Exploring folk fiddle : an introduction to folk styles, technique and improvisation /
Haigh, Chris,author,arranger of music.
Audio files can be accessed from the publisher's website.
"This book is centred around Irish traditional music, but also dips into English, Scottish, Scandinavian, East European, Klezmer, Cajun and American old-time traditions. It is aimed both at the classical player approaching folk for the first time and at the seasoned fiddler who wants to deepen and broaden their understanding, repertoire and technique"--Cover.
Includes biographical note.
Includes bibliography, discography and list of web resources.
Introduction -- Tune types -- More tune types and structures -- Ornamentation -- Bowing -- Modes and scales -- East European, Klezmer and untempered scales -- Tunings -- What's missing? -- Variation, improvisation and composition -- The joy of sets -- Playing for dancing -- Odds and ends.
Violin
Folk music.