Philip John Berthoud: Irish Fiddle Playing Book: Violin: Instrumental Tutor

With Online Audio (Guide For Serious Player)-Philip John Berthoud's Irish Fiddle Playing has been carefully designed to make the personal aspects of traditional Irish fiddle playing improvisation and interpretation accessible to noviceplayers.Drawing on his experience writing out reels jigs and other tunes for new players at a North London session and teaching fiddle  Philip John Berthoud conveys what to do with tunes to makethem your own. The first part of the book discusses such subjects as the 'language' of traditional music posture bowing and effective practice with a detailed analysis of left and right hand technique. The second section is aselection of tunes that demonstrate the ideas in the first part. The aim of the book is to allow the player to look more closely at their technique while also improving accuracy and speed. A recording adds an extra dimension tothe learning experience. Audio download available online.The aim of this book is to allow the player to look more closely at their technique while also improving accuracy and speed. The included audio recordingadds an extra dimension to the learning experience.