www.reinerfamilyband.com

Personal pages of band members

Cynthia Eid Designs - Cindy's Metalsmithing and jewelry site

Eric's personal site - Eric's music and photography

Matching Orange - Eric's folk/fiddle and contra dance band

Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers - Andy's Swedish / Oldtime band

FiddleFoxx - Andy's fiddle and beatbox fusion band

Devil In the Kitchen - Andy's Celtic heavy metal band

Andy's personal site - Andy's tunes, movies, etc.

 

Musical happenings

Fiddle Hell - Free jams and workshops for fiddlers in Groton, MA, Nov 14-16, 2008

Boston Bluegrass Union - Shows and jams in the Greater Boston area

Club Passim - Folk club extraordinaire in Cambridge, MA.

Mugwumps Online - Banjo, fiddle, and mandolin camps + info on vintage string instruments from Mike Holmes

Meadowlark Music Camp in Maine - We go there every summer!

Barb Diederich's Bluegrass Links and Lyrics - Excellent resource from Barb!

 

Fiddle and mandolin discussion forums

Fiddle Forum - Online community and excellent discussions, sponsor of Fiddle Hell

Fiddle Hangout - New forum, has quite a few of Dave's tunes

Fiddle Fork - Community and discussions

FIDDLE-L - List server for this discussion list

Maestronet - Mainly classical focus, some fiddle discussion

Mandolin Cafe - An online gathering place for discussions and classified ads on mandolins (tuned just like fiddles!)

 

Fiddle tune sources and other fiddle resources

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

Irish Traditional Tune Index (Alan Ng) - Nice searching and analysis capabilities

Carp Celtic Jam - Excellent versions of tunes in their tune book

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

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

Music Moose - Free online lessons on various instruments, including fiddle

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

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

 

Instrument sources

Reuning and Son Violins, Boston, MA - Great violin store; I bought my current fiddle and bow there

The Music Emporium, Lexington, MA - My local friends, source of new and old mandolins, guitars, banjos

Johnson Strings, Newton and Cape Cod, MA - Large selection of violins for sale/rent. They carry Dave's fiddle books & CDs also

Jon Cooper - Fine violin maker; Jon made Andy's super 4-string fiddle

Bradley Higgins - Maker of well-known 4- and 5-string fiddles (Bradivarious!)

Tarisio.com - Internet violin auctions by honest, respected dealers (usually with Boston viewings)

 

Please email me if you spot any broken links on this page! Thanks, Dave.