The Viola Fiddling Tune Book CD

Written as a companion to the wildly popular Fiddle book this method opens up the world of Fiddling to the beginning/intermediate Violist. Finally Fiddlers Violists and Cellists can jam together! Unlike many books for Violasand Cellos which simply transpose the tunes the authors went to considerable effort arranging the tunes to be both playable and true to the original melody and key.Variations to the tunes are included illustrating how theycan serve as a basis for improvisation. Ensemble skills are taught with chords and lyrics basic music theory and demonstrations of such skills as backup and lead playing in this playfully- illustrated book.A high quality multi-instrumental audio for listening and play-along captures the excitement of the music. Like its Fiddle counterpart this method is destined to be a classic. Includes access to online audio.

This companion to Mel Bay's popular American Fiddle Method opens up the world of fiddling to cellists at a beginner-intermediate level. Unlike many books for Violas and Cellos which simply transpose thetunes the authors of this method Brian Wicklund and Faith Farr have gone to considerable effort arranging the tunes to be both playable and true to the original melody and key. Variations to the tunes areincluded illustrating how they can serve as a basis for improvisation. Finally fiddlers violists and cellists can jam together! In this book ensemble skills are taught with chords and lyrics basic music theory anddemonstrations of such skills as backup and lead playing. This playfully-illustrated book also includes access to high quality multi-instrumental online audio recordings for listening and play-along.