Mel Bay Easy Fiddle Solos

This book of original pieces is intended to give the beginning fiddler an immediate grasp of the fundamentals of fiddling in an instructive yet enjoyable way. The authors assume that the student is capable of reading music in the first position in various keys. Rare in fiddle notation- a tablature

Dick Weissman is the author of 19 published books about music and the music business. The Folk Music Sourcebook, co-authored with Larry Sandberg, won the ASCAP Music Critics Award. His other books include: The Music Business: Career Opportunities & Self Defense (Crown, revised ed. 1990), a best seller on the Random House back list; Audio in Advertising (co-authored with Ron Lockhart); Music Making in America, Survival; Making a Living in Your Local Music Market, and Creating Melodies. He has also written over 35 published instructional manuals for banjo, guitar, and on songwriting. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver and an instructor at Portland Cummunity College. Dick has a long career as a studio musician, record producer, songwriter, composer, and performer. In the sixties, he recorded for Capitol Records in the folk-pop group The Journeymen. His 2007, "Four Directions," is a double CD of instrumental music and songs. His original music has appeared on BBC-TV, and his songs were used on BBC-Tv and the NBC TV show My Name Is Earl. Dick also edited the book America's Music: Bluegrass.