A Complete Guide To Learning The Irish Fiddle (CD Edition)

A Complete Guide To Learning The Irish Fiddle (CD Edition)


Verisign secured

 In Stock. Usually ships in 24 hours
Other Buying Options click and collect Also available for Click and Collect from your local store

Reserve product at Store

Close






Submit

Please complete the form and click the submit button. This will notify our store that you wish to reserve this product.

Our store will contact you to confirm the reservation.

Please do not travel until the store has contacted you.


Please double check your phone number, if it is incorrect we will be unable to contact you.


We aim to get back to you within the hour, during shop hours (please see store details), to confirm your reservation. If you do not hear from us then please resend the request.

Our Price: €24.70    Change Currency
Customer Rating: Customer Rating (5 reviews)  
Media: Sheet Music, CD
Arrangement: Violin (VLN)
Skill Level: Beginner - Explain this
Author: Paul McNevin
Series: A Complete Guide To Learning
Catalogue #: WN10835
ISBN: 9781857200997
This Item Earns 30 Musicroom Points

Description

Everything you need to know about playing the Irish fiddle. Learn plenty of notes, solos and techniques. Includes polkas, dances, reels, hornpipes, jigs and much more. Includes CD with exercises and solos.
More DetailsMore Details


Prev Next
Prev Next
Prev Next
Prev Next
Prev Next


Customer Reviews


Rating Review
Customer Rating This book presents in a clear and concise form the basic building blocks necessary to play Irish fiddle music in a traditional manner. The student is taken step by step through carefully graded exercises and pieces which help to establish good finger and bowing habits and which also provide useful note patterns essential in tackling more difficult pieces.
Charlie Lennon

Customer Rating What a wonderful book - it starts with the basics and becomes more challenging as it goes along. There's also some very interesting facts about the different types of fiddle music as well as Irish musical instruments and their backgrounds. A lovely book to own.
See more reviews by Vikky - (Preston, United Kingdom)

Customer Rating This is a great book & accompanying cd. Progression is at a good pace & helps build confidence. Complete beginners to music may find it challenging as the early tunes cover a wide variety of notes & strings. Different styles of fiddle playing are well explained & there are plenty of tunes to try within each - it really helps to play along with the cd to make sure you're getting the right pace & feel of the tunes.
My only (very small) criticism is that the cd doesn't cover all the pieces in the latter part of the book. Hopefully by the time I get that far I'll feel confident enough to play the pieces well without the need to listen to them first! Don't let this stop you getting the book & cd - it's still the best I've tried (of three as well as free tips off the Internet/You Tube) & I'm teaching myself.

(NB not part of my review... I have posted a question to Musicroom to see if it's possible to obtain a cd of the tunes in the latter part of the book & have received a reply to say it's being investigated so it may be that my small criticism above could change)
Sarah

Customer Rating Brilliant - just what I needed. Only had a chance to have a brief look so far, but seems just the job. Did not expect a CD as well - that was an unexpected bonus and so useful when experts can be heard playing so that you can really get the sense of the music without having a tame Irishmean in the music room!
Anon.

Customer Rating I found it a very good all round book. Quickly covers the basics (holding fiddle/bow, what notes are where on the music + violin and has a number of simple starter songs) and then for the bulk of the book goes through all the major parts of Irish fiddle, including ornamentation (slurs, cuts, slides) and all different types of songs (jigs, polkas etc), with a good number of songs on each type to learn. It's why I have given it 5 stars, the book teaches you a wide range of techniques to ornament songs yourself / recognise what a song is doing and also gives a good understanding of all the different types of fiddle songs. Also contains interesting bits of information / history about the fiddle / Irish music. Attached CD also good, contains all the songs/examples recorded to a high quality / standard.


Rob


Write Review  Write a review!


Write a review to win

More Product Details

Sales Rank:
Not specified
Published on:
15/08/2000
Format:
Instrumental Tutor
Length:
112 pages
Language:
English
Publisher:
Waltons Music

Share this product with your friends using the below icons to the popular social networking sites and email.






Prev Next
Prev Next
Prev Next
Prev Next
Prev Next

Contact our Product Specialists on +44 (0)1284 725 725
Live Help
9am to 5pm Mon-Fri GMT
Sign up to our Newsletter:
Policies
About Musicroom
Terms, Conditions & Guarantees
Privacy Policy
Returns Policy
Security
Support
Contact Us
Delivery Rates
Order Tracking
Affiliate Program
Offers
Loyalty Card
Gift Vouchers
Educator's Discount
© 2012 musicroom.com

Verisign secured Payment Methods