Une ressource complète pour préparer les étudiants violoncelles intermédiaires et avancés à jouer de la musique de violon. Dix-huit fiddle tunes with chords dans des styles dans le violon typique jam sessions - celtique, Old Time et Bluegrass. Chaque morceau arrangé pour deux ou trois violoncelles et accompagné de courtes études d'enseignement des lignes de basse idiomatiques harmonie de back-up ainsi et isolation improvisation sur les changements de la corde. CD compagnon comprend tous les exemples avec l'accompagnement de la guitare. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Fiddle Tunes - Methods / Méthode / Violoncelle