Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus (Book & Online Audio) - Softcover

Wayne Erbsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883206480 ISBN 13: 9781883206482

Publisher: Native Ground Books & Music, 2005

Synopsis

Wayne Erbsen's 35 years of teaching experience shows on every page. He takes the reader through every step of adjusting, tuning, holding, and playing the fiddle. 37 tunes are written out in Wayne's own unique and easy-to-use tab system and standard notation. Fiddle instruction has never been any simpler, clearer, or more humorous. This book will teach absolutely anyone to play the fiddle. Instructional CD included.
You WILL learn to play: Amazing Grace, Blackest Crow, Buffalo Gals, Charley He s a Good Old Man, Cluck Old Hen, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase, Darling Corey, Don t Let Your Deal Go Down, East Virginia, Groundhog, House of the Rising Sun, Ida Red, In the Pines, It Ain t Gonna Grain no Mo , Joy to the World, Little Birdie, Liza Poor Gal, Lynchburg Town, Muley s Daughter, Old Joe Clark, Old Molly Hare, Polly Put the Kettle On, Rain and Snow, Red River Valley, Run Johnny Run, Rye Whiskey, Sail Away Ladies, Say Darling Say, Shortening Bread, Sugar Hill, Wagoner s Lad, Wildwood Flower, Willie Moore.

About this title

About the Author

Wayne Erbsen has been fiddling around since 1970, when he bought a $25 fiddle for ten bucks. He has played and recorded with the Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys from West Virginia and Smoketown Strut from Belgium. Wayne has won 1st place fiddle at several fiddlers conventions: Chilhowee, Virginia; Grayson County, Virginia; Mount Airy, North Carolina; and Fiddlers Grove, North Carolina. He has written twenty-five books and has recorded eighteen solo CDs. Wayne takes great pride in having taught thousands of people to play the fiddle, banjo, and mandolin. He lives with his wife, Barbara, in Asheville, North Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Native Ground Books & Music
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1883206480
• ISBN 13: 9781883206482
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 80