Live Fiddle Workshops in BC, July and August 2020 - with Twin Fiddles and Cross Canada Fiddle Gordon Stobbe, JJ Guy, Geoff and Trish Horrocks
NAME THAT TUNE The winning name is "Ptarmigan Swing" submitted by Barbara Lehtonen
We would like to let our customers know that we are continuing to ship out daily with Canada Post. We do our best to send your order out the day after it is received, however, due to Covid-19 there have been some delays in Canada Post's delivery times.
A New Year's Special! The Fiddler's Red Book w/CD + Twelve Things Your Right Hand Should Know DVD Only $50 for both - a $60 value!
TWO NEW BOOKS !!
an old time Dance Calling Workshop A dance calling workshop for the novice caller designed to inspire people to learn to call organized dances for friends, neighbours and families. CD includes tune medleys for each dance and sample calls to understand the timing.		Saskatchewan Fiddle Jam Tunes A collection of common jam tunes from Saskatchewan but are played in jam sessions everywhere. There are four tunes on a two-page spread to be played together as a medley rather than just playing one tune at a time.
! NEW WEB PRICE ON MOST CDs - $10 !
Since we published the first volume of Canadian Old-Time Fiddle Hits, hundreds of fiddle players have made all three volumes an important part of their fiddling repetoire. We now have each of these Volumes available as an eBook. When we receive your order, the eBook in PDF format will be emailed to you. CDs for each Volume are availableto order separately in jewel case. The original spiral bound books are also available with or without CD. The original tunes CD Compilation books are available only in eBook pdf format. When we receive your order, the eBook in PDF format will be emailed to you.
	The Fiddler's Red Book of Scales and Arpeggios 150 Exercises explaining and exploring these major building blocks of Fiddle Music   These very popular two essential tools for advancing your fiddle playing are often ordered together.   Gordon's Instructional DVD Twelve Things Your Right Hand Should Know A Fiddle Workshop for the Right Hand
"I have purchased numerous music books over the years and I have to tell you the New Traditions volumes are the best I have seen yet including anything published by Mel Bay. Thanks very much for the great work !" - Doug Tesch, Manitoba	"Just a few lines to thank you so much for makingTwelve Things Your Right Hand Should Know. As an adult beginner on violin I have found this a great resource. I have recommended your DVD and thank you again for what you are doing to help all of us who have a passion to learn to play well." -Don Paulson, Boomingdale, NY	"Gordon's DVD has got to be one of the most effective tools I have had the pleasure to study. There ought to be a prize for this man's work." - Robyn Kall, Ontario

Gordon was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame in Recognition of his Outstanding Lifelong Contribution to Country Music and also as a Pioneer in Music				Gordon received the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Assoc Lifetime Achievement Award in Recognition and Appreciation of his Outstanding Contribution to Old Time Fiddling in Canada
		Gordon received the ECMA Stompin' Tom Award This award honours those who have made a long-term contribution to the East Coast music industry and have paved the road for many successful East Coast artists of today.
"Up Home Tonight celebrated the virtues of acoustic roots music a decade before the 'O Brother! Where You Bound' soundtrack brought it to the masses. And Gordon Stobbe was in the centre of things as a kind of ringmaster/ master of ceremonies who kept the music flowing. " - - Halifax Daily News