Fiddle Studio/Fiddle for Classical Violinists

  • $50

Fiddle for Classical Violinists

  • Course
  • 29 Lessons

Switching to fiddle and sounding authentic is easier that you think! This course focuses entirely on teaching you fiddle sound and style using fiddle tunes that you play along with as well as written out transcriptions. By the end of this course you will play reels and jigs with correct accenting, slurs and bowings, and ornaments. Includes videos and transcriptions for 25 different fiddle tunes.

Contents

Introduction

Introduction to Course
Preview

Old-Time Tunes

Remember that the transcription is just one way of playing the tune, there will be variations in the play along. Try going back and forth between reading music and picking up the style by watching the video and playing along.
Old-Time techniques
Preview
Speed the Plow
Preview
Sandy Boys
June Apple
Red Prairie Dawn
Frosty Morning
Kitchen Girl
Shove That Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire

Irish Jigs

Jig techniques
Preview
Daniel of the Sun
Preview
Off She Goes
Bill Harte's Jig
Connaught Man's Rambles
Irishman's Heart
Out on the Ocean
Swallowtail Jig

Northern Reels

New England and Canadian techniques
The Dancing Bear
Reel de Montreal
St. Antoine's Reel
La Bastringue
St Joseph's Reel
Growling and Grumbling

Irish Reels

Irish techniques
The Banshee
Drowsy Maggie
The Reconciliation
The Silver Spear