If you are looking for exciting and challenging fiddle solos by one of americas hottest fiddlers, this book is for you. Shop and buy you can teach yourself fiddling sheet music. Mel bay the craig duncan master fiddle solo collection by craig duncan 19990901. Feb 08, 2012 craig duncan teaches the cajun fiddle tune, bayou pon pon, found in his book, the cajun fiddle. Craig has been the featured instrumentalist on over fifty record albums, with sales in excess of three million. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read top fiddle solos. Craig duncan is a nashville fiddler and multiinstrumentalist. This book presents 50 traditional fiddle tunes in a variety of styles. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The group, which features craig duncan on fiddle and mandolin, billy smith on guitar, and mike scott on banjo is based on years of making music together in a variety of overlapping configurations.
Contains craig s outstanding fiddle arrangements on dueling fiddles, rocky top, tennessee waltz and many more. Famous fiddlin tunes qwikguide with cd by craig duncan. The cd is in splittrack format, allowing the fiddler to play with the fiddle solo, guitar andor fiddle accompaniment, or both. Many of the tunes include the melody in standard notation, followed by a variation which includes common ways of playing the tune. Cajun cookin a fiddle tune written by craig duncan youtube. Presents 140 of the most frequently played tunes in old time fiddle contests as well as the most popular bluegrass, squa.
Craig is recognized internationally for his many books and arrangements. The audio is in splittrack format, allowing the fiddler to play with the fiddle solo, guitar andor fiddle accompaniment, or both. Ive been practicing with blues fiddling classics, by craig duncan, and rockin out with blues fiddle i think violin is a great instrument for blues. Contains craigs outstanding fiddle arrangements on. Beginning with a selection of easy arrangements of popular cajun tunes, the cajun fiddle progresses on to more difficult solos based on the playing of various wellknown fiddlers including dewey balfa, michael doucet, doug kershaw, and rufus thibodeaux. He is a member of the national fiddlers hall of fame and whos who in music and musicians and is recognized internationally for his numerous books and arrangements of fiddle music published by mel bay publications, inc. Craig duncan s most popular book is libertarianism. Read craig duncan master fiddle solo collection by craig duncan available from rakuten kobo.
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About 60 of the tunes are recorded by craig duncan on the accompanying cd. The author has attempted to present usable fingerings, bowings and explanations of each of the 49 tunes in this book. The performance length arrangements of contest tunes include standard as well as challenging variations on hoedowns, rags, polkas, show pieces, and waltzes complete with suggested. Top fiddle solos by craig duncan digital sheet music for. The craig duncan master fiddle solo collection book by craig duncan presents 140 of the most frequently played tunes in old time fiddle contests as well as the most popular bluegrass, square dance and country tunes heard throughout the united states. A followup book on craig duncan s popular deluxe fiddling method containing 40 great fiddle solos in the keys of f, bflat, e major, e minor, and a minor. Mel bay mel bays complete fiddling book is a compilation of arrangements of traditional tunes by several outstanding practitioners of the art of fiddle playing. The craig duncan master fiddle solo collection book.
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