Sheet Music Review—Fiddle Tunes: Irish Music For Strings
Here is the latest addition to Bärenreiter’s Easy String Ensemble series. These six simple but catchy melodies are ideal for early ensemble training and for first concert performances.
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The String Teacher’s Guide to Remote Studio Teaching
If you’ve only ever taught face-to-face, making the switch teaching remotely can be daunting. But it can be both easy and cost-effective.
Learn the Difference Between Violin and Fiddle
It's said that violin is for classical and jazz while fiddle is for folk, country, and bluegrass. but is that really true?
Alasdair Fraser on How the Scottish Fiddle Is a ‘Vehicle for Different Types of Dialects’
Mastering the different styles of fiddling requires the same deep immersion as language fluency, according to Alasdair Fraser. It’s not about simply learning sheet music, but speaking in a regional dialect on your violin.
Keep Connected with Fiddler and Educator Megan Lynch Chowning
As told to Greg CahillMegan Lynch Chowning is a seven-time national fiddle champion, touring musician, teacher, singer, and flat-footer. She was nominated ... Read More...
Listen to the Past: 7 Tips on Learning Old-Time Fiddle
Learning Old-Time Fiddle Requires a Lot of Research With Your Ears Open to the PastBy David BraggerTraditional old-time fiddle and its mesmerizing bowi... Read More...
Darol Anger Breaks Down Bluegrass from a Fiddler’s Perspective
By Patrick Sullivan
Exact numbers aren’t really Darol Anger’s thing. But over some four decades as a musician and educator, the incredibly versatile fiddler has... Read More...
Shutdown Skills Series: Old-Time Fiddling Tips—How to Work the Bow
Mastering These 3 Bow Strokes Can Help Give a Tune that 'Old-Time' SoundText and video by Bruce MolskyTHE PROBLEM
Your classical training prevents you f... Read More...
Back in the Saddle: Goat Rodeo Rides Again with ‘Not Our First Goat Rodeo’
By Greg Cahill | From the September-October 2020 issue of Strings magazineThe Rodeo is back in town—the highly acclaimed classical-crossover band Goat Rode... Read More...
Keep Connected with Jeremy Cohen
As told to Greg CahillKeep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players and organizations are supporting and keeping in touch with their audiences... Read More...