Shipping outside the U.S.

July 14, 2023

Postage rates in the states have been out of control for the past couple of years. Till now we've been able to keep track of what it costs to ship books by the cheapest rate. For the moment, we can still cover most of our costs for domestic delivery. This is no longer true for international shipping, where rates change seemingly monthly.

Thus, we have reluctantly decided to stop providing a predetermined shipping cost for deliveries outside of the US. We're happy to sell you a book, but we will have to determine the mailing cost on a case-by-case basis, and you'll have to decide if it makes sense to you, cost-wise. In a few extreme instances, we've found that the cost for postage exceeds the cost of the book.

So if you are outside the U.S, we'd ask you to email us and we'll find out what the current rate is. You can then decide if you'd like to continue the order process.

New fiddle tunes

March 6, 2017

We've added a couple more free fiddle tunes, Billy In The Lowground, and Angeline The Baker. See them here.

Updated Errata

Feb. 20, 2017

Thanks to some sharp-eyed readers we've found and corrected a few more errors in the text and music. See the Errata document.

Re-org and new pages

April 3, 2016

We've done a slight re-org of the site, and moved the extra fiddle tune transcriptions to the Music tab. We also added a Links tab for web sites of interest..

CD index files!

March 19, 2015

By request, we've created index files for the CDs, which will give you a quick reference to which track on a CD holds each recorded figure. Download them here.

New web site!

Feb. 17, 2015

We've left our previous web host behind and while we were at it we designed a new web site! Please let us know if you find anything that looks odd.

Bluegrass Unlimited review of Learning To Fiddle, Bluegrass Style

December 16, 2014

The first review is in, and it's great! The magazine Bluegrass Unlimited loved it. In their November, 2014 issue they said, among other things, "This thorough volume is a wonderful resource for the the serious student of bluegrass fiddle." And: "This is the best book on bluegrass fiddle written so far in this century. Miss it at your own peril." Read the complete review here.

Houston, we have liftoff!

April 22, 2014

KdV Music is very pleased to announce the release of its first instruction book. We've published music before in various recorded projects and in columns in magazines and blogs, but this is our first release in book format. We hope you'll enjoy it.