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The Fiddle Book: The Comprehensive book on American folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers Review

The Fiddle Book: The Comprehensive book on American folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers
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I love this book. Marion Thiede not only writes a good story behind the tunes, she also did a wonderful job transcribing the fiddle tunes in both traditional & altered violin tuning in a way a classically trained violinist can understand & includes several pictures of historic, old time fiddlers.
I was expecting the appearance of the book to be like the picture shown, with the black & white cover, etc. Instead, I received an old, hard fabric bound, discarded library book from Loudoun high school library...car dealers call it "Bait and Switch". (thus, only 3 stars)
The description says (I cut & pasted this from the seller's statement) The Fiddle Book: The Comprehensive book on American folk music fiddling and fiddle styles, including more than 150 traditional fiddle tunes, compiled from country fiddlers (Paperback)
I do like (and will keep) the book, but would have preferred that the item I actually received would have been shown on the seller's page.

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The most comprehensive collection of traditional fiddle tunes ever compiled. Over 150 tunes, familiar and obscure, with lyrics. Transcribed from the playing of country fiddlers.

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Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs & Sayings Review

Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs and Sayings
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The back of the book includes a witty epigraph by none other than Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln notes "For those of you who like this kind of a book, this is that kind of book you will like." The tautology rings true! What kind of people might like this book? If you're interested in the history of log cabins, Erbsen provides an interesting historical context for these types of buildings. He cites current authorities in vernacular architecture and even critiques some of the myths of the log cabins. He replaces the inaccurate ideas about log cabins with good information about the cultural context that supported these constructions. There is good information about cabin-raisings, ways that musicians "fiddled up a cabin," and the various construction techniques used in a range of buildings. The book provides special attention to ways in which log buildings continue to provide important themes within old-time fiddle tunes, ballads, and bluegrass music. The book includes the words and music to a number of ballads and folksongs, and readers will also appreciate the way that Erbsen included mountaineers' proverbs, folk-speech, and even recipes. I also like the presentations of clever tall tales, legends, and other narratives that pertain to the life of those who lived in these types of houses. Even though Lincoln wasn't born in a log cabin that he built with his own two hands, the book does provide a good understanding of the types of cabins that Lincoln actually lived in. It even includes some of the actual ballads that he sung as a youngster. As Lincoln stated, this book will appeal to people who like this kind of book: namely, those with an interest in the folklore and history of rural America.


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Step inside the door of Log Cabin Pioneers as Wayne Erbsen takes you on a personal journey of finding and restoring a historic log cabin. By the magic of a crackling fire, he'll introduce you to authentic pioneers who will sing you ancient songs, spin yarns about Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Thomas Jefferson, and tell spell-binding tales of bear hunting with moonshine or give you advice on how to buy a mule. Join other settlers in a house raising, hew logs for a cabin, shop in an old-fashioned general store, eat ash cake and dance your socks off at an old-fashioned barn dance. Includes remedies, superstitions, romantic advice, 143 vintage photos, words & music to 19 songs.

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The Outhouse Papers: Country Humor and Trivia Review

The Outhouse Papers: Country Humor and Trivia
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THE OUTHOUSE PAPERS is simple light-hearted fun about such diverse concerns as Corn & Insults, Gold Rushes & Festivals, Love Lore & Chickens, Civil War Slang & Cowboy Cooking Lingo, Dogs & Famous People, Hobo Jokes & Farmers, Mark Twain Wit & Mule Eggs, Fingernail Lore & Fiddling Around, Inventions & Hunting Tales, General Stores & Headstone Humor, & much, much more!
A bit of earthy frivolity for when we're about our serious business. Every throne room should have a copy - even those in our libraries!

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A hilarious book of country humor and trivia that gathers together jokes, slang, stories, folklore, and facts on a broad range of topics.

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Guitar Pickers Fakebook: The Ultimate Sourcebook for the Traditional Guitar Player, Contains over 250 Jigs, Reels, Rags, Hornpipes & Breakdowns from All the Major Traditional Instrumental Styles Review

Guitar Pickers Fakebook: The Ultimate Sourcebook for the Traditional Guitar Player, Contains over 250 Jigs, Reels, Rags, Hornpipes and Breakdowns from All the Major Traditional Instrumental Styles
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This excellent (and scarce!) book is good for all playing situations. It is unquestionably the ultimate source for traditional guitar players.
Invaluable for new, practicing, working, and intermediate players. The addition of the discography, indexed by tune title, lets you locate a recorded source for any tune in the whole book. Brilliant!
The author taught for several years at the School of Fretted Instruments in New York City.
Highly recommended!

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Contains nearly 250 jigs, reels, rags, and hornpipes from all the major guitar traditions. Special introductory materials on regional styles, picking, and ornamentation. Includes an extensive discography.

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Banjo Pickers Fake Book Review

Banjo Pickers Fake Book
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This book is 216 pages of banjo tunes arranged for three-finger and clawhammer players. It includes a cross-reference of alternate titles and a 24 page general discography, as well as a discussion of the types of tunes included. There is also a short discussion of technical topics such as modes (very appropriate for traditional music) and how to read tablature.
This book is a lot like a Grainger's collection of fiddle tunes for flatpickers. Unlike Grainger's, which only provides enough tablature to spell out the melody for the A part and the B part, The Banjo Picker's Fakebook takes you through one whole iteration of each tune complete with first and second endings. Also like Grainger's, this is not an instruction book. It leaves both the right and left hand fingerings entirely up to the reader. For example, if you are a strictly a bluegrass player, the clawhammer arrangements will not be useful to you.
Although the discography could be used to collect aural examples of the tunes, a CD or a set of tapes would have been a welcome addition. Music is an aural art, and it is impossible to convey the full musical sense in tablature or in standard musical notation alone.
If you are looking for a lot of tunes, thoughtfully arranged in a single volume, I highly recommend The Banjo Picker's Fakebook. If the tune can't be found in this book, chances are no one eles knows it either, so you could go ahead and play anything that fit.

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This ultimate sourcebook for the banjo player contains over 230 jigs, reels, rags, hornpipes, and breakdowns from all major traditional instrumental styles. Includes special introductory materials on regional styles, interpretation, and bluegrass techniques. Discography.

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Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money - 1928-Date (Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money 1928 to Date) Review

Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money - 1928-Date (Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money 1928 to Date)
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As an avid small currency collector for several years, this book is a must have! Very informative,pictures of each type of small currency. I feel it is an excellent tool for everyone who buys, sells and collects small currency.

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The Art of Saxophone Playing Review

The Art of Saxophone Playing
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This book is the widely acknowledged prime source for saxophone information. Every sax player should have it! It brings together a wealth of information about many aspects of saxophone playing that is not available in any other single source. It explains the embouchure (lip) needed to play and even has exercises for helping to develop it. It has a fingering chart including alternate fingerings. It also has a very useful chart of pitch alteration fingerings - if your instrument has a few notes that are flat or sharp (very common), then these fingerings can be used to bring them back in tune with the rest of the horn. The essentials of breathing for saxophone are also discussed, again including exercises for developing breath control. The various aspects of tone control are discussed thoroughly. Also the legato and staccatto techniques and how to properly tongue a note are explained very clearly. Mouthpiece terminology and design considerations are shown. Advanced exercises are also given for "mastering the technique". This involves learning to keep the fingers in contact with the keys, proper hand positioning, etc. Doubling (i.e., playing a second instrument, like a clariniet) is often required of the saxophonist and this is discussed. Altissimo fingerings are also shown, although only the advanced students will be interested in them.

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According to Larry Teal, the best method of learning to play the saxophone is to study with a competent teacher. Teal's studies were mostly of instruments other than the saxophone, but as a student at a Chautauqua summer session, he came under the influence of Georges BarrÞre, the eminent French flutist. He played bass clarinet with the Detroit Symphony, but he continued to be absorbed by the saxophone. As a result of his acquired expertise and growing reputation, he was appointed to a full-time faculty position as a saxophone teacher by the University of Michigan -- the first ever to receive such an appointment from a major university. During his 21-year tenure, he attracted students from all over, thus exerting an ever widening influence on saxophone teaching and performing.

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Modern Moonshine Techniques Review

Modern Moonshine Techniques
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The book numbers 93 pages, but if you exclude appendices, question and answer sections, and non-technical drawings of stills, the number drops to 50. The book focuses on beginning a micro-distillery to produce moonshine. Some of the information could be used for the home hobbyist, but most of the recipes and equipment were designed for someone making very large batches of 'shine.
Perhaps the best thing about the book was the simple instructions for building necessary auxiliary equipment (not the still), including where to buy the components and supplies. But the book is non-technical, and much of the content that the author brushes over is not worth reading, because you will need to pick up a more technical book and read that if your intentions are really to start a micro-distillery. In the end, I think this book had a good concept- go through the steps needed to get into the business of making legal moonshine, while leaving the technical distilling aspects for another book. But once the 20 pages of useful information was written, a lot of pulp was thrown in to justify this being a book and not a pamphlet.

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Modern Moonshine Techniques has three sections: First is how to use sugar to distill a "moonshine." Second, how to build an inexpensive corn cooker and make corn whiskey. Finally, and most importantly, this book, with text and illustrations, shows how to build a mash tun to create a grain whiskey wash. And, then instructions to distill that wash into whiskey.

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Trading for Dummies Review

Trading for Dummies
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Let me first state -- this is not a book for day traders! Although there are chapters on both swing and day trading, the authors concentrate on position trading. Hence, they include several chapters on fundamental analysis and focus on slower signalling indicators. Now, that's out of the way...
The book is well-written, with the not-too-serious yet informative style that hallmarks a good "Dummies" book. The organisation is top notch, and the authors re-iterate tactics they have previously covered when doing so provides a good learning example. There is a limited amount of technical analysis, with the primary focus on patterns (breakout and continuation) and simple indicators--moving averages, MACD, relative strength, e.g.
As with most "Dummies" books, you are not by any means an expert on the topic when you finish. However, I believe the reader, having paid close attention, will have a good grasp of the concepts he or she will need to trade, and that this book provides a good introduction and foundation for further research in the field.
I give the book 5 stars for well accomplishing the authors' stated purpose, but caution that, if you are looking for a book on short-term trading, you could be disappointed. That having been said, I think it makes a fine base for further reading into such trading. Your mileage may vary.

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The Complete Guide to Using Candlestick Charting: How to Earn High Rates of Return — safely Review

The Complete Guide to Using Candlestick Charting: How to Earn High Rates of Return — safely
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I enjoyed reading this book, however I believe this is one of those trading books that experienced traders will criticize because it is to basic and simple and to no help to them, they will rank it one or two stars. At the same time I believe this is a very readable, and useful book for new traders who will enjoy it and learn from it and rank it four or five stars. So with that said I gave it three stars, it is just an average beginners book for new traders.
This book tells the brief history of candlestick charting that started in Japan and was brought to the U.S. by Steve Nison. It shows how the candlesticks are constructed and how to read them. The book tries to convey how candles are read through the psychology of market participants and how this is reflected in the charts. The book does a great job going through each specific candlestick type like the doji, spinning top, and evening star. It also expands into how the candle sticks make patterns when they show up with each other in certain ways and how these patterns of bullish or bearish. The book touches on the importance of not trading based strictly on candle formations but looking for confirmation by combining them with moving averages, support and resistance, trend lines, Bollinger Bands, and Oscillators. I really like that the book added in chapters on trading psychology and money management these are by far the true determinants of success in trading. I also like that the author introduced the readers to Renko and Kagi charts. I have read almost 200 books on trading and investing and this is the first time I have been introduced to them, they were very interesting.
Beginners buy this book, it is a great starting place to pick up the basics on candlesticks and trading, experienced traders you already know this stuff,skip this book and go reread Steve Nison or Alexander Elder.

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The investment world is full of different methods for understanding how to best grow your rates of return and minimize risk. The Candlestick Charting method, first developed by Japanese rice traders in the middle of the 19th century, has become one of the favorite modern methods of analyzing and understanding the market through careful plotting and analysis of the data provided. This book will guide you through the seemingly complex, but revolutionarily, useful method of candlestick charting to gain the highest possible rates of return while ensuring your risks are as minimal as possible. Candlestick charting is a complex language all in itself and for that reason, this book will guide you through the entire process of understanding the language, starting with the very origins of the technique. You will learn how it was developed and why it is still used today, including what changes have been made to the methods by Western investors. You will learn how the candlestick charts are prepared and what the different line constructions signify. Additionally, you will be shown how to read and differentiate between the different bodies, including the short and long white and black bodies, to measure high and low price levels, support, and resistance. You will be shown the various additional forms such as spinning tops, shadows, and doji. Next, the various different candle lines are outlined in full detail, showing you dozens of different formations including the single candle lines of the hammer, the hanging man, and the shooting star , the dual candle lines of dark cloud over, the piercing pattern, the engulfing pattern, last engulfing pattern, and harami. You will also learn the window candle lines, as well as the formations of three or more candle lines. Analysis of candle lines and the technical aspects, including how to discern stops, the risk/reward in each line, trends, the use of computers, and how to place and offset trades will supply you with the necessary information you need to read the candle lines. By interviewing dozens of experts in the reading and analysis of candle charts, this book is able to provide a comprehensive perspective of candle charts and how you can start using moving averages, analyzing three line break charts, renko charts, and kagi charts. You will be provided with practice charts for all three major types and additional resources to help you learn how to read and analyze each type. For anyone interested in the centuries old Japanese style of market analysis that is candlestick charting, this book provides a comprehensive overview from the very origins to the most modern of interpretations.

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Understanding Stocks Review

Understanding Stocks
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This book is a great book for beginning investors. Nearly every book I've read on the subject has been dry and boring, and I'd tend to retain little knowledge as I trudged my way through. Michael Sincere does an amazing job of covering a large amount of information in a format that's easy to read and understand.
Most books on stocks I've read are heavily biased towards fundamental or technical analysis, and do very little to explain both. This book covers both fundamental and technical analysis, and gives the pros and cons of each, suggesting that using both is best, and leaves it to the reader to decide what's best for them.
This book also does a very good job of pointing out the benefits of contrarian strategies, and defining the major pitfalls most beginning investors face, and how to overcome them to become a successful investor. Even though the book goes into advanced strategies, the author quite responsibly points out that they should be left to successful investors, but gives enough insight to allow for understanding, and even commonly suggests other readings for further study.
This is THE book to read for a beginning investor interested in the stock market, especially if other books have been too tedious or boring.

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Understanding Stocksis an entertaining, easy-to-read book about one of the most fascinating subjects in the world: the stock market.You don't have to be a dummy, idiot, or fool to understand the market. You also don't have to be a genius. After reading this book, you'll realize that understanding stocks is not that hard. The hard part is making money, which you'll also learn how to do.

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Day Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback)) Review

Day Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))
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I received this book as a gift and, at first, I was skeptical. I spent 20 years working for investment banks starting as a runner on the floor and retiring as the head of a trading desk. "What," I asked, "does this book have to teach me?"
Ah, beware of hubris! I was pleasantly surprised at what I learned. The book has a good introduction to how to obtain the sorts of information that a real day trader will need, but is best on the emotional. Emotions are almost always overlooked. I've seen lots of bright people rise to a certain point on a trading desk and then just implode because they couldn't handle the stress. And these were people working with other's money. It is even worse when it's your own dough on the line. The guy who practices day trading until he has his system all ready and then blows out a month after going live is very common.
Early in my career I started my own firm. This was before day trading was even technically possible and the firm was in the options pits. I got on the emotional roller coaster: on good days it was "Come on Honey, its steak dinner time!" On bad days I tried to save money by rationing toothpaste. It all ended in tears.
This is all by way of stressing the role emotions play in successfully trading the market. This book discusses strategies actually employed by some of the best traders on Wall Street and the book is worth looking into for that alone.


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In an ever-changing market, get the advantage of trading for yourself
Day trading is undoubtedly the most exciting way to make your own money. Before you begin, you need three things: patience, nerves of steel, and a well-thumbed copy of Day Trading For Dummies?the low-risk way to find out whether day trading is for you.
This plain-English guide shows you how day trading works, identifies its all-too-numerous pitfalls, and gets you started with an action plan. From classic and renegade strategies to the nitty-gritty of daily trading practices, it gives you the knowledge and confidence you'll need to keep a cool head, manage risk, and make decisions instantly as you buy and sell your positions.
Advice on choosing an online broker
Updated examples reflect current market and economic conditions and the latest information on SEC rules and regulations (and tax laws)
Other titles by Logue: Hedge Funds For Dummies, Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies, and Emerging Markets For Dummies

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The Ramblings of an Average Joe Stock Trader "2nd Edition" Review

The Ramblings of an Average Joe Stock Trader 2nd Edition
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This is a great read for those new to the stock market and those who have been at it awhile. It gave me great tips and advice on improving my trading skills. The two great things about this book is that it gets to the point and it gives the reader the tools to continue their journey in the stock market. The proverb of teaching a man to fish comes to mind when describing this book.

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Do to overwhelming popularity and demand for the first edition we have released this 2nd edition which provides you with, twice as much information and more descriptive details on each topic, reader note lines, and a tip that allows you to essentially get this book for free.The Ramblings of an Average Joe Stock Trader is a compilation of all information learned starting out as an investor then turned day trader. This book gives the reader information that you will not find in other books, web sites or even asking your broker. The topics include things that you will only find out by hard work trial and error. This book provides you with the answers to the questions that all traders and investors should know when starting out. This is the information I wish someone would have shared with me, when I first started out trading. The information inside this book would have saved me hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars. The information in this book easily pays for itself ten times over.Some of the topics include, getting started in trading, opening a brokerage account, trading with less than $25,000, paying commissions, charting setups, time frames, sources of information, stochastic, trend lines, channels, quarterly earnings, dividends, using the news, using margin, and much more including tips and tricks to dealing with the overall market on a day to day basis!

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