Wicklund, B.: The American Fiddle Method Vol.1 (+Online Audio)

School for viola with Online Audio play-along by Brian Wicklund and Faith Farr.

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 violas and 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 they can 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 Online Audio Play Along for listening and play-along captures the
excitement of the music. Like its fiddle counterpart, this method is
destined to be a classic.

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications MLB20605M.

Contents:

• Angelia Baker Drone Variation
• Angelina Baker
• Arran Boat Song
• Boil’em Cabbage Down
• Boil’em Cabbage Down “Chunk” Backup
• Boil’em Cabbage Down Basic Bass Line
• Boil’em Cabbage Down Bass Line and Slap off-beats
• Boil’em Cabbage Down Drone Variation
• Boil’em Cabbage Down Long Bow Backup
• Boil’em Cabbage Down Long Bow Bass Line
• Boil’em Cabbage Down Slide Variation
• Bonaparte’s Retreat
• Buffalo Gals
• Cairo
• Camptown Races
• Camptown Races Drone Variation
• Cindy
• Cindy Drone Variation
• Cindy slide Variation
• Country Waltz
• Country Waltz “Chunk” Backup
• Crawdad Song
• Crawdad Song Drone Variatoin
• Cripple Creek
• Cripple Creek Drone Variation
• Cripple Creek Slide Variation
• Girl I Left Behind Me
• Grandfather’s Clock
• Old Joe Clark
• Red Haired Boy
• Red Wing
• Shortnin’ Bread
• Shortnin’ Bread Drone Variation
• Shortnin’ Bread Slide Variation
• Slap off-beats
• Soldier’s Joy
• Soldier’s Joy Drone Variation
• Southwind
• Stinky’s Blues
• Turkey in the Straw
• Wise Old Friend