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Fiddle, Irish -- recommended by Philippe Varlet

Books:

1. The Irish Fiddle Book by Matt Cranitch -- "Good all-around tutor with recordings."
2. Dale Russ Video -- "Good for beginners"
3. Kevin Burke Video -- "Better for more advanced players."

Recordings:

1. The Boston Irish Fiddle Concert -- "My Love is in America" (Green Linnet)
2. "Milestone at the Garden: Early Recordings" (Rounder)
3. "Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn" (Shanachie)
4. Frankie Gavin -- "Frankie Goes to Town" (Green Linnet)
5. Kevin Burke -- "Promenade," "Portland" (Green Linnet)
6. Michael Coleman (Gael-Linn 2 CD set)
7. Martin Hayes (Green Linnet)
8. Paddy Canny (CIC)
9. John Doherty -- "The Floating Bow" (Claddagh)
10. James Kelly (Capelhouse)

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Bluegrass Banjo -- recommended by Ira Gitlin

Books:

1. Earl Scruggs and the Five String Banjo (Peer International) -- "The Bible and the Dictionary rolled into one."
2. How to Play the Five String Banjo by Pete Seeger) -- "A good overview, gives a smattering of many styles."
3. Bluegrass Banjo (Oak Publications) -- "Petet Wernick's best-selling instruction book."
4. Masters of the Five String Banjo (Oak Publications) -- "Lore, interviews, tablature, historical and technical info."

Recordings:

1. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs -- "Foggy Mountain Banjo"
2. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs -- "The Mercury Sessions"
3. "Flatt and Scruggs 1948-1959" (note: #2 is wholly contained in #3)

Instruments:

Harp -- recommended by former teacher Linda Titolo

Books:

1. Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp by Sylvia Woods -- "basic method"
2. Harp Exercises for Agility and Speed by Deborah Friou -- "basic exercises"
3. Kim Robertson Celtic Solos -- "intermediate/advanced repertoire, good arrangements"
4. The Celtic Harp - Ossian: Mix of Celtic repertoire" -- "intermediate level"
5. The Complete Works of O'Carolan -- "Not a specific harp book, but good references for arranging."

Recordings:

1. Deborah Henson-Conant - "Naked Music"
2. Kim Robertson - "Wind Shadows," "Water Spirit," "Wind Shadows II"
3. Knodel and Valencia - "The Harper's Masque"
4. Sylvia Woods - "The Harp of Brandiswhiere"
5. Deborah Friou - "Renaissance Music"
6. Sunita Staneslow - "City of Gold"
7. Cheryl Ann Fulton - "The Once and Future Harp"
8. Loreena McKennitt - "The Masque and the Mirror"

Instruments:

Dusty Strings Harps -- "The entire line are good solid harps, good craftsmanship."