Viola fiddling tune book

The tunes in the viola version and the cello versions are in the same keys. This collection includes 27 hoedowns, polkas, jigs, waltzes, and rags. Viola fiddling tune book and cello fiddling tune book. Crosstuned fiddling workshop notes here are my notes from the crosstuned fiddle workshop. Two are max cohen originals, three are cowritten with max and another is my irish twist on a jane rothfield oldtime tune. Oldtime fiddle tunes is absolutely perfect for introducing fiddling to your youngest string players. If you need some help, there are helpful hints in the back of the book.

It has some recommendations for things to consider when you are wanting to cross tune. Regarding tunes with settings that use all four strings on the fiddle there is more than one way of dealing with the problem. Eleven tunes from the oldtime american fiddling tradition are presented first in a simplified, basic version of the tune printed with note names in the note heads. So, imagine that youre a violinist visiting your violaplaying friend, who happens to. Does this book have a duet line with the solo line. Traditional irish and american fiddle tunes arranged for viola kindle edition. Oldtime fiddle tunes is absolutely perfect for introducing fiddling to your. Pdf fiddle tunes for beginning cello download full pdf. August 19, 20 viola fiddling irish fiddle tune, irish jig, road to lisdoonvarna, viola fiddling admin. Another points out that the tunes are generally transposed down a fifth from original fiddle tune. Yenlik ella weiss is a dedicated chamber musician, orchestra performer, and teacher. Traditional irish and american fiddle tunes arranged for viola paperback may 16 2011. This book can be studied in private lessons, in cello classes, or in mixed string classes, along with playing the violin, book one, playing the viola, book one, and playing the bass, book one. I am editing the intro to my 2006 fiddling demystified for strings and thought the musings on learning to fiddle were blogworthy.

It was just a matter of making some changes to create a viola tab version. These are the same tunes and in the same keys as in the cello fiddling tune book, and the piano fiddling tune book to allow violists and cellists and pianists to play together. The viola fiddling tune book this collection includes 27 hoedowns, polkas, jigs, waltzes, and rags. Contains two dozen arrangements of tunes for the beginning fiddler or violinist. Viola players are not getting a fair shake in the fiddling world. Youll have to be patient for a bit cause the book that info is in is at my moms house. Will have any classicallytrained violinist sounding like an authentic bluegrass or celtic fiddler in no time. Fiddle tunes, hornpipes, waltzes, jigs, strathspeys, reels, and improvisation. Viola fiddling tune book and cello fiddling tune book this collection includes 27 hoedowns, polkas, jigs, waltzes, and rags. In addition to maintaining contracts with the boulder philharmonic and redlands symphony orchestras, she has performed with the san bernardino symphony, santa barbara symphony orchestra and santa. Contains a wealth of material for fiddlers seeking a transition to the viola andor violists in search of a collection of traditional fiddle music. I am a sixth year suzuki viola student, and im playing concertos from book four. Book of rounds 40 tunes in keys from 12 countries.

Innovative ensemble parts allow each instrument to accompany the others in mixed instrumentation, from duos up to string orchestra. Yes, it is possible to fiddle on the viola, however, there are many ways of doing it. By crystal plohman wiegman, renata bratt, and bob phillips. The viola fiddling tune book and cd, the piano fiddling tune book. The instruction books, or tune collections available from big publishers have a hideous defect. Click to activate below, and then click allow in the window that appears. Published on aug 12, 2010 annie staninec plays the jolly oldtime fiddle tune roscoe with luke abbott on the viola. Includes cd with all 22 tunes played slow and fast. See full details due to high demand, current delivery times are running considerably longer than usual. Scottish fiddling for viola book mel bay publications. French fiddle tunes for two gardening fiddling tunes for two gow family scottish tunes for two holiday tunes.

Alfred basic fiddlers philharmonic oldtime fiddle tunes. Heres a video of the title track from my book of folk viola sheet music, midnight on platfrom 16b. Some of the material covered in the book is also in the numbered lessons in my blog. Greenblatt, deborah the viola fiddling tune book cd. The viola fiddling tune book by book sheet music for. If they pretend that the viola is a violin, and play the tune as written, they will achieve the same result as a violist will, playing on the alto clef line. Finally fiddlers, violists and cellists can jam together. Play viola as a fiddle old time, irish, blues, improv. In the preface to the fiddling for viola book from mel bay, the author said exactly what i said, that fiddles were originally more like violas than modern violins. Fiddling for viola by michael hoffheimer viola solo. The cello fiddling tune book cello greenblatt and seay. Then, during the course of a lesson, i got out my book, 43 fiddle tunes in tab. With its emphasis on playable, fun tunes, this is a great supplement to other methods or studies. These collections contain tunes suitable for a solo instrumentalist.

The 43 traditional fiddle standards covered in the book comprise the core fiddle tune repertoire. Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the bestselling a tune a day series has revolutionized musicmaking in the classroom and the home. I play viola classically, and violin for fiddling, and whatever else may come up. Written as a companion to the wildly popular fiddle book, this method opens up the world of fiddling to the beginningintermediate violist. To crank out a viola fiddle book they just take tunes on hand and put them down a fifth for viola players. Although the viola has three strings in common with the violin and is played in almost exactly the same way, it seems to have never occurred to most bluegrass and oldtimers that a fiddle tune could be played on the viola. Mel bay quite possibly the largest collection of fiddle music for viola ever published. 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. Greenblatt, deborah the viola fiddling tune book shar music. Irish fiddle tunes for two violas by tune book sheet music for 2. New version of book 3 of this popular series for violin, viola, cello, double bass. There are helpful hints in the back of the book, as well as a source list.

Mel bay the fortyfive tunes in this collection represent the vast repertoire of traditional scottish fiddle music dating back to the 1700s. There is a long history of music shared between fiddle, bagpipe and song. My violinplaying brothers had made me jealous with their fun fiddle tunes, so i. Singing the tune first provides a framework for the. Set of part books for violin 1, violin 2, viola, and cello. Traditional irish and american fiddle tunes arranged for viola. The viola fiddling tune book by deborah greenblatt bva2vftb. It is however a work in progress, and may not work with all devices. The perfect introduction to bluegrass and traditional fiddle tunes.

This collection features 39 original tunes, with fullystyled bowings and chords and bonus viola and cello transcriptions. This collection of beloved standards from traditional american fiddling literature will introduce young players to an aspect of string playing that is motivational, fun, and pedagogically appropriate. Dabczynski, basic fiddlers philharmonic celtic fiddle tunes viola bob phillips and andrew h. Looking at it, my student immediately got the concept. Tune each string until you see a bar for just the note itself and none of the surrounding notes. Collection of fiddle tunes for viola on the session. The violin book is generally in the keys of a and d while the viola and cellobass books are in the keys of d and g, a fifth lower. Use this free online viola tuner to tune up your viola. Each tunes for two collection consists of individual spiralbound duet books presented in score form.

Shop and buy irish fiddle tunes for two violas sheet music. Were excited to offer this new viola tuner with pitch detection. Shop for the alfred basic fiddlers philharmonic oldtime fiddle tunes viola book and receive free shipping on your order and the guaranteed lowest price. Sometimes you can switch octaves between the a and b parts. The series works for like instrumentation or mixed instrumentation. High quality digital sheet music for viola and piano, famous fiddle tunes and songs, from the red desert violin basic fiddling book 1 by loralyn staples, lyrics, chords, guitar lead sheet, and viola fingerings included. If the viola is the butt of jokes in the orchestra, in the bluegrass and oldtime fiddling world its a nonentity. Providing stylistic fundamentals for celtic, bluegrass, oldtime, texas, and jazz fiddling. Beginning fiddling lessons for string classes or individual learners viola book audio cd included edward m. Traditional scottish fiddling with cd this outstanding tune book and guide to scottish fiddle styles has over 220 tunes and includes a demonstration cd with 68 tracks illustrating the points as they occur and played by expert fiddlers from each relevant area of scotland. Click on the note for the string you want to tune and then turn the tuning pegs on your viola and match it up with the note that is being played. Dabczynski, basic fiddlers philharmonic oldtime fiddle tunes viola brian wicklund and faith farr, the american fiddle method, volume 1 viola bookcd set anne c. Scottish fiddling for viola book mel bay publications, inc.

This collection includes 27 hoedowns, polkas, jigs, waltzes, and rags arranged for viola, with an optional viola harmony part, and chords for backup players included. This is a transcription for viola and piano from the original version for violin and piano. Fiddling for norway is an engrossing portrait of a fiddlebased folk revival in norway, one that in many ways parallels contemporary folk institutions and festivals throughout the world, including american fiddling. The viola and cello versions are in the same keys and include guitar chords. A score and piano accompaniment is also available chp302.