AFM Vol 1 for Cello (Book/Audio)

Product Features

Written as a companion to the wildly popular fiddle book, this method opens up the world of fiddling to the beginning/intermediate cellist. Finally fiddlers, violists and cellists can jam together! Unlike many books for violas and cellos which simply transpose the tunes, the authors went to considerable effort arranging the tunes to be both playable and true to the original melody and key. Variations to the tunes are included illustrating how they can serve as a basis for improvisation. Ensemble skills are taught with chords and lyrics, basic music theory, and demonstrations of such skills as backup and lead playing in this playfully- illustrated book. A high quality, multi-instrumental audio for listening and play-along captures the excitement of the music. Like its fiddle counterpart, this method is destined to be a classic.

“Brian Wicklund’s American Fiddle Method for Cello has it all – tunes, backup, lyrics, history, theory, technique, and most importantly, fun!!! With the help of this book, cellists will never have to hear the question ‘Can you fiddle on a cello?’ again!”

-Natalie Haas, fiddling cello virtuoso