Becoming the best musician you can be - Recommended listening - useful links

Recommended Sheet music and other resources

Beginner Sheet Music:

• 'The American Fiddle Method Volume 1' by Brian Wickland
• Suzuki Violin Method, Violin Part Book 1 (and CD) (books continue through the series)
• 'Essential Elements for Strings, Violin Book 1'
• 'Eastern European Music for Violin Duet' by Mary Ann Harbor
• 'Fiddlers Philharmonic - Old time fiddle tunes' 
• 'Fiddlers Philharmonic - Celtic Fiddle Tunes'

Tunebooks:
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• 'the Fiddler's Fakebook' by David Brody. Oak Publications (fiddle music from various Celtic and North American traditions)
• 'the Portland Collection-Contradance in the Pacific Northwest' by Susan Songer and Clyde Curley  (Volumes 1, 2 and 3)
• 'Bluegrass Fiddle Styles' by Stacy Phillips and Kenny Kosek
• 'Eastern European Music for Violin Duet' by Mary Ann Harbor

Music Theory:

• (for adults) 'Berklee Music Theory book 1'- Paul Schmeling
• (for kids) 'My First Music Theory Book' by Alfred Publishing Staff

Reading about music:

• 'The Fiddle Handbook' by Chris Haigh