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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CC9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="045005a0dwnjzk.png"> <div> <B>The Fiddle</B><B> - Legends, Lore & Helpful Tips  </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="http://youtube.com/user/fiddlerwoman" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://youtube.com/user/fiddlerwoman"><U><B>Alive!  Alive!  on </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://youtube.com/user/fiddlerwoman" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://youtube.com/user/fiddlerwoman"><U><B>Youtube!</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legends, Lore and Tall Tales"><U>Legends, Lore and Tall Tales</U></A></div> <div>    <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EZ Tabs For Fiddle"><U>EZ Tabs For Fiddle</U></A> </div> <div>     <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Pointers on Playing the Fiddle"><U>Some Pointers on Playing the Fiddle</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CDs for Sale"><U><B>CD's for Sale!</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="No Frills Version"><U>Learn to Fiddle NoFrills Version</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Lowlander Highlanders"><U><B>The Lowlander Highlanders</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Lowlander Highlanders"><U><IMG SRC="196a5f90.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Lowlander Highlanders"><U>Music from the Northern Appalachians</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SongList"><U>Songlist</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cigar Box Fiddle"><U>Cigar Box Fiddle</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Good Deals for Fiddlers"><U>Good Deals for Fiddlers</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friends and sites worth the click"><U>Friends and sites worth the click</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fiddler Who Fiddles with this Site"><U>The Fiddler Who Fiddles with This Site</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beverley Conrad"><U>OnLine Bio</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Programs for Entertainment"><U>Bookings</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.localendar.com/public/bevconrad" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.localendar.com/public/bevconr"><U>Live Performance Schedule</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Please sign our guest book!</div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fiddle"><U><B>  <a href="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/specs/guest.html"><img border=0 ismap src="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/img/guest/gb_peach.gif"></a><br> <a target="_NEW" href="http://guestworld.tripod.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=bevconrad&i=4&a=view"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size=-1>View My Guestbook</font></a><br> <a target="_NEW" href="http://guestworld.tripod.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=bevconrad&i=4&a=sign"><font face="arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif" size=-1>Sign My Guestbook</font></a><br>   </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Pointers on Playing the Fiddle"><U><B><IMG SRC="15d56a20.jpg" border=0 width="86" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>Glad you stopped in.</B></div> <div> <B>There are lots of goodies on these pages for people who like to fiddle or wish to learn.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Learning to fiddle?  Visit the </B><A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EZ Tabs For Fiddle"><U><B>EZ Tabs for Fiddle</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EZ Tabs For Fiddle"><U><B><IMG SRC="1cec8c40.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B></div> <div> <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but22.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="bevconrad@yahoo.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Learn to Fiddle Kit"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="12.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="2"> <input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.fiddlerwoman.com/id93.htm"> <input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.fiddlerwoman.com"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US"> <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-ShopCartBF"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>New and Improved!  </B></div> <div> <B>The </B><I><B>Learn To Fiddle CD</B></I><B> now comes with a booklet that includes fiddle tabs for:</B></div> <div> <B> Boil That Cabbage Down, Amazing Grace, Soldier's Joy, Turkey In The Straw, Acres of Clams, Red River Valley, Happy Birthday, Camptown Races, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Eighth of January, Major Chords for the Fiddle and</B></div> <div> <B>(you won't believe this...)</B></div> <div> <B> The Orange Blossom Special!</B></div> <div> <B>You get the TABS for this tune - not a "Listen to..." recording</B></div> <div> <B>That's coming soon in my </B><I><B>Learn to Fiddle EVEN BETTER!</B></I><B> kit.</B></div> <div> <B>Also in the </B><I><B>Learn to Fiddle Kit</B></I><B>:</B></div> <div> <B>~Four pieces of cheap tape to put on your fingerboard</B></div> <div> <B>~Instructions for tuning up and getting started</B></div> <div> <B>~Directions on priming your new bow</B></div> <div> <B>~Instructions on how to use fiddle tabs</B></div> <div> <B>~Instructions for where to put tape on your fingerboard</B></div> <div> <B>But wait!  There's More!</B></div> <div> <B>You will also get a genuine </B><I><B>Appalachian Fiddle Mute FREE!</B></I></div> <div> <B>This is so that you can practice 24/7 and not upset family or neighbors.</B></div> <div> <B>But wait!  There's even MORE!</B></div> <div> <B>You also get two balls of cotton for their ears just in case they still complain.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CDs for Sale"><U><I>(Hmmm...  I might just like to buy this...)</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="No Frills Version"><U><I>(Hmmm...  I wish I could get this really cheap...)</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Many of the articles in the section </B><A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Pointers on Playing the Fiddle"><U><B>Some Pointers on Playing the Fiddle</B></U></A><B> were previously published in the National Oldtime Fiddlers Newspaper in the Teacher's Tips column.  If you have any questions about your fiddle and/or how to play it, feel free to </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U><B>contact me</B></U></A><B>. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>updated July 30, 2008</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Copyright Beverley Conrad 2002 All Rights Reserved </div> <div> For reprinting this or any other work on this site,<A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U> please contact me</U></A>.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>