Fiddle Resources
www.seankenan.com ( Fiddle lessons in Melbourne, Australia. Sean Kenan teaches Irish fiddling to all levels. Also publishes the monthly “Fiddle News,” with interviews, tunes, listings of Melbourne-area events)
RanchDance.com (Dedicated to the preservation of authentic music from the Texas Panhandle. Includes a "Ranch Dance Roundup" and pages for Frankie McWhorter and Lannie Field & the Ranch Dance Fiddle Band)
Roots of American Fiddle Music (Early string bands from the 1920's)
Free bluegrass sheet music and tablature for guitar, mandolin, banjo, Dobro, bass and fiddle, as well as instructional materials.
Electricstrings.com (Links to makers of electric bowed stringed instruments and pickups worldwide; news about the world of electric violins, violas, cellos and basses.)
The Bluegrass Connection
Ceolas (Great source for anything Irish)
Donegal Fiddling
Ethnic Instruments (Need a sitar?)
Fiddle Net (A young enthusiast "bringing all kinds of fiddling together")
Musical Instrument Makers Forum
Sheet Music Site (Thousands of free sheet music downloads -- fiddle & classical)
Net Instruments (Online musical instrument classifieds)
FolkClub Online (Folk music and related subjects; FolkChat Room)
Florida Country Scene (Country, folk, bluegrass, country dancing, storytelling, rodeos...)
On-line Violin Building Course (20-week course beginning mid-June, 2000)
Musical Instrument Makers Forum
Old Time Music Web Tour (links to old-time sites, plus a banjo tutorial)
MusicStaff.com (search for a music teacher in your area -- choose instrument, style, location)
The Folk Mag (web-based folk magazine for the English West Midlands)
The Fiddler Woman (Legends, lore and helpful tips for the fiddle)
The Indie Contact Bible (Lists places where independent artists can get their music reviewed or played on the radio.)
FiddleChicks (Promoting women electric violinists)
Delamusic.com (French site for music on the internet; search engine, links, announcements, tickets, MP3, etc.)
Coleman Irish Music Site
Fiddles.com (Links to many fiddle-related sites)
www.fiddlebooks.com (Instructional fiddle books, including "Of Course You Can Learn to Play the Fiddle" and "Of Course You Can Learn to Read Music for the Fiddle," tune books, and recordings by Gordon Stobbe)
Mel Bay Publications (The source for instructional fiddle books)
The Down Neck Gazette (A new "video magazine": interviews with various folk musicians on CD ROM )
FreeHand Music (music publisher/software manufacturer)
Music City Strings (Instruments, bows, strings, accessories, cases)
Coda Composites Company (Makers of the graphite-fiber CodaBow)
D'Addario Strings
Acoustic Connections (microphones and pickups for acoustic stringed instruments)
Fiddlers Crossing (Celtic music books, recordings and videos)
Homespun (Instructional videos and tapes for all styles of fiddlers)
Music Masters (Mastering and duplication of CDs and cassettes)
Thirty Below (The source for Québécois CDs, cassettes, books and videos)
Cranford Publications (Cape Breton, Scottish & Irish recordings & tune books; also links & tunes.)
Music Room (Wide Variety of Music)
Pinecastle Records (Bluegrass recordings)
GIGA Folkmusik (Swedish recording company; artists include the great Björn Ståbi.)
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (Bluegrass/Old Time Recordings)
Voyager Recordings (Fiddle recordings & tune books -- old-time, Northwest, contra, Québécois -- artists such as Vivian Williams, Louis Boudreault, Rodney Miller, Joe Pancerzewski...)
Double Stop Music Shop (Byron Berline's fiddle shop in Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Bandstore (Hard-to-find recordings by unsigned artists & independent labels; mostly Celtic so far)
Abacus Records (Download tunes/songs of a wide variety of styles -- folk, country, world (Irish, Scottish, etc.) from the "Liquid Music Network." Prices range from $1.49-$2.95 per tune.)
Tayberry Music (Celtic and folk recordings)
Kimden Publishing/RainBows violin bows (fiddle instruction books & tapes)
Reed Kotler Music (Digital music study recorders)
Bluegrass World (non-profit organization for the promotion of bluegrass, old-time country and gospel music)
Super-Sensitive Musical String Co.
H.S. Wake (Books & videos on violin making)
Susan Conger - Along the River (Book of reels, jigs, waltzes, and other dance tunes composed in the last 25 years by musicians from the Connecticut River Valley of Western Mass. southern Vermont)
Fiddlin' Around (Violins, books, CDs, videos, and gifts for musicians: miniature instruments, jewelry, stationery, clothes, etc.)
Irish Music Magazine (News, views and more on the Irish folk and trad scene)
Irish Music.net (CDs, festivals, summer schools, more)
Back Porch Fiddler (Trenda Gordon, north Florida fiddle instructor; "Back Porch Fiddler" fiddle tutorials; info on Florida Music Camp; "All Things Fiddle" online magazine.)
Fiddlebooks.com (Gordon Stobbe's fiddle instruction books, including "Of Course You Can Learn to Play the Fiddle" and "Of Course You Can Learn to Read Music for the Fiddle.")
Native Ground Books & Recordings (Publishers of Wayne Erbsen's new book, Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs & Sayings, and recording, Log Cabin Songs.)
Jazz Fiddle Wizard (Step-by-step jazz improvising book by Martin Norgaard, published by Mel Bay Pubs.)
ezFolk.com (An instructional website for guitar and banjo; links)
stringscentral.com (Interactive database where you can list or find alternative string charts, CDs, videos & instructional books featuring alternative string styles; news on upcoming alternative string events)
Berklee Press (Music boooks, CDs, DVDs, videos, and instructional products from the Berklee College of Music in Boston)
Mona Lisa Sound (String quartet arrangements of classic rock, made famous by the Hampton String Quartet)
Harmonia's Big B (Great t-shirts featuring fiddles, banjos, old-time music themes...)et)
Allardyce, Barnett, Publishers (Publications on Stuff Smith, Eddie South and many others)
www.irishfiddle.com (MP3 and RealAudio files of great fiddlers, news, articles...)
Highland Music Trust (Traditional Scottish fiddle music books, including the Athole Coll.)
funkyseagull.com (Folk music magazine on CD -- "live" video, music, interviews...)
Donegal Bay (Donegal, Ireland site)
Folk and Roots Music (Folk and acoustic music site, includes interviews, links, reviews...)
www.hift-golksongs.de (German international folk music site)
Rainbow Violins (Violins available in nine colors (red, yellow, black, white, green, blue, pink, purple, turquoise); also violas and cellos)
MadForTrad.com (Traditional Irish music portal offering tutorials, news, session & festival listings, artists bios and tour dates, and a CD shop. CD ROM fiddle tutorial available.)
www.onthefiddle.net (Professional player in Glasgow, Scotland, with bows and instruments for sale, from lower price ranges to quality hand-made examples.)
Kangaroo Covers (Custom-made amplifier covers)
Cajun & Zydeco Radio Guide (A listing of all the Cajun & Zydeco radio programs in the US; information about Cajun culture.)
Fiddle.net (5-time National Fiddle Champion Tony Ludiker's website -- fiddle instruction books and tapes; Ludiker Fiddle Camp; Northwest fiddle contest info)
Ivy Creek Records (The home of authentic Blue Ridge Mountain music, featuring Appalachian banjo & fiddle music, storytelling, ballads & bluegrass, and the songs and sounds of steam railroading)
Online Fakebook of Old Time Music (A collection of 279 tunes in MIDI format plus selected sheet music. Old time and Celtic. MIDI player can be downloaded; allows user to adjust tempo, mute voices, and change keys.)
Fiddle Forum (A fiddle discussion group)
tiompanalley.com: Fiddle & hammered dulcimer website (Davis James' site has helpful tips on technique, reading music, and transcriptions for beginners)
SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)
celtic-music-shop.com
Carwile String Studio (Daniel & Amy Carwile, Lexington, Kentucky)
One-Stop Fiddle Shop
Ta:lik (Recordings of Norwegian traditional fiddlers, including Jan Beitohaugen Granli)
www.usedviolins.com (Free classified ads for used violins, violas, cellos, basses, and bows)
www.hetzlersfakebook.com (Traditional fiddle tunes in MIDI format and an adjustable tempo MIDI player (1 free, 1 for purchase), designed to help beginning to intermediate students learn fiddle and mandolin; also helps banjo, guitar, and dulcimer players)
Falcon Productions (Recordings by Métis fiddlers and Anne Lederman)
GoTour (website for independent performing artists; database of U.S. and Canadian venues and cultural resources and information about local arts communities.)
fiddleinclass.com (book for young players, by Mary Alice Glen)
The Fiddler's Companion (Enormous database of tunes in abc format, along with history.)
Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society (Concerts throughout the city of Pittsburgh as well a folk music school with fiddle lessons.)
TRIGALLIA (The main door to celtic festivals)
Celtica Magazine (The 1st and the most important Italian magazine concerning celtic culture and music)
The Online Music School (featuring the music of master fiddle player Jim McKillop in Video/DVD and CDs. Online multimedia violin lessons to be released shortly.)
myguitarteacher.dyndns.org/barebonz (Free web database site for people looking for musicians, bands, or music teachers. Add your free profile.)
Lost Trails (Education multi-media web site with free examples of folk music recorded in Greece and Romania; Kurdish, Bulgarian & Turkish coming soon.)
Magsampler A website offering free trial magazines on less mainstream areas of interest
The history of the musical saw and how to play it!
English version of the Polish folk music magazine "Gadki z Chatki"
Phil Berthoud; fiddle, mandolin and guitar info
The Long Journey, a new web-site about roots and country music, produced by the Bluegrass & Country Music Association of Italy
Electric Violin Shop (North Carolina)
Old Blue Records (Old time CDs, including Solomon Family)
Atlantic Violin Supplies (Moncton, New Brunswick)
Superscope Technologies (CD recording system)
True Western Music (online music store for cowboy music and traditional western music)
Accordions, Fiddles. Two-Step, Swing Book published by the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana.
Ragtime for Fiddle and Mandolin (book available from www.ragtime-resource.com). Reviewed in the Winter ’06/’07 issue of Fiddler Magazine.
www.gadki.lublin.pl (Polish website about folk music primarily from Eastern Europe)
Fiddlecase Website for fiddle tune transcriptions.
Howdy Forrester book – Fiddler of the Opry: The Howdy Forrester Story, by Gayel Pitchford. www.howdyforrester.co
www.scotchsnap.com (hundreds of tunes by Scottish composers in sheet music available for immediate printing using sibelius/scorch)
Free notation and guitar chords to over 450 famous fiddle tunes, with many in multiple versions: www.celticguitarmusic.com
www.playbetterbluegrass.com (Large selection of bluegrass/fiddle instructional materials as well as instruments)
Red Dog Music Books (independent music book publisher in the Blue Ridge Mountains; specializing in roots and heritage music instruction books for guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin...)
James Scott Skinner (Aberdeen University’s website dedicated to the Scottish violinst and composer)
Atlantic Violin Supplies (Bows, cases, pickups, strings, violins. Parts, novelties, violin making wood & tools; Moncton, New Brunswick)
5-String Productions (old-time fiddle lessons by Matt Brown on CD)
David Kaemmer (Fiddle tune of the Month CD)
Swing Cat Enterprises (Creators of “The Impressionist” form-fitting chinrest; Paul Anastasio’s recording company; one-on-one intensive workshops)
WipLstix (travel practice violin)
National Fiddler Hall of Fame, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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