Mel Bay

Author: Suzanna Barnes
Format: Chart
Instrumentation: Fiddle

This Fiddle Arpeggio Chart is a handy guide to playing the essential arpeggios on the fiddle. Included are major, minor, diminished and augmented arpeggios spanning 2- octaves in all twelve keys. Easy-to-read diagrams outline the arpeggios on the fingerboard and are provided with fingerings to help the player execute them with ease and speed. In addition, diagrams are provided that show the basic shapes that the arpeggios form on the fiddle neck. Learning to visualize these shapes can help simplify the player's understanding of harmony on the fiddle. This chart is an invaluable addition for every fiddler's tool kit.