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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.
Winter 2020/21
Buddy Spicher
Tessa Dillon: Kanawha Valley Fiddler
Fiddling in Fairbanks
Violin Makers Jonathon Price and Gary Vessel
Remembering Missouri's Warren Helton
Becky Buller: "The Barber's Fiddle"
My Fiddle Journey
Columns and tunes:
Travels with Charlie
(Niel Gow Festival);
Violin Maker's Corner
(The Art of the Scroll);
Waltzes & Airs
("Liberty's Golden Shore" by Jay Ungar);
Jody's Column
("Bill Cheatum" as played by Eck Robertson);
Scottish Fiddling
("The Recovery");
On
Improvisation
(The Element of Surprise);
Bluegrass Fiddling
("Shout Little Lulie," solo by James Price);
The Practicing Fiddler
(The AVMM Project; "Guilderoy," "Cuckoo's Nest");
The Intrepid Fiddler
(Junior Daugherty; "Winter Flower Polka");
The Hidden Note
("Farewell to Whiskey" as played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford);
Fiddle Tune History
("Swaggering Boney," "Gee Ho Dobbin," "The Rummer"); Notes on Learning; Reviews; "Fiddle-toon" comic; Crossword puzzle
…
In upcoming issues:
Gerry O'Connor; Violin Maker Edward Maday; The Quebe Sisters; Shane Cook; Ricky Skaggs; Rickie Simpkins; Katrina Nicolayeff & Roberta Pearce… and lots more!
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