Mel Bay A Fiddle Player's Guide to Jamming Review

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(More customer reviews)I may have been expecting too much from this book, but it didn't deliver.
Pros:
Explained vamping and a little about bluegrass jam sessions in general.
Has a diagram with the correct spacing for notes on violin.
Cons:
The CD it came with does not show examples of techniques it teaches, instead it is just music to try to play along with. This was my biggest disappointment because sometimes reading how to do something is not enough, you must hear what it is supposed to sound like.
I have only been playing violin for about 6 months, but when I put tape on my violin according to the spacing chart in this book (which they say you could try), I started playing worse. Obviously not the fault of this book, but just a negative outcome for me. I suggest never using tape or markers for learning violin/fiddling finger placement ... just mentally memorize it over time.

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This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate fiddler player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe the anatomy of a jam session, jam session etiquette, chords and keys for jamming, and vamping. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. The tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel, and once in stereo.

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Bluegrass Fakebook 150 All Time Favorites Includes 50 Gospel Tunes for Guitar Banjo & Mandolin Review

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(More customer reviews)The book is essentially a collection of 150 songs played by bluegrass bands. All songs have chord, melody notation and lyrics. There are also chord charts for guitar, mandolin and banjo. Most of the songs are arranged in a key of G, you can use capo to play in different key. Very recommended for bands and playing at bluegrass jam sessions.

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Bluegrass Fakebook by Bert Casey - This handy songbook contains bluegrass lyrics, bluegrass gospel lyrics, chord progressions, and melody lines to 150 of the all-time favorite Bluegrass songs, including 50 gospel tunes, as well as many "new" bluegrass songs. Printed in large, easy-to-read type with one song per page, this book is excellent for use on stage or in jam sessions, because everyone can read along. Also includes chord charts for the guitar, banjo, and mandolin to help you learn your favorite bluegrass chords and a listing of currently available recordings of each song. Now all those obscure verses you can never remember are right at your fingertips.

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Guitar Pickers Fakebook: The Ultimate Sourcebook for the Traditional Guitar Player, Contains over 250 Jigs, Reels, Rags, Hornpipes & Breakdowns from All the Major Traditional Instrumental Styles Review

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(More customer reviews)This excellent (and scarce!) book is good for all playing situations. It is unquestionably the ultimate source for traditional guitar players.
Invaluable for new, practicing, working, and intermediate players. The addition of the discography, indexed by tune title, lets you locate a recorded source for any tune in the whole book. Brilliant!
The author taught for several years at the School of Fretted Instruments in New York City.
Highly recommended!

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Contains nearly 250 jigs, reels, rags, and hornpipes from all the major guitar traditions. Special introductory materials on regional styles, picking, and ornamentation. Includes an extensive discography.

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The Fiddler's Fakebook Review

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(More customer reviews)Printed in 1983, the Fakebook remains the undisputed champion of music references for fiddlers, and it's aided a fair number of other non-fiddlers as well.
Inside its broad covers you'll find nearly 500 tunes from the various fiddle traditions. Jigs, reels, hornpipes, rags and breakdowns, each clearly labeled for origins (Irish, bluegrass, French-Canadian, old-time, etc.) and including a short list of recordings where the tune can be heard. Just flip it open randomly for a taste of its contents, and imagine the sound of tunes like "Haste to the Wedding," "Leather Britches," "The Munster Buttermilk," "Drowsy Maggie," "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," "Hanged Man's Reel" and "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land."
Eight pages of textbook materials -- music theory, history and culture, style and genre -- give a wonderfully brief overview of the things you'd like to know without loading the book down with endless information which, frankly, can get in the way of the tunes and make it too bulky for carrying. Better still, the book is held together by a sturdy plastic binding which allows you to plop it down on your music stand with ease. There's nothing so frustrating as a music book with tight bindings which make it impossible to play straight from the page.

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Contains nearly 500 jigs, reels, rags, and hornpipes from all the major fiddling traditions. Special introductory materials on regional styles, bowing, and ornamentation. Includes an extensive discography.

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Fiddle Jam: A Way-Cool Easy Way to Learn How to Improvise (Jazz Instruction) Review

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(More customer reviews)I've spent a'lot of money during my life on music instruction books and this one will be at the top of the list. It's awesome! The ideas are so helpful. Someone who's spent 15 minutes goofing around with a fiddle, or someone who's been a serious student for 20 years could both benefit from this book.Very creative.....very fun!

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Take a walk on the wild side with your violin or fiddle (or viola or cello)! This book/CD pack is designed to introduce players ranging from first year students to clasically trained professionals to modern "improv-based" jazz, blues, rock, cajun, funk and other hybrid styles. Its "just jam along and you can't go wrong" approach teaches two-string symmetrical fingering blocks called "EZ-Zones" to encourage new improvisers into a more creative state earlier in their musical development.

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