The Fiddler's Way, Volume 1, by Brandon S. Vance

The Fiddler's Way, Volume 1

by Brandon S. Vance

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1.	Fiddle Shuffles 1: Potatoes 00:23	buy track
2.	Fiddle Shuffles 2: Syncopated Shuffle 00:23	buy track
3.	Fiddle Shuffles 3: Syncopated Shuffle with Slur 00:27	buy track
4.	Fiddle Shuffles 4: Skipping 00:25	buy track
5.	Fiddle Shuffles 5: Cross-Bowed Skips 00:23	buy track
6.	Fiddle Shuffles 6: Irish Lilt 00:29	buy track
7.	Fiddle Shuffles 7: Scottish Jig Shuffle 00:26	buy track
8.	Fiddle Shuffles 8: Backbeat Shuffle 00:32	buy track
9.	Fiddle Shuffles 9: Mountain Road Shuffle 00:26	buy track
10.	Fiddle Shuffles 10: Willfjord Shuffle 00:29	buy track
11.	Tune 1 Bonnie Tammie 01:22	buy track
12.	Tune 2 Mrs. MacLeod (up-to-tempo) 00:54	buy track
13.	Tune 2 Mrs. MacLeod (slowly) 01:13	buy track
14.	Tune 3 Pigeon on the Gate v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:35	buy track
15.	Tune 3 Pigeon on the Gate v. 1 (slowly) 00:48	buy track
16.	Tune 3 Pigeon on the Gate v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:35	buy track
17.	Tune 3 Pigeon on the Gate v. 2 (slowly) 00:47	buy track
18.	Tune 3 Exercise 1 00:31
19.	Tune 3 Exercise 2a 00:23
20.	Tune 3 Exercise 2b 00:48
21.	Tune 3 Exercise 2c 00:28
22.	Tune 4 Scarce o' Tatties v. 1 (up-to-speed) 00:56	buy track
23.	Tune 4 Scarce o' Tatties v. 1 (slowly) 01:07	buy track
24.	Tune 4 Scarce o' Tatties v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:49	buy track
25.	Tune 4 Scarce o' Tatties v. 2 (slowly) 01:07	buy track
26.	Tune 4 Exercise 1 (with 4th finger) 00:41
27.	Tune 4 Exercise 1 (without 4th finger) 00:38
28.	Tune 4 Exercise 2 00:36
29.	Tune 4 Exercise 3 00:20
30.	Tune 5 Cutting Bracken (Tha Mi Sgìth) v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:41	buy track
31.	Tune 5 Cutting Bracken (Tha Mi Sgìth) v. 1 (slowly) 00:53	buy track
32.	Tune 5 Cutting Bracken (Tha Mi Sgìth) v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:40	buy track
33.	Tune 5 Cutting Bracken (Tha Mi Sgìth) v. 2 (slowly) 00:55
34.	Tune 5 Exercise 1 00:33
35.	Tune 5 Exercise 2 00:32
36.	Tune 6 Stool of Repentance v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:50	buy track
37.	Tune 6 Stool of Repentance v. 1 (slowly) 01:07	buy track
38.	Tune 6 Stool of Repentance v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:49	buy track
39.	Tune 6 Stool of Repentance v. 2 (slowly) 01:06	buy track
40.	Tune 6 Exercise 1 00:19
41.	Tune 6 Exercise 2 00:21
42.	Tune 7 Swallowtail Jig v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:49	buy track
43.	Tune 7 Swallowtail Jig v. 1 (slowly) 01:02	buy track
44.	Tune 7 Swallowtail Jig v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:44	buy track
45.	Tune 7 Swallowtail Jig v. 2 (slowly) 01:02	buy track
46.	Tune 7 Exercise 00:18
47.	Tune 7 Example 1 00:15
48.	Tune 7 Example 2 00:13
49.	Tune 8 Kesh Jig v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:46	buy track
50.	Tune 8 Kesh Jig v. 1 (slowly) 00:57	buy track
51.	Tune 8 Kesh Jig v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:43	buy track
52.	Tune 8 Kesh Jig v. 2 (slowly) 00:52	buy track
53.	Tune 8 Example 00:19
54.	Tune 8 Exericise 00:31
55.	Tune 9 Mrs. MacLeod with Double Stops (up-to-tempo) 00:51	buy track
56.	Tune 9 Mrs. MacLeod with Double Stops (slowly) 01:06	buy track
57.	Tune 9 Exercise 1 00:33
58.	Tune 9 Exercise 2 00:26
59.	Tune 9 Exercise 2a 00:19
60.	Tune 10 Wind That Shakes the Barley v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:35	buy track
61.	Tune 10 Wind That Shakes the Barley v. 1 (slowly) 00:38	buy track
62.	Tune 10 Wind That Shakes the Barley v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:34	buy track
63.	Tune 10 Wind That Shakes the Barley v. 2 (slowly) 00:45	buy track
64.	Tune 11 Mountain Road v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:33	buy track
65.	Tune 11 Mountain Road v. 1 (slowly) 00:42	buy track
66.	Tune 11 Mountain Road v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:33	buy track
67.	Tune 11 Mountain Road v. 2 (slowly) 00:45	buy track
68.	Tune 11 Exercise 1 00:30
69.	Tune 11 Exercise 2 00:28
70.	Tune 11 Exercise 3 00:24
71.	Tune 11 Exercise 4a 00:30
72.	Tune 11 Exercise 4b 00:34
73.	Tune 11 Exercise 5a 00:30
74.	Tune 11 Mountain Road Exercise 5b 00:30
75.	Tune 11 Exercise 6 00:30
76.	Tune 11 Exercise 7a 00:29
77.	Tune 11 Exercise 7b 00:24
78.	Tune 12 Willafjord (up-to-tempo) 00:50	buy track
79.	Tune 12 Willafjord (slowly) 01:13	buy track
80.	Tune 12 Exercise 1 00:22
81.	Tune 12 Exercise 2 00:43
82.	Tune 12 Exercise 3 00:24
83.	Tune 13 Drowsy Maggie v. 1 (up-to-tempo) 00:31	buy track
84.	Tune 13 Drowsy Maggie v. 1 (slowly) 00:36	buy track
85.	Tune 13 Drowsy Maggie v. 2 (up-to-tempo) 00:33	buy track
86.	Tune 13 Drowsy Maggie v. 2 (slowly) 00:45	buy track
87.	Tune 13 E Dorian Scale 00:29
88.	Tune 13 Blocking 1st Finger 00:19

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This is an instructional album designed to accompany the fiddle method book "The Fiddler's Way, Volume 1," by Brandon S. Vance.

To order a PDF copy of the book, or order a hard copy directly from the author, please visit www.brandonvance.com or contact Mr. Vance directly at: thefiddle@brandonvance.com

Summary:

If you have an interest in fiddle music and don’t know where to start, then this is the book for you! This is not just another tune book, either. This is a method book designed to use fun fiddle tunes to teach some of the unique stylistic techniques that I have distilled from my decades of experience teaching and performing fiddle music. The repertoire and skills presented in this book draw from the deep well of the Celtic fiddling traditions, including Scottish, Cape Breton, Shetland, Irish, and Old-Time American fiddling.

This volume is designed to complement the Suzuki Method, and teachers can easily incorporate this volume as a supplement to Suzuki book 1 & 2. However, this method is by no means exclusively for Suzuki students and teachers. Amateurs and professionals of all ages and backgrounds with an interest in fiddling will benefit from this book. You can think of it as your fiddling “primer.”

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released December 8, 2023

Released December 8th, 2023

By Brandon S. Vance,
Published by Brandon Vance Music
Copyright 2023

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Brandon Vance Seattle, Washington

Internationally acclaimed Scottish fiddler and violinist, Brandon Vance, is the recipient of Scotland's 2017 Royal National Mòd "Sutherland Cup" in Scottish Fiddle, as well as being the youngest to win the U.S. National Open Scottish Fiddling Championship in both 1999 and 2001. In 2021, Vance won “Dan R. MacDonald Memorial Fiddle Competition,” sponsored by The Clan Donald Lands Trust. ... more

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