The Fiddle

<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> <B>NEW!</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://fiddlerwoman.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fiddlerwoman.blogspot.com/"><U><B>The Learn to Fiddle BLOG</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>~or~</B></div> <div> <B>Everything I've always wanted to say about the fiddle but find it easier just to put here.</B></div> <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="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Live Performances"><U>Live Performances</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>Learn to fiddle! 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 </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, </B></div> <div> <B>Turkey In The Straw, Acres of Clams, Red River Valley, Happy Birthday, </B></div> <div> <B>Camptown Races, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Eighth of January, </B></div> <div> <B>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> <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> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Read about </B><A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Origin of Fiddle Tabs"><U><B>The Origin of Fiddle Tabs!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>NEW!!!</B></FONT><B>  Just in case you think you might like me to actually teach you how to play the fiddle in person, or have Luke teach you to accompany a musician using the bones, spoons or Bodhran drum, this year we will be teaching a workshop at the </B><A HREF="http://touchstonecrafts.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://touchstonecrafts.com"><U><B>Touchstone Center for Crafts</B></U></A><B> in southwestern Pennsylvania.  For more information visit the </B><B>Learn to Fiddle Workshop Page</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>updated January 13, 2011</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>