Old-Time Fiddle Round Peak Style: History, Tips, & Techniques
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.42 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786690186 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Brad Leftwich is from Oklahoma, born in 1953 into a family of transplanted old-time musicians from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Carroll County, Va. His skill as a fiddler is undisputed, and he easily ranks among the top old-time musicians of his generation. He learned guitar from his father early on, and took up banjo and fiddle as a teenager, following in the footsteps of his grandfather and great-uncle. He now lives in Bloomington, Ind., with his wife Linda Higginbotham, where they play with the Hogwire Stringband. He also visited and learned from other older musicians in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, the Ozarks, and Oklahoma. . Brad has performed internationally and made numerous
Simply Awesome! Karri Dell Firstly, I just love the way Brad Leftwich plays the fiddle. Secondly, The tunes are played at just the right speed on the CD so that I can learn them and they speed up at the end so that you can hear them at close to full speed. Third, the book is a delight to read and work with.The story about Tommy's dog brought tears to my eyes.The best part is that All the AEAE tunes and other cross tunings are lumped together so that you can go through all of them at once without having to search around for them or keep changing your fiddle. There are 83 tunes after all! The history and guide at the beginni. So Far So Good Nezares Just bought this after a friend recommended it. I was apprehensive about learning old-time tunes from a book, but it has turned out to be a useful companion. The tab has helped me find the notes that Tommy and Brad play on the recordings, and the bowing has a nice flow to it. I do not think I could have started from scratch with this book since a little bit of feel for the rhythm is required to learn the tunes, listening to the CD definitely helps though. Overall, I think it was well worth the money.. There's no better instruction book for old-time fiddle. A lot of people would like to play the old-time fiddle, but unless they live in an area where others play and teach it, it is not easy to learn it. The fiddle is the most demanding of all the old-time instruments. In order to write good teaching materials, you not only have to be familiar with the music and the instrument, but you have to have an analytic capability and writing capability. This means that good teaching materials on old-time fiddle pretty much boil down to a couple or three people, and none better than Brad Leftwich. He is a fiddle master as well as having the education and writin
Helpful stylistic tips and important background information on the area and the music, along with biographical information on Jarrell and many of the musicians from whom he learned, illustrated with many fascinating old photographs. All of the tunes are included on the audio recording as transcribed, played solo at a moderate tempo to facilitate learning. Author Brad Leftwich, himself an acclaimed fiddler who learned the music in person from Jarrell, presents detailed, accurate transcriptions of 83 tunes (the bulk of Jarrell’s repertoire) both in standard music notation and fiddle tablature, along with interesting anecdotal information relating to each tune. Traditional Southern old-time fiddling from the world-renowned Round Peak area of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, focusing on the style and repertoire of master fiddler Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985). Includes access to online audio.
In 1973 he met and began learning from the legendary Tommy Jarrell. . He also visited and learned from other older musicians in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, the Ozarks, and Oklahoma. He began teaching fiddle in the 1980s, stressing the importance of traditional bowing rhythms, and has developed innovative techniques for passing them along to students. His skill as a fiddler is undisputed, and he easily ranks among the top old-time musicians of his generatio