Fiddle Studio Book 3: Fiddling for the Intermediate Student

Learn fiddle style from Old-Time to Irish with examples and clear guidance. In this book Megan Beller, the founder of Fiddle Studio, teaches the hidden parts of fiddling that you don't see on the page. If you have played the fiddle or violin for years and are looking for harder tunes and more challenging techniques to master, this is the book for you. This book includes 50 favorite fiddle tunes, each one first presented with notes and chords only, then with a sample bowing and ornamentation written in.

Book 3 topics: yearly maintenance, bow rehair, New England fiddling, accent on the 2 and 4, swing, French Canadian fiddling, Georgia Shuffle on one string, scale, and in a tune, lifts, fills, Irish fiddling, jig slurs, grace notes, triplets, rolls, Old-Time fiddling, drones, anticipations, slides, chops, Cajun, Bluegrass, English, Modern Contra, Preparing to shift, heavy drag, light drag, switching fingers, breaking down a shift, before finger and after finger, bowing technique, taps, jellyfish, heavy in the middle, arm height and string crossings, vibrato, knuckle exercise, banjo slide, finger sticks, on the shoulder, adding the bow, wrist vibrato, practice strategies, rhythms and metronome.

Book 3 tunes:
New England tunes: Green Mountain Petronella, Old French, Miller's Reel, Chorus Jig, Ross's Reel, Money Musk, Lady Walpole's Reel.
Quebecois tunes: La Bastringue, Breakwater Boys, Pays de Haut, La Grondeuse, Buchard's Reel, Belle Gaspe, Jules Verret, Reel des Eboulements, Ronfleuse Gobeil.
Irish jigs: Bundle and Go, Star Above the Garter, The Connaughtman's Rambles, The Banks of Lough Gowna, The Coleraine, Banish Misfortune, Mooncoin.
Irish Reels: The High Reel, The Drunken Landlady, Ships are Sailing, Julia Delaney's Father Kelly's Reel, The Maid Behind the Bar, The Earl's Chair, The Belharbor, Bonnie Kate, Dinky's Reel, The Musical Priest, Union Street Session, Master Crowley's, Frank's Reel, Beare Island, Lads of Laois.
American tunes: Red Haired Boy, The 28th of January, Waynesboro, the Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman, Cattle in the Cane, Salty.
Third position reels: Brilliancy, Naftali's Favorite, MacArthur Road.

For teachers: Megan brings a unique perspective from studying classical violin and music education at Eastman, Suzuki training, and growing up fiddling. If you teach violin and are looking for tunes to challenge experienced fiddlers in Suzuki Book 3 and up, these tunes are some of my favorites, and include sample fiddle style bowings and ornaments. If you are a fiddle teacher who wants to be able to show visual learners all kinds of ornaments and styles written out in sheet music, or just dive into exactly when we slur, drone, and fill, this book is for you.