Fiddle Time is a great series for young violinists. Packed with lively original tunes, well-known pieces, and easy duets, the series is carefully paced and organized to build confidence every step of the way. This new edition still contains all your favourite pieces, back by popular demand, plus 5 new pieces, a brand new CD, and fantastic new illustrations.

Start the show ; Banyan tree ; Heat haze ; Medieval tale ; Cornish May Song ; Chase in the dark ; Merrily danced the quaker's wife ; O leave your sheep ; Jazzy Jingle bells ; Allegretto in G ; Pick a bale of cotton ; Noel ; Finale from the Water Music ; Ecossaise in G ; Fiddle Time rag ; Playing on the ol' banjo ; On the go ; Yodelling song ; Takin' it easy ; Gypsy dance ; Ten thousand miles away ; I got those fiddle blues ; Air in G ; Prelude from Te Deum ; That's how it goes! ; Hari coo coo ; Summer evening ; Flamenco dance ; Adam in the garden ; Somebody's knocking at your door ; The old chariot ; Air ; The wee cooper o' Fife ; Winter song ; Rory O'More ; Trick cyclist ; Aerobics! ; Caribbean sunshine

pieces and duets using the finger patterns 0-12-3-4 and 0-1-2-34 traditional tunes and pieces by well-known composers from Handel to Mozart original pieces in a range of styles from rag to flamenco compatibility with Viola Time Runners - most pieces can be played together fantastic illustrations by Martin Remphry play-along and backing (accompaniment only) tracks, with live band, string quartet, guitar, and accordion backings, as well as fun sound effects, available to download from a Companion Website practice tracks recorded at a slower tempo for some pieces piano and violin accompaniments available separately

Kathy Blackwell, B. Mus. (Hons.), LTCL, LGSM, studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals initiative, a new assessment specifically designed for students taught in groups, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in Groups (ABRSM, 2004). Her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, published by Oxford University Press, with her husband, David. Kathy and David have presented workshops in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle, Viola, Cello Time, and String Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. He now works as a freelance music editor, composer and arranger. In 2017 Kathy and David Blackwell received two awards: from ESTA UK in recognition of their exceptional services to string teaching, and from the Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership for significant contribution to music education in Oxfordshire and beyond.

pieces and duets using the finger patterns 0-12-3-4 and 0-1-2-34 traditional tunes and pieces by well-known composers from Handel to Mozart original pieces in a range of styles from rag to flamenco compatibility with Viola Time Runners - most pieces can be played together fantastic illustrations by Martin Remphry play-along and backing (accompaniment only) tracks, with live band, string quartet, guitar, and accordion backings, as well as fun sound effects, available to download from a Companion Website practice tracks recorded at a slower tempo for some pieces piano and violin accompaniments available separately