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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. | |||