Fiddle tune sources and other fiddle resources
Recordings of Dave Reiner posted to Fiddle Hangout - Enjoy!
Oldtime Fiddle Tunes (John Lamancusa) - Sheet music, field recordings, and midi from an old friend of mine. Don't miss it!
O'Neill's Music Of Ireland and more - Sheet music for this venerable collection from Chief O'Neil of Chicago
Oldtime Fiddler's Repertory at The Mountain Sentinal - Transcriptions for fiddle and banjo from R.P. Christeson's book)
The Fiddler's Companion (Andrew Kuntz) - Look up any tune to find all you ever wanted to know, plus ABC notation for tunes
JC''s Tune Finder (John Chambers) - Finds many versions of tunes in ABC notation from all over (can view in many ways)
ABC Resources - Helpful links for understanding and using ABC music notation
ABC-to-Music Converter - Just paste in the ABC, see the tune
Richard Robinson's Tune Book - 3500 great tunes in Scottish, Irish, Scandinavian, English, French, and Balkan styles
Tune Collections on the Internet (Mickey Koth) - Quite a comprehensive listing and set of links
The Session - Huge number of Irish tune transcriptions and information
Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1050 reels, jigs, and more) - From 1883!
Irish Traditional Tune Index (Alan Ng) - Nice searching and analysis capabilities
Carp Celtic Jam - Excellent versions of tunes in their tune book
Peet de Moor's collection of almost 3000 fiddle tunes - PDFs and midis
Traditional Celtic, Irish and Oldtime Tune Book (Glenn Weiser) - 500+ tunes and links to many other online tunebooks
The Roots Music Listening Room - Wonderful collections of older recordings (mainly from 78s) in many music traditions
Traditional Music Library - Bluegrass, oldtime, Irish, Scottish, and much more
The Fiddle Tune Trading Post (Andy Reiner) - Recordings of great tunes you need to know from a great young fiddler
World Fiddler (Jim Doran) - Recordings, videos, and advice on technique in several styles
Prairie Mountain Fiddlers - Good pdfs of sheet music for these tunes played in Calgary, BC, Canada
Fiddle Tunes from Bernie Waugh (Peter Doyle) - Nice collection of PDF and ABC versions
Mel Bay Publications - Publisher of Dave's fiddle books and many other fine folk music books and CDs
Fiddler Magazine - You should subscribe! Great articles and tunes, and fine website with links to fiddle camps and much more
The Field Recorders' Collective - Fantastic source recordings, from my friend Ray Alden and other collectors
Sanger's Guide to Irish Fiddle - Check out this sensible advice
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection - Kudos to my friend Alan Jabbour for passing these great tunes
Oldtime Music - David Lynch assembled this comprehensive site on oldtime fiddlers, events, resources and more
Mel Bay's Fiddle Sessions - Tunes and discussions galore, hosted by fiddler and prolific book author Stacy Phillips
Blue Rose (Scandinavian) - Karen Myers' excellent site for Scandinavian musicians
Old Time Key of C Fiddle Tunes - Just what it says, plus F tunes as well
Salyer MP3s - Free download from the great oldtime fiddler John Salyer (thanks to Paul Muhlrad)
Sheet Music Archive - Lots of fiddle tunes (thanks to Frank Nordberg)
Recommended Listening for Fiddlers - One person's good list with descriptions and links
Violin Online - Nice writeups on the basics
Fiddleicious - Don Roy's site with tunes passed on in Maine from Scottish, Irish, Quebecois, and Acadian ancestors
Please email me if you spot any broken links on this page! Thanks, Dave.
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Here are the latest CDs from the Reiner Family Band and from Eric and Andy, and classic and new fiddle books from Dave and Andy. 
Dave's been teaching fiddle lessons in the Boston area for years, and knows a lot of excellent tunes in bluegrass, oldtime, Irish, swing, and other styles. He can show you the best bowing patterns, demystify chords and theory, and help with variations, backup, and contests. Read More 