All the notes in the first position: http://members.tripod.com/~mrfiddle/allnotes.html


Finger tapes for all the notes in first positions: http://members.tripod.com/~mrfiddle/scales.html


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The Violinist's Guide to Fiddling Aaron Copland: Ukelele Serenade Music download The American Fiddle Method [Goes well with Suzuki materials]: Book and CD: Vol. 1, Vol. 2. Book, CD and DVD: Vol. 1, Vol. 2. The Fiddler's Fakebook: Edited by David Brody. Fake book for fiddle. With lead melody, chord names, instructional text and performance notes. 302 pages. Published by Oak Publications. Country Fiddle Learn to Play Country Fiddle You Can Teach Yourself Fiddling: Designed for beginning fiddle students, these 36 lessons present basic techniques by applying them to fiddle tunes. Reading music is unnecessary, as the lessons are explained step by step, and fingerings are given for every note. Each version builds on the previous one and helps students to create their own arrangements. Includes a split- track CD. Forty-eight songs from the book are on the CD. How To Play Fiddle by Larry McCabe Fiddlers Philharmonic: (Traditional Fiddling in the String Orchestra) Written by Andrew H. Dabczynski, Bob Phillips. Violin solo songbook for violin. With standard notation, bowings, introductory text, chord names and glossary. 40 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

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I found this interesting observation on the rec.music.makers.piano. It was written by a jazz pianist/teacher, but I think it's very worthwhile and applies to strings:

Why Practice Scales:
There are many possible answers, depending on your background and your goals. For a complete beginner, they help build finger dexterity by giving you something to play that you can work on without being slowed down by reading. They also teach you what notes are found in each key, which makes reading music go more smoothly as you'll cease having to read each note one at a time and start to see patterns within the key. If you're planning on playing jazz or any other style with improvisation, it teaches you what notes are available for use in improvisation, and teaches your hand good fingering habits that will hopefully come into play while improvising.