by Wayne Erbsen
Book with Instructional CD $19.95

We're proud to say this is the #1 selling fiddle book in America!

If you are a total beginner,  here is the perfect book to learn how to play old-time fiddle. Absolutely no previous experience needed! Wayne's friendly writing style takes you through every step of adjusting, tuning, holding and yes, playing your fiddle. Appalachian, old-time, bluegrass and folk tunes are written out in Wayne's easy and unique tab system for those who don't read music, and in standard musical notation for those who do. Learning old-time fiddle has never been easier or more fun. Anyone can do it. Includes instructional audio CD, plus complete lyrics to all 37 tunes. 9" x 12",  80 pages. This book is guaranteed to help you learn to play old-time fiddle. (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?)  Don't yet have an instrument? Let Wayne help you pick out the perfect fiddle and bow for you. Contact him at banjo[at]nativeground.com

Peek Inside Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus!

You WILL learn to play: Amazing Grace, Blackest Crow, Buffalo Gals, Charley He's a Good Old Man, Cluck Old Hen, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase, Darling Corey, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, East Virginia, Groundhog, House of the Rising Sun, Ida Red, In the Pines, It Ain't Gonna Grain no Mo', Joy to the World, Little Birdie, Liza Poor Gal, Lynchburg Town, Muley's Daughter, Old Joe Clark, Old Molly Hare, Polly Put the Kettle On, Rain and Snow, Red River Valley, Run Johnny Run, Rye Whiskey, Sail Away Ladies, Say Darling Say, Shortening Bread, Sugar Hill, Wagoner's Lad, Wildwood Flower, Willie Moore.

Note: We have some copies of Old-Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus with covers that are slightly dog-eared or may have a small scratch on the cover. Otherwise, they're perfect. We're selling these copies for $17.95. If you would like one of these, please call us - (828) 299-7031. Thanks, Wayne Erbsen

Customer Reviews:

"When you claimed you could even teach an ignoramus like me to play the fiddle, I was suspicious. But danged if you didn't!" Mike Evans

"Wayne Erbsen’s years of teaching experience shows on every page. He makes it fun for the beginner to get started with a dose of folklore and humor thrown in for good measure. A wonderful guide for the notice fiddler." --Meredith Coldren, beginning fiddler

"I'm so glad I chose your old time fiddle book as my intro to the fiddle.  I'm having great fun with it!" --A. Hopkins

"Thanks to your book, I've taken to the fiddle like a duck on water." V. McGuire, Lousiana State Penitentary, Angola, LA

"At ages 60 and 70, my sister and I both have found your Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramous invaluable! We had bought several other books before finding this one and it is the very best!  Your book renewed our faith in our ability to learn, and we are both having so much fun with it.  And, YES, I believe you can teach an old frog the fiddle!"  --Alma H.

"I bought your book and I can not believe that in 3 days I was able to play genuine tunes, by heart no less. I can not tell you how happy this experience has made me. Even the dogs seem to be smiling." J. Woginrich

"I can't tell you how much fun your book has made fiddling for me. I have improved more with this book than any I've run into." Elaine M.

What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? A violin has a brown neck and a fiddle has a RED neck!