The Fiddlin' Workshop

This book was written to be used as a learning tool for beginners who read music. It presents very easy tunes to learn the basics of bowing and style, and progresses in difficulty with each tune. All of the arrangements are renditions that the author plays and has heard other fiddlers play. Many of the tunes are done in the style of Herman Johnson, a five-time National Fiddle Champion.

Jeanine R. Orme was born in Ogden, Utah. Her musical training includes classical piano and violin and she has specialized in oldtime fiddling, Texas-style fiddling, bluegrass fiddle, and Western swing. She began competing in fiddle contests at the age of eleven. As a teenager she began studying Texas-style and Western swing fiddling with Herman Johnson, five time National Fiddle Champion in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She has transcribed hundreds of fiddle tunes from the playing of Herman Johnson and other fiddlers. Along with raising three children Jeanine has been teaching fiddle lessons for over twenty-five years and enjoys teaching fiddle workshops, fiddle camps and group classes. She has performed as a solo artist, and as a member of various groups in Utah and Oregon. She is a past Utah State Champion, three time Oregon State Young Adult Division Champion and three time Adult Division Champion. She has also served as a judge at the Weiser National Oldtime Fiddle Contest and other regional fiddle contests. Jeanine s other musical interests include arranging folk songs and fiddle tunes for small ensembles and youth orchestras, studying music theory, improvisation, Be-bop jazz, Django gypsy jazz, Blues, Irish and Scottish fiddle styles. She currently resides in the Portland, Oregon area with her family.