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| Instrument: |
Violin
Fiddle |
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| Genre: |
Folk
St. Patrick's Day Welsh Irish |
| Format: |
CD
Collection / Songbook |
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English, Welsh, Scottish, & Irish Fiddle Tunes edited by Robin Williamson. For fiddle / violin. Music Sales America. British and Folk. Difficulty: easy-medium to medium. Violin solo songbook and examples CD. Standard notation, chord names, performance notes, introductory text and black & white illustrations. 96 pages. Music Sales #OK63164. Published by Music Sales (HL.14010363).
ISBN 0825601657. With standard notation, chord names, performance notes, introductory text and black & white illustrations. British and Folk. 9x12 inches.
Over 100 tunes, this is an outstanding collection of the traditional music of Britain, graded from easy to advanced.
dave
Location: from connecticut
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
June 30, 2007
A Classic Collection
This book was my entre to traditional music when it came out 30 years ago, and I still love it. One caveat; this is NOT a '101 Session Tunes' collection. Williamson was a big time performer in the 1960s, some of these tunes are performance pieces, he includes variations both...
12 of 25 people found this review helpful.
Sarah
Location: from Longmont, CO
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
June 6, 2004
A good starting point
An easily accessible tune book with plenty to keep you going. The CD is a great tool although it can be annoying for those starting out when the CD differs from the notation! All good listening practice. Another slight problem: no clear indication of tempo is given but if you're...
16 of 31 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Cobb County GA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
September 7, 2001
Good solid fiddle book
Williamson has chosen a good range of traditional tunes for the serious beginner or early intermediate player. My only criticism is that he appears to have "dumbed down" some tunes for the beginning player without noting that fact. The most flagrant example of this is the Shetland tune "Chris'mas Day...
10 of 26 people found this review helpful.