Fiddle Resources

Ashokan.org is home to fiddlers and dancers worldwide. They offer The Ashokan camp on this website and also familiarize you with the Ashokan Foundation.

Darol Anger is a veteran of educational settings ranging from colleges to rural campsites, with music festivals to music stores. He offers Workshops, clinics, lecture/demos; for string teachers, young students, and orchestras.

The Electric Fiddler brings you the last news and info from the electric violin world. Check out their large instrument maker directory, their extensive electric violin effects section, and learn more about violin amplification, recording, fiddle preamps and bows.

Fiddle & vIolin FAQ has put together a website specifically to answer some of the most common questions in the fiddle world. You can also browse their site for fiddles available for purchase.

The Fiddle and Alternative Strings Community maintains an active collection of alternative string players, playing alternative stringed instruments, in alternative styles, on the internet! Free members can access most features of the forum. For access to the (extra) features of the full site you need to be a Fiddle Forum Friend. For the annual sum of £10 (UK) a year you get access to these additional features. This is payable via Paypal, by going to your profile and clicking on the Paid Subscriptions link.

Fiddletunes@centrum is a gathering place for fiddler artists of all ages, from all cultures, and in all phases of their musical development.

fiddlingaround.co.uk is a world bursting with celtic fiddles, American bluegrass, old-time and western swing fiddles, mariachi fiddles, klezmer fiddles, gypsy fiddles, jazz fiddles. Ancient fiddles from China and Mexico, Hardanger fiddles from Norway, a double-necked electric monster from India. This site brings them all together in an easily accessible format so you can dip in and out of the different styles and easily find out about the variations of types of instrument, ornamentation, repertoire, cultural history and background, find the best-known players and so on.

Hardanger Fiddle Association of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle and related traditions of Norwegian music and dance.

Old Time Fiddle Tunes is a collection of fiddle tunes from old recordings and workshops, transcribed by John Lamancusa.

PBS presents American Roots Music. Come discover the pioneers of the musical forms that combined on American soil to become the most pervasive music throughout the world. The 4-Part PBS series airs Mondays at 10 p.m. (ET, PT) beginning October 29, 2001.

Roots of American Fiddle Music has amazing facts about the fiddle and some really nice historical photos of fiddles and fiddle players from around the country. They also offer a simplified yet detailed history of the fiddle.

The Fiddle Hangout is a discussion form for fiddler players, enthusiaist, or those new to the fiddle scene.

The Fiddle in Coutry Music site offers a history lesson about the fiddle. It also contains information about celebrity fiddlers of today and up coming events

The Indian Fiddle or the Sarangi is a common representative of vitat class of musical instruments. It has three to four main playing strings and a number of sympathetic strings. The instrument has no frets or fingerboard; the strings float in the air. Pitch is determined by sliding the fingernail against the string rather than pressing it against a fingerboard (like violin). This instrument is extremely difficult to play, as a consequence its popularity is on the decline. This instrument has traditionally been associated with the kathak dance and the vocal styles of thumri, dadra and kheyal.

Voyager Recordings & Publications is an independent recording and publishing company. They have over fifty CDs in press presenting over sixty fiddlers from North America. Check out the Repertoire Builder series which features repertoire building materials for fiddle, mandolin, and guitar in a packet with CD, printed music, and chord charts.

www.fiddle.net is the Internet playground of five-time Grand National Fiddle Champion Tony Ludiker. This site contains information on fiddle contest, fiddle stores, and much more!Bonus free fiddle mp3 avalaible!