- Fiddle Fork
- Forum for registered users; over 13,000 music files in abc, notation (gif, jpg, pdf; often with chords), MIDI & BandInABox formats
- www.fiddlefork.com
- Fiddle Forum
- www.fiddleforum.com
- Fiddle Hangout (Added 23 Jun 07)
- new Forum for registered users; Lessons; searchable MP3 archive; Links; developed by Eric Schlange, creator of Banjo Hangout
- www.fiddlehangout.com/forum
- Fiddle Players' Discussion List - Search Archives
- listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?S1=FIDDLE-L
- Maesto Net (Added 30 Apr 08)
- www.maestronet.com/forums
- Music Moose Fiddle Forum
- www.musicmoose.org
- Viva Strings Forum (Added 7 Nov 07)
- forums.abrsm.org/lofiversion/index.php/f14.html
- 12 Questions Violinists Ask about Fiddling
- Donna Hébert
- www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/Strings102/masterclass_102.html
- Acoustics For Violin & Guitar Makers (Added 31 Jan 08)
- www.speech.kth.se/music/acviguit4/index.html
- Bad Hair Day (Added 12 Dec 07)
- "how to deal with the hair on your bow"
- tinpan.fortunecity.com/rumba/413/FiddlingOnABadHairDay.html
- Bluegrass Fiddle
- Bluegrass Fiddle introduction
- www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/bluegrass/bluegrassframe.html
- Bows & Strings: Acoustics (Added 7 Nov 07)
- www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/Bows.html
- Bow On A Couch (Added 17 Jan 08)
- "Mysteries & secrets of bowmaking"; pdf
- www.andreasgrutter.nl/book/p0_frame.html
- Bow Testing (Added 17 Jan 08)
- members.aol.com/bowedstrings/bows-magic-wands.html
- Bows - How They're Made (Added 17 Jan 08)
- Photo essay (105 photos); German language site
- www.gerbeth.at/making/sld001.htm
- Canadian Fiddle Links
- www.fiddle.on.ca/fiddle/hotlinks.htm
- Canadian Fiddle Music History (Added 19 Dec 07)
- www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
- Canadian Fiddler Album Liner Notes (Added 19 Dec 07)
- www.backtothesugarcamp.com/Linenote.htm
- Care & Maintenance of Violins (Added 17 Jan 08)
- www.lashofviolins.com/maintenance.html
- Cleaning Your Instrument
- www.stringsmagazine.com/article/138/138,3592,YourInstrument-1.asp
- Definitions Of Fiddle Styles & Tunes
- www.library.yale.edu/~mkoth/fidstyle.htm
- Fiddle Adjustment & Bridge Tips
- www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/2373
- Fiddle Fork
- Forum for registered users; over 13,000 music files in abc, notation (gif, jpg, pdf; often with chords), MIDI & BandInABox formats
- www.fiddlefork.com
- Fiddle Jokes
- www.tradcentre.com/dialup/jokes.html
- Fiddle Novice
- blog format; Music Practice, Rosin, Learning New Tunes, How to Hold the Fiddle, Fiddle Riddles + 2 Fiddle Jokes
- fiddle-novice.blogspot.com
- Fiddler Magazine
- some articles on-line; Past Issues Archive
- www.fiddle.com/index.htm
- Fiddler's Companion
- Reference Database of historial and musical information about 100's of fiddle tunes
- www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FCfiles.html
- Fiddle Scales Software (Added 7 Nov 07)
- zip file; learn 9 Major scales with displayed finger charts & MIDI sound, in all 5 positions; Position Chart
- home.paonline.com/zaikoski/fiddle/PROG.HTM
- Fiddlers - Photos
- www.siegelproductions.ca/fiddlefarmers/fiddlers.htm
- Fiddle Sculptures by Philippe Guillerm
- www.philippeguillerm.com/gallery.html
- Fiddle Sites (Added 7 May 07)
- www.helpsite.ca/music
- Fiddle Tune Fairy Tale (Added 29 Nov 07)
- written by Mac McKeever as wedding present for Drew Beisswenger & Lisa Langston; contains titles of over 85 fiddle tunes
- www.langston.com/Fun_People/1999/1999APQ.html
- Google Books Search Preview: Fiddle (Added 28 Oct 07)
- books.google.com
- Guide to Choosing Violin Strings (Added 25 Nov 07)
- www.violinist.com/wiki/violin-strings
- Identifying and Appraising Violin Family Instruments (Added 10 Apr 08)
- www.oriscus.com/mi/violin.htm
- Irish Fiddling - Regional Styles
- www.irishfiddle.com/styles.html
- Learning Fiddle Tunes By Ear
- www.zaretandsonsviolins.com/fiddlebyear.html
- Learning Irish Fiddle
- www.geocities.com/Athens/6464/fidintro.html
- Legends & Lore of the Fiddle (Added 12 Dec 07)
- tinpan.fortunecity.com/rumba/413/links.html
- Legends, Lore & Tall Tales
- www.fiddlerwoman.com/id55.htm
- Missouri Old-Time Fiddling Traditions (Added 23 Apr 07)
- www.missourifiddling.com/MO_FID_TRADITIONS.htm
- Old Indian and Metis Fiddling in Manitba (Added 21 Nov 07)
- "Origins, Structure, and Questions of Syncretism"
- cjtm.icaap.org/content/19/v19art7.html
- Physics of How A Violin Works
- physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/696
- Player' Guide to 30 Violin Strings Brands (Added 25 Nov 07)
- www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/strings95/CoverStory.shtml
- Playing Without Injuries (Added 1 Apr 07)
- fiddlehedz.org/pageplayingwithoutinjuries.htm
- Play of a Fiddle (Added 28 Oct 07)
- Preview; Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia, By Gerald Milnes
- books.google.com
- Roots of American Fiddle Music
- old photos, mp3
- www.1001tunes.com/index.shtml
- Set-Up Info (Added 24 Jun 07)
- www.abcviolins.com/setup.html
- String Color Codes (Added 25 Nov 07)
- Pirastro
- www.stringmail.co.uk/stringinfo.htm
- String Color Ends (Added 25 Nov 07)
- www.lashofviolins.com/String%20colors/Stringchart.htm
- String ID Search (Added 25 Nov 07)
- For violin, viola, cello, bass; choose ball & peg end color to determine brand of strings
- www.quinnviolins.com/qv_stringidsearch.shtml
- Strings Information (Added 10 Feb 08)
- www.vivaceviolin.com/mcp/Strings.html
- Strings: All About Violin Strings (Added 21 Jan 08)
- www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~leonid/violin_strings.htm
- Strings: Choosing The Right Ones (Modified 13 Apr 08)
- www.johnsonstring.com/Choosing%20Strings.htm
- Strings Magazine Back Issue Archive
- some on-line articles
- www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/pastissues/index.asp
- Strings Magazine Practical Musician Articles
- www.stringsmagazine.com/leveltwo/PRACTICALMUSICIAN-58.asp
- Strings Magazine: Your Instrument
- www.stringsmagazine.com/leveltwo/YOURINSTRUMENT-65.asp
- Tips On Instrument Care
- www.fiddlesessions.com/feb04/instrumentcare.html
- Top Ten Reasons Why Your Think or Know You Sound Rotten When You Play Your Fiddle (Added 12 Dec 07)
- tinpan.fortunecity.com/rumba/413/toptenreasons.html
- Tunings For Traditional Fiddle (Added 27 Feb 08)
- notation & MIDI
- www.dearoldillinois.com/tunings.html
- Tuning Your Violin (Added 8 May 07)
- flash player
- mwatsonmusic.com/tuneguide/flash/tuneviolin.swf
- Upgrading VSO (Violin Shaped Object) (Added 24 Jun 07)
- photos of repair procedures
- hmi.homewood.net/vso
- Violin Acoustics
- www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/violin
- Violin & Fiddle Care
- www.westcountryviolins.com/web_pages/violin.htm
- Violin Help Center (Added 17 Jan 08)
- videos, listening room, scales (pdfs), on-line tuner & metronome, bowstrokes
- www.guitfiddleacademy.com/vlnhelp.html
- Violin Making
- Construction, sound, care & maintenance
- www.centrum.is/hansi
- Violin Making Articles (Added 31 Jan 08)
- www.platetuning.org/html/books__links___articles.html
- Violin Mastery by Frederick H. Martens (Added 14 Feb 08)
- 1919; Interviews with master violinists & teachers: Ysaye, Kreisler, Elman, Auer, Thibaud, Heifetz, Hartmann, Maud Powell
- www.gutenberg.org/etext/15535
- Violin Secrets (Added 20 Mar 08)
- "Tips on Technique, Performing, and Practicing" from Clayton Haslop
- violinmastery.com/violinsecrets/index.html
- Virtual Violin Making Class
- www.violin-world.com/sound
- Why Is The Violin So Hard To Play? (Added 7 Dec 07)
- Physics Of Bowed Strings
- plus.maths.org/issue31/features/woodhouse/index.html
- Why We Play The Fiddle
- Stories, poems, quotes, images
- www.dhebert.com/publications/themuse/index.html
- World Fiddle Music (Modified 8 Nov 07)
- need to register free, for full site access; audio; videos of fiddle styles; posture; left hand; ornamentation; bowing
- www.worldfiddlemusic.com
- Art of The Slide
- by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; excerpt from The Strad magazine; pdf file
- julielyonn.com/documents/STRADJuly2005.pdf
- Basic Fiddle Care (Added 7 Nov 07)
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/sfo/Instruments/fiddllecare.htm
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- Bow Arm - A Plane In Space
- www.fiddlesessions.com/dec04/bow.html
- Bow Arm Violin Exercises
- Detaché, Collé, Martellé, Staccato,`Sautillé,`Ricochét, Chords
- www.theviolinsite.com/bowarm.html
- Bow Geography
- www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/Strings115/strings101.html
- Bowing for Swing Fiddle
- www.fiddlesessions.com/oct04/swing.html
- Bow Patterns in a Swing Improvisation
- www.fiddlesessions.com/dec04/improv.html
- Bow Techniques (Added 20 Jan 08)
- "The Development of a Violinist" by Calvin Sieb; practice techniques & videos
- www.siegelproductions.ca/calvinsieb/bow.htm
- Bowing Techniques (Added 7 Nov 07)
- johnboulware.com/wordpress/?page_id=18
- Bowing Tips - Tension Free
- www.stringsmagazine.com/article/135/135,3472,Strings101-1.asp
- Changing Fiddle Strings (Added 7 Nov 07)
- www.fiddlerwoman.com/id46.htm
- Elements Of Good Fiddle Playing (Added 8 May 07)
- Bobby Hicks
- www.bobbyhicks.com/Elements.pdf
- Fiddle Hangout (Added 23 Jun 07)
- new Forum for registered users; Lessons; searchable MP3 archive; Links; developed by Eric Schlange, creator of Banjo Hangout
- www.fiddlehangout.com/forum
- Fiddle Hub (Added 14 May 08)
- How-To Lessons in text, tab & video; "Whiskey Before Breakfast"; "Soldier's Joy";
- fiddlehub.com/index.html
- Fiddle Lessons - Folk Of The Wood
- notation/tab for beginner to advanced
- www.folkofthewood.com/page5306.htm
- Fiddle Lessons - Notes & Songs
- Exercises, scales, notation gifs: oldtime, jigs, reels, hornpipes
- determan.net/michele/fiddle.htm
- Fiddle Study
- scales, arpeggios, doublestops, chords
- www.musicpotential.com/LESSONS/Fiddle/Fiddle%20Study.html
- Happy Hollow Tune Of The Month
- Hope Grietzer, fiddler; MP3 & PDF files; Archives
- hwww.happyhollowmusic.com/tuneofthemonth.htm
- Homespun Fiddle Lesson Videos
- 2 minute video samples available for many lessons
- www.homespuntapes.com/catagory/default.asp?catID=16&ctype=i
- How To Make Your (Left) Wrist Work For You - Part 1; Part 2
- www.fiddlesessions.com
- How To Play Fiddle: Video Series (Modified 13 Apr 08)
- Beginner Fiddle Lesson Videos with David Kaynor
- www.expertvillage.com/video-series/332_beginning-fiddle.htm
- Jazz Bowings
- by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; excerpt from The Strad magazine; pdf file
- julielyonn.com/documents/STRADapril2005.pdf
- Keys To Good Bowing: Leverage & Flexibility
- Article by Paul Anastasio
- www.fiddlesessions.com/feb05/leverage.html
- Learn A Fiddle Tune: Rabbit In The Log (aka Fort Smith) (Added 27 Feb 08)
- notations, MIDIs, instructional text breaks down the tune phrase-by-phrase
- www.dearoldillinois.com/learn.html
- Learning Violin - free video lessons
- tuning, posture, bow grip, bowing; E-Lessons
- www.learningviolin.com/free_video.htm
- Left Hand Violin Exercises (Added 7 Nov 07)
- www.theviolinsite.com/lefthand.html
- Mel Bay Fiddle Sessions
- Edited by Stacy Phillips
- www.fiddlesessions.com
- Mr Fiddle
- Beginner instruction
- mrfiddle.com
- Music Moose Video Lessons
- Fiddle Video Lessons with Jeff Wisor
- www.musicmoose.org
- Ornaments For Fiddle & Voice (Added 27 Feb 08)
- explanation, notation & mp3 sample
- www.dearoldillinois.com/orn.html
- Posture Pointers
- www.stringsmagazine.com/article/140/140,3664,PracticalMusician-1.asp
- Practice: How To
- written for guitar players, with suggestions relevant to all instruments
- www.guitarpeople.com/woodshed/howtopractice.html
- Practice Time - Make Better Use Of It
- www.stringsmagazine.com/article/131/131,3300,Strings101-3.asp
- Practice Tips (Added 8 May 07)
- courtesy of Viola discussion list
- viola.com/practice-tips.htm
- Right & Left Hand Touch
- by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; excerpt from The Strad magazine; pdf file
- julielyonn.com/documents/STRADNovember2005.pdf
- Rhythmic Ear Training
- by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; pdf file
- julielyonn.com/RhythmicEarTraining.pdf
- Secret To The Fiddler's Loose Wrist (Added 20 Apr 07)
- fiddleguru.com/Subscribers/bowgrip.html
- Shifting Positions Handbook (Modified 27 Nov 07)
- 80 pg pdf file; exercises & scales; by Dr. Rami Kanaan
- ramikanaan.com/home.htmlf
- Stacy Phillips Sample Fiddle Lessons
- www.stacyphillips.com/samplelessons.html
- Strings Magazine Lessons
- www.stringsmagazine.com/leveltwo/Lessons-82.asp
- String Pedagogy Notebook
- video instruction for Right & Left Hand Technique
- www.uvm.edu/~mhopkins/string/pedagogical.htm
- Tone Production
- www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/Strings113/coverstory.html
- Variations Of Bow Licks (Added 9 Nov 07)
- Japanese site by Kahoru Kurokawa; mp3
- www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zn5k-krkw/bowlicks/variations.htm
- Violon Bleu (Added 22 Mar 07)
- French site; free lesson linked from Cours Gratuits; video, mp3; English site
- www.violonbleu.com
- Violin & Bow Holding Tips
- Détaché; Posture; Right Hand Tone Production; Practice Ideas
- www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~leonid/posture_start.htm
- Violin Help Center (Added 17 Jan 08)
- www.guitfiddleacademy.com/vlnhelp.html
- Violin Help Videos (Added 17 Jan 08)
- www.guitfiddleacademy.com/Vlnhelpvideos.html
- Violin Masterclass
- login as guest; Master Classes: videos of stance, right & left hand, scales, arpeggios, doublestops, intonation; Performance Files: videos of classical pieces
- www.violinmasterclass.com
- Violin Scale Charts (Added 7 Nov 07)
- Chart 1 & 2
- www.option-wizard.com/vsc/vsc46/vsc1.shtml
- Virtual Violin Videos (Added 20 Jan 08)
- teaching techniques; Professor Todd Ehle; Calvin Sieb
- virtualviolin.blogspot.com/#vids
- World Fiddle Music (Modified 8 Nov 07)
- need to register free, for full site access; audio; videos of fiddle styles; posture; left hand; ornamentation; bowing
- www.worldfiddlemusic.com
- Wrong Playing Techniques
- tips for avoiding injuries
- www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/strings108/practmus108.html
- 3000 Fiddle Tunes (Added 9 Nov 07)
- mp3s; Japanese site by Kahoru Kurokawa
- sound.jp/fiddler
- A Complete Guide to Learning the Irish Fiddle By Paul McNevin (Modified 14 Apr 08)
- notation examples of: jigs, set dances, slow airs
- books.google.com
- Bernie Waugh's Fiddle Tunes (Added 22 Oct 07)
- American, Canadian, Celtic, British & 4-Beat (Reel-like) Tunes, Jigs & Waltzes; in abc, pdf & ps formats
- www.math.dartmouth.edu/~doyle/docs/waugh
- Brenda Stubbert - Canadian Cape Breton fiddler
- some MP3 clips & notation
- www.cranfordpub.com/stubbert/recordings.htm
- Centralia Parlor Pickers (Added 29 Dec 07)
- OldTime mp3s (only 1st part of list are active links); Fiddle & Banjo tunings noted
- www.parlorpickers.com
- Cranford Publications
- specializing in Celtic fiddle music; mp3 clips from various artists; abc tune archive;
- www.cranfordpub.com/index.htm
- Dancing On The Air Radio
(Added 3 Mar 07)
- streaming "audio archive of live musical performances" from Jay Ungar and Molly Mason's radio show
- www.dancingontheair.com
- Fiddle Fork
- Forum for registered users; over 13,000 music files in abc, notation (gif, jpg, pdf; often with chords), MIDI & BandInABox formats
- www.fiddlefork.com
- Fiddleicious Fiddle Music pdfs
- www.fiddleicious.com/pdfs.html
- Fiddleicious Fiddle Rehearsal MP3s
- www.fiddleicious.com/mp3.html
- Fiddle Hangout (Added 23 Jun 07)
- new Forum for registered users; Lessons; MP3 archive; Links; developed by Eric Schlange, creator of Banjo Hangout
- www.fiddlehangout.com/forum
- Fiddle Jammer
(Modified 1 Feb 08)
- OldTime Fiddler; Audio file podcast; fiddle blog; Tune Archive; Festival Jam Recordings
- fiddlejammer.blogspot.com
- Fiddle-L 1999 Anthology of Fiddle Tunes
- mp3 of 3 CDs of fiddle tunes from around the world; CD1-Celtic; Cd2-OldTime; CD3-Mix
- www.fiddle.net/anthology/anthology.html
- Fiddler's Companion
- Reference Database of historial and musical information about 100's of fiddle tunes
- www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FCfiles.html
- Fiddler's Grove (Added 23 Jun 07)
- mp3
- www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/fiddlers/HTML_Final/Sounds/soundsHome.htm
- Fiddle Tabs
- fiddleguru.com/Archive/index.html
- Frontier Fiddles Fiddle Tab (Added 27 Dec 07)
- tablature; Jamboree Tab Books; Tab Collections
- www.frontierfiddlers.ca
- Google Videos: Fiddle
- video.google.com/videosearch?q=Fiddle
- Institute of American Music
- Fiddle tablature, notation, mp3 formats; Tunes in pdf
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com
- Jay Buckey Tablature
- pdf format for multi-instruments
- www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm
- Juneberry Old Time Music Sampler 1920's & 1930's (Added 25 Nov 07)
- mp3
- juneberry78s.com/otmsampler/otmsampta.html
- Key of C Old Time Fiddle Tunes (Added 19 Jun 07)
- Old mp3 recordings
- slippery-hill.com/c
- How To Play Fiddle: Video Series (Modified 13 Apr 08)
- Beginner Fiddle Lesson Videos with David Kaynor
- www.expertvillage.com/video-series/332_beginning-fiddle.htm
- Luther Strong 1937 Fiddle Recordings (Added 25 Nov 07)
- mp3
- juneberry78s.com/sounds/ListenToLutherStrong.htm
- Mel Bay's Old-time Festival Tunes - Fiddle Versions
- 117 individual MP3s or 2 zip files
- www.melbay.com/festivaltunes_fiddle.asp
- Metis Fiddle Music & Dance (Added 21 Nov 07)
- Videos: Traditional Dance; Fancy Steppin'
- www.louisrielinstitute.com/culture/musicdance.php
- Metis Radio FM (Added 14 Jan 08)
- www.metisradio.fm
- Missouri Traditional Fiddle Dance Network (Modified 13 Apr 08)
- mp3
- fiddle.missouri.org/?page_id=7
- New England Fiddles Documentary
- 1983 29 minute documentary, presenting 7 traditional fiddlers, directed by John Melville Bishop
- video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4834509217044767508&q=fiddle
- Northern Fiddle Music
(Added 24 Feb 07)
- mp3; from the "Ol" Fiddler Archive; featuring Don Messer, Ned Landry
- www.tedmcgraw.com/recimages/CaSc_clips.htm
- Ottawa Fiddle Ensemble Repertoire
- standard sets, gospel & Christmas pdf files
- www.alfwarnock.info/ofe/index.php
- Quebecois Fiddle Recordings From 78's (Modified 19 Nov 07)
- ram format; click Sujet for listing of various music types, eg: Musique de violoneux - fiddle recordings 1926 - 1948; hosted by the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
- bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/musique_78trs/accueil.htm
- Red River Jig - Metis Fiddling (Added 21 Nov 07)
- Fiddle tuned ADAE
- www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/history/music.htm
- Riddell Fiddles Teaching (Added 27 Apr 07)
- pdf notation, guitar chords, windows media file format music samples
- www.riddellfiddles.co.uk/teaching.htm
- Roots of American Fiddle Music
- old photos, mp3
- www.1001tunes.com/index.shtml
- Traditional Tunes of Downstate Illinois (Added 27 Feb 08)
- 361 MIDI tune samples from book
- www.dearoldillinois.com/songtunes.html
- Violin Video Samples
- www.danmansmusic.com/htm/sample_video_violin.htm
- Virtual Gramophone
- Search for fiddle; mostly French Canadian tunes
- amicus.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone-bin/Main/BasicSearch?coll=24&l=0&v=1
- World Fiddle Music (Modified 8 Nov 07)
- need to register free, for full site access; audio; videos of fiddle styles; posture; left hand; ornamentation; bowing
- www.worldfiddlemusic.com
- YouTube Videos: Fiddle
- video.google.com/videosearch?q=Fiddle
- Appalachian String Band Music Festival (Added 25 Apr 07)
- early Aug in Clifftop, West Virginia
- www.wvculture.org/stringband/index.html
- Mount Airy Bluegrass & Old Time Fiddlers Convention (Added 25 Apr 07)
- early June in Mount Airy, North Carolina
- www.mtairyfiddlersconvention.com
- National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest (Added 25 Apr 07)
- Mid June in Weiser, Idaho
- www.fiddlecontest.com
- Old Time Fiddler's and Bluegrass Festival (Added 25 Apr 07)
- late May at Fiddler's Grove Campground in Union Grove, North Carolina
- www.fiddlersgrove.com
- The Festival Of American Fiddle Tunes (Added 21 Jan 08)
- Jun 29 to Jul 5 2008; Port Townsend, WA.
- www.centrum.org/fiddle
- Walnut Valley Festival (Added 25 Apr 07)
- mid Sept in Winfield, Kansas
- www.wvfest.com/index.html
- Alan Jabbour (Added 18 Jan 08)
- field collector; music samples
- www.alanjabbour.com/index.html
- Clyde Davenport: Field Recorder's Collective Notes (Added 28 Nov 07)
- Tuning notes for some tunes
- www.fieldrecorder.com/docs/notes/davenport.htm
- Clyde Davenport (Added 7 Dec 07)
- bio; notation & music samples
- www.stg.brown.edu/projects/davenport/CLYDE_DAVENPORT.html
- Hugh Farr (Added 12 Mar 07)
- "Texas Stomp 1934-44" Album samples; Amazon samples; Blues & Swing; played with Sons Of The Pioneers
- www.allmusic.com
- Jerry Holland - Cape Breton Fiddler (Added 12 Mar 07)
- some MP3 samples of his playing
- www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/MasterCBF.htm
- Manitoba Fiddle Assoc (Added 15 Jan 08)
- artist sample recordings
- www.fiddling.ca/artistslinks.aspx
- Maritime Fiddlers in Canada (Added 7 Feb 08)
- www.helpsite.ca/music
- Old Time Fiddlers Hall of Fame (Added 21 Jan 08)
- www.oldtimemusic.com/fiddlershof.html
- Rafe Stefanini (Added 5 Feb 08)
- OldTime; MySpace
- www.rafestefanini.com
- Violinists (Added 21 Jan 08)
- Photos & Links
- www.siegelproductions.ca/fiddlefarmers/violinists.htm
- Art Stamper (Added 23 Jun 07)
- www.artstamper.com/video/aultworkshop/ArtStamper.mov
- Bow Rocking - Leather Britches (Added 12 Dec 07)
- Andy Reiner tutorial
- ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MK3K0MZZhjU
- Bow Techniques (Added 20 Jan 08)
- "The Development of a Violinist" by Calvin Sieb; practice techniques & videos
- www.siegelproductions.ca/calvinsieb/bow.htm
- Bruce Molsky (Added 24 Mar 07)
- "Sally Ann"; "Kitchen Girl"; ; other YouTube Videos
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LyrKyv7N0
- Google Videos: Fiddle
- video.google.com/videosearch?q=Fiddle
- Henry Reed's Bowing Patterns (Added 7 Dec 07)
- video by Alan Jabbour
- memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/reed/hrjabbour.html
- Homespun Fiddle Lesson Videos
- 2 minute video samples available for many lessons
- www.homespuntapes.com/catagory/default.asp?catID=16&ctype=i
- How The Fiddle Flows (Added 21 Nov 07)
- NFB film 2002; history of metis fiddling and stepdancing
- www.rambles.net/how_fiddle02.html
- How To Play Fiddle: Video Series (Modified 13 Apr 08)
- Beginner Fiddle Lesson Videos with David Kaynor
- www.expertvillage.com/video-series/332_beginning-fiddle.htm
- Jean Carignan (Added 20 Mar 08)
- "Hangman's Reel"
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT3DctGzUhI
- Johnny Gimble (Added 14 Dec 07)
- "Faded Love"
- ca.youtube.com/watch?v=8jKHJlBYhSE
- Kenny Baker (Added 14 Dec 07)
- "Jerusalem Ridge" with Bill Monroe; 1985
- ca.youtube.com/watch?v=bpzoLAwZ-gs
- Kevin Burke (Added 7 Nov 07)
- www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22kevin+burke%22+fiddle
- Learning Violin - free video lessons
- tuning, posture, bow grip, bowing; E-Lessons
- www.learningviolin.com/free_video.htm
- Metis Fiddling (Added 21 Nov 07)
- 20 min video; explanation of metis fiddling; Trent Freeman from Comox; "Red River Jig"; "Whiskey Before Breakfast"; "Big John McNeil"; "Tennessee Waltz"
- http://www.learnmichif.com/video-centre/culture/fiddle-trent-freeman
- Michael Doucet (Modified 28 Dec 07)
- "Jolie Blonde"; La Danse de la Vie; with Mitch Reed
- ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvSMO04hG0
- Music Moose Video Fiddle Lessons
- with Jeff Wisor & Sue Cunningham; BG Backup Fiddle
- www.musicmoose.org
- New England Fiddles Documentary
- 1983 29 minute documentary, presenting 7 traditional fiddlers, directed by John Melville Bishop
- video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4834509217044767508&q=fiddle
- One-Arm Fiddler (Added 24 Nov 07)
- Leonard, fingering with right hand, playing "Rosebud of Avenmore" aka "Rose of Sharon"
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYmqC5XznEw
- Orange Blossom Special (Added 14 Jan 08)
- with Del McCoury Band, featuring on fiddle: Vasser Clements, Jason Carter, Hunter Berry, Andy Leftwich, Stuart Duncan, James Price, Jim Van Cleve, Rhonda Vincent, Sara Watkins, Alison Krauss
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f_QySKfsgI
- Things You Can Do With A Bow
- Willie Hall Plays violin, using the bow almost every conceivable/inconceivable way (as well as a finely tuned bicycle pump tune, which ends badly)
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XA16CzV_Y0
- Tommy Jarrell (Added 14 Dec 07)
- Videos: "Arkansas Traveler"; "Jimmie Sutton"
- ca.youtube.com/watch?v=urB_EuOb2rY
- Tommy Jarrell Interview Documentary 1979 (Added 20 Jan 08)
- Part 1; Part 2: plays a Stradivarius at 4:20
- ca.youtube.com/watch?v=se1tYvgHFPc
- Toyota's Violin-Playing Robot (Added 9 Dec 07)
- Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1; Youtube>
- www.guardian.co.uk/news/video/2007/dec/06/robot
- Violin Help Videos (Added 17 Jan 08)
- www.guitfiddleacademy.com/Vlnhelpvideos.html
- Violin Masterclass
- login as guest; Master Classes: videos of stance, right & left hand, scales, arpeggios, doublestops, intonation; Performance Files: videos of classical pieces
- www.violinmasterclass.com
- Violin Video Samples
- www.danmansmusic.com/htm/sample_video_violin.htm
- Virtual Violin Videos (Added 20 Jan 08)
- teaching techniques; Professor Todd Ehle; Calvin Sieb
- virtualviolin.blogspot.com/#vids
- YouTube Videos: Fiddle
- video.google.com/videosearch?q=Fiddle
- YouTube Video Violin Lessons (Added 23 Apr 08)
- virtualviolin.blogspot.com/#vids
- Fiddle Tube Videos (Added 28 Oct 07)
- Youtube videos streamed & categorized at FiddleHangout
- www.fiddlehangout.com/myhangout/videos.asp
- World Fiddle Music (Modified 8 Nov 07)
- need to register free, for full site access; audio; videos of fiddle styles; posture; left hand; ornamentation; bowing
- www.worldfiddlemusic.com
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