Fiddler Magazine

About Fiddler Magazine Android App

Founded in 1994, Fiddler Magazine is an informative, educational, and entertaining resource for fiddlers, accompanists, and appreciative listeners. Each quarterly issue (+/- 55 pages each) features a variety of different styles of fiddling, as well as plenty of other articles and columns. Regular columns include: Bluegrass Fiddling, “The Practicing Fiddler,” Fiddle Tune History, On Improvisation, Irish Fiddling, Scottish Fiddling, and reviews of CDs, books, and DVDs. Each issue also includes transcriptions of several tunes.Winter 2022/23
The Winter 2022/23 issue is Fiddler Magazine's final issue on the Magzter platform. A new publisher is taking over and can be contacted via fiddlermag.com. Winter features include champion fiddler Herman Johnson; Canadian Métis fiddler Alex Kusturok; North Carolina's Katie Pressley; and From the Archives: Old-time Fiddling on Prince Edward Island (excerpt). Columns and tunes: The Tune Sleuth ("Off with the Mask"); On Improvisation: No Wrong Notes; Jody's Column: Bob Wills ("Stay a Little Longer," "Gone Indian"); Waltzes & Airs ("Always"); Violin Maker's Corner; Tunesmiths: Steve Arkin ("Birthday Tune for Steve Arkin"); Bluegrass Fiddling: Chubby Wise ("Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan"); The Hidden Note ("The Tinware Lass"); Scottish Fiddling ("Miss Begg"); The Practicing Fiddler: Tommy Jackson ("Crazy Creek," "Cherokee Shuffle"); The Intrepid Fiddler; Reviews; Crossword Puzzle; Fiddle-toon (cartoon); A Trio from Dudley Laufman (poetry).

Fall 2022
Fall features include violin makers John Preston, James Morris, and Murray Kuun; Volume Five's Glen Harrell; Ingredients of Fiddle Tunes. Columns and tunes: Violin Maker's Corner (Friction Facts: Pegs); On Improvisation (Mr. Pinky); Waltzes & Airs ("Chez Seychelles"); The Tune Sleuth ("Upon a Summer's Day"); Tunesmiths: Stefan Curl ("Race the River Jordan"); Jody's Column: Skillet Lickers ("Broken Down Gambler"); The Hidden Note: Competitions ("O'Sullivan's March"); Irish Fiddling: Feddersen & Gourley ("Paddy Sean Nancy's"); Scottish Fiddling: Isle of Birds ("The Dipper," "Chailleach-Oidhche/The Owl"); The Intrepid Fiddler: Busking in the Digital Age; Bluegrass Fiddling: Mac Magaha ("I'm Just a Used to Be to You"); The Practicing Fiddler (Being a Professional Fiddler); Reviews; Crossword Puzzle; Fiddle-toon.

Summer 2022
The Summer 2022 issue features Lisa Ornstein (Part 1: Old-time beginnings); Katrina Nicolayeff; Fiddlers Making Fiddles (Rodney Miller; Jason Barie; Anya Burgess; Brian Duckworth); The Complete Recordings of Ed and Ella Haley; Anxiety Management for Musicians. Regular columns: Waltzes & Airs; Fiddle Tune History Lesson; Travels with Charlie; Jody's Column (Bob Rogers); Bluegrass Fiddling (Tommy Magness); Violin Maker's Corner (Shopping on a Budget); On Improvisation (Let It Breathe); Irish Fiddling (Jerry McCarthy); The Hidden Note; Scottish Fiddling; Notes on Learning; The Practicing Fiddler; Crossword Puzzle... Tunes: "Boatsman," as played by Ed Haley; "Cows on the Hill," by Jay Ungar; "Harlequin Gambols"; "Pet of the House"; "Morelli's Lesson"; "Dan's Dream," as played by Bob Rogers; "Dance Around Molly," solo as played by Tommy Magness; "Rolling in the Ryegrass," as played by Jerry McCarthy; "My Love Is Fair and Handsome," as played by Paddy Killoran; "Rothiemurchus Rant."

Spring 2017
Founded in 1994, Fiddler Magazine is an informative, educational, and entertaining resource for fiddlers, accompanists, and appreciative listeners. Each quarterly issue (now approx. 60 pages each) features a variety of different styles of fiddling, as well as plenty of other articles and columns. Regular columns include: Bluegrass Fiddling, “The Practicing Fiddler,” Fiddle Tune History, On Improvisation, Irish Fiddling, Cross-Tuning Workshop, Cross-Canada Fiddle Tour, and reviews of CDs, books, and DVDs. Each issue also includes transcriptions of several tunes.