Par ALLISON KEVIN. While one of a kind is a hard rating to achieve at Mel Bay Publications, Kevin Allison has done it with The Ceilidh Dance Book. A ceilidh is a traditional Scottish gathering where people share songs, stories, music, and dancing that is very much alive today. In Scotland, there are hundreds of ceilidh bands, each of which has their own trademark tune sets, making it possible for …

Inspired by the Celtic circles of ancient Scotland Bonnie paints a musical picture through time joining the heavens and earth to the cycles of everyday life. Performed on Scottish fiddle with gold medal piper Eric Rigler on theGreat Highland bagpipe Scottish smallpipes and uilleann pipes. Also accompanied by guitar Celtic harp viola da gamba hammered dulcimer bass and bodhran. Includes N…

Par NORGAARD MARTIN. Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school violists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard - a breakthrough approach for string players who want to learn to improvise within the jazz style. No step is left out in this sequentially arranged introduction to the role of rhythm, call and response, articulation, scales…

Par MOZELL DAN. For volume II of The Incomplete Celtic Guitar, Dan Mozelle has arranged more great tunes from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton. Carefully notated in both standard notation and flatpicking Guitar tablature, the settings maintain the traditional flavour essential to Celtic music. There are few books available with flatpicking arrangements in this style. Along with Volume I, this boo…

Par CARLSON ANDREW. Violonistes classiques peuvent aider à perpétuer les traditions historiques de la musique de violon américain, mais cela exige une compréhension claire de la performance. A Guide to American Fiddling expose les étudiants sérieux du violon aux nuances techniques du violon traditionnel de l\'Old Time. Dans ce livre, violoniste/fiddler Andrew Carlson fournit une analyse technique …