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	Here are some songs and exercises I have been learning in my fiddle lessons.  www.learningviolin.com : My teacher, Ima Jonsdottir, has an excellent violin/fiddle site. She can answer almost any question you might have, and is available for private lessons. Help on reading sheet music : a quick starter. Some family history - My grandmother's brother Herb Brown was not only a famous fiddle player, but a master fiddle maker! I wish I could get my hands on a fiddle he made.
Exercises	Exercises #1 Exercises #2 Exercises #3 page 1 Exercises #3 page 2 Know Thy Scales!   All Scales   C Major/ A minor   F Major/ D minor   Bflat Major/ G minor   Eflat Major/ C minor   Aflat Major/ F minor   Dflat Major/ Bflat minor   Gflat Major/ Eflat minor   Fsharp Major/ Dsharp minor   B Major/ Gsharp minor   E Major/ Csharp minor   A Major/ Fsharp minor   D Major/ B minor   G Major/ E minor
Old Time, Rags, etc.	Ragtime Annie Beaumont Rag June Apple Blackberry Blossom Black Mountain Rag Red Hair Boy Temperance Reel
Jigs	2 Reels and a Jig - Jenny's Wedding, Sheehan's Reel, Cherish the Ladies  Jigs #1 - The Dancingmaster, Smash the Windows, Scatter the Mud, The Priest and His Boots, The Three Little Drummers Jigs #2 - Threshing the Barley, Breeches Mary, Jimmy O'Briens Jig Jigs #3 - O'Reilly's Favorite, The Merry Maiden, The Spinners Lilt Jigs #4 - Frieze Breeches Jig Jigs #5 - Unfortunate Rake (Up Sligo) Jig Jigs #6 - The Woodcock Jig
Reels	2 Reels and a Jig - Jenny's Wedding, Sheehan's Reel, Cherish the Ladies Reels #1 - The Dublin Reel, The Chicago Reel, The Shaskeen Reel Reels #2 - More Luck to Us, Cahills Courtship, Lawsons Favorite Reels #3 - How the Money Goes, An Ugly Customer, Miss Johson Reels #4 - The Mason's Apron, Miss McLeods Reel Reels #5 - Farwell to Erin, Pretty Peggy, O'Reillys Greyhound Reels #6 - The Rambling Sailor, The New Potatoes Reels #7 - Galway Reel Reels #8 - Limerick Lasses Reel
Hornpipes	Hornpipe #1 - Murphys Hornpipe, Fair Maidens Hornpipe #2 - Honeysuckle, O'Connors Fancy Hornpipe #3 - Belfast Hornpipe Hornpipe #4 -  Glasgow Hornpipe
Duets	Shottis fran Idre
Classical	Page 1, Page 2 - Concertino in D Major

See "Links I Like" for other sites with fiddle music. 

Some books and videos I like :

• Mel Bay's Old-Time Fiddling Across America
• Mel Bay's Backup Trax Old Time & Fiddle Tunes
• O'Neils Music of Ireland
• Natalie MacMaster's Video
• Hrimaly Scale-Studies for the Violin

My wonderfully patient violin teacher is Ima Jonsdottir in Boston, MA.   She is from Iceland, and among other things, she use to play with Bjork. Check out her CD and her husband's jazz CD.  They are excellent.