Fiddling Demystified for Strings, Volume I

"Should be required reading for every string teacher hoping to branch out into fiddling!" Strings Magazine — **“A substantial contribution** to the growing field of fiddling pedagogy. Fiddling Demystified should be required reading for all string teachers hoping to branch out into fiddling.” — Laura Risk, Strings Magazine

Reviews . . .

Fiddling Demystified is imbued with the joy and delight of the fiddle and Donna’s irrepressible joie de vivre, backed by her years of thought and experience. Donnq gets it all right, as far as I’m concerned. A cornucopia of technical and stylistic details flood the book, along with stories replete with local and universal cultural context. All the information points you toward the goal of fiddling: Get in there and crank that rhythm!” – String improvisation wizard Darol Anger in his Foreword to Fiddling Demystified

This is a treasure trove, with tremendous value far beyond what I paid. The book itself is wonderful, an excellent collection of tunes, with everything meticulously transcribed and explained in the text. The CD’s though, really blew me away. You explain not just the tunes, but also other ornamentations and techniques that give the music character. This is unique, amazing, and an incredibly valuable gift to aspiring fiddlers! Please get busy on volume two. I’ll buy the first copy!” Wayne Fugate, mandolin player, musical cast member of “Bright Star” on Broadway.

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Donna Hebert’s encyclopedia of fiddling with separate editions for violists and cellists. 70-page book opens with 20 pages of style vocabulary and technique lessons. 31 authentically-styled tunes from Celtic and North American traditions, with bowings, ornaments, suggested chords, embedded lessons for each. CD tracks demonstrate tunes at two speeds, with separate lesson tracks, for a total of 140 minutes of instruction. Fiddlejam CD features Donna and friends jamming on the tunes. Click book image for sample pages and lesson mp3s. "Donna gets it all right!" (Darol Anger: Foreword)