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Fiddler Magazine
Founded in 1994, Fiddler Magazine is an informative, educational, and entertaining resource for fiddlers, accompanists, and appreciative listeners. Each quarterly issue (now approx. 60 pages each) features a variety of different styles of fiddling, as well as plenty of other articles and columns. Regular columns include: Bluegrass Fiddling, “The Practicing Fiddler,” Fiddle Tune History, On Improvisation, Irish Fiddling, Violin Maker's Corner, Tunesmiths, Notes on Learning, reviews of CDs, books, and DVDs – and more! Each issue also includes transcriptions of several tunes.
Spring 2021
Long Island Luthier Edward Maday
Ireland's Gerry O'Connor
Jenee Fleenor: CMA Fiddler of the Year
Oklahoma's John Dee Kennedy
A 19th-century Scottish personal tune book
Poetry from Dudley Laufman
Columns and tunes:
Waltzes & Airs
(Hats Off to Junior Daugherty; "The Ninety Year Waltz" by Jay Ungar);
On
Improvisation
(The Chord Hit Parade);
Tunesmiths
(Jody Stecher; "Bread and Texas," "Katy in the Kitchen");
Violin Maker's Corner
(A Short Treatise on Classic Italian Violin Construction);
Jody's Column
("Cold Frosty Morning" as played by Melvin Wine);
The Practicing Fiddler
(Telling Stories with the Bow; "Pretty Little Widow");
The Intrepid Fiddler
(A Walk in the Country; "Goldenrod Waltz");
Bluegrass Fiddling
("Cindy," solo by Kenny Baker);
The Hidden Note
(Give a Saint a Fish...; "Poll a' Mhadra Uisce" as played by Danny O'Donnell);
Travels with Charlie
(Québec's Loisirs Folkloriques);
Scottish Fiddling
(A Glimmer of Light; "After Years," "Da Lang Ayre Reel");
Notes on Learning
(Strategizing for Performance);
In Memoriam
: Roy Crawford;
Reviews
;
"Fiddle-toon"
comic;
Crossword puzzle
…
In upcoming issues:
Jim Scancarelli; The Quebe Sisters; Shane Cook; Ricky Skaggs; Rickie Simpkins … and lots more!
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