Course 1: Starting From Scratch

Course
54 Lessons

If you have never played the fiddle or violin, this course will take you through the absolute basics. Get your instrument, get it ready to play, and learn how to hold the fiddle and bow correctly, and play some beginning fiddle tunes. Includes 50 short videos, plus sheet music with fingerings. No previous experience necessary!

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Section 1: Set Up For Success

Welcome to Course 1

2 mins
38.4 MB

Preview

Pick your genre of focus

3 mins
47.9 MB

Build a playlist

3 mins
18.3 MB

Schedule your listening

2 mins
42.1 MB

Set up a weekly class

2 mins
42.5 MB

Section 2: Set Up Your Instrument

All about getting a fiddle

5 mins
75.8 MB

Preview

All about the bow

4 mins
57.2 MB

Evaluating your instrument

5 mins
80.6 MB

Shoulder Rests

4 mins
85.1 MB

Strings

3 mins
51.5 MB

Rosin

5 mins
86.8 MB

Getting the bow ready

4 mins
65.2 MB

Stickers or tapes

6 mins
107 MB

Tuning the fiddle

6 mins
98.6 MB

Section 3: Technique Essentials

Right hand bow grip

3 mins
48 MB

Left shoulder fiddle placement

3 mins
59.5 MB

Left arm position

4 mins
68 MB

Opening and closing the elbow

2 mins
48.3 MB

Right arm height

2 mins
57.1 MB

Right arm bow pressure

2 mins
35.5 MB

Section 4: Learn A Major

Using the sheet music

3 mins
3.78 MB

A Major scale

3 mins
56.7 MB

Section 5: Boil Them Cabbage Down

Tips and tricks for the first tune

3 mins
35.3 MB

Boil Them Cabbage Down

3 mins
46.9 MB

Boil Them Cabbage Down practice along

3 mins
41.3 MB

Piano Accompaniment for Boil Them Cabbage Down

1 min
17.8 MB

Section 6: Jenny's Gone to Linton

Using the pinky

3 mins
38.4 MB

Jenny's Gone to Linton A part

6 mins
98.2 MB

Jenny's Gone to Linton B part

7 mins
103 MB

Jenny's Gone to Linton practice along

5 mins
86.5 MB

Piano Accompaniment for Jenny's Gone to Linton

2 mins
33.9 MB

Section 7: Steamboat Quickstep (Uncle Jim)

Jig Rhythms

3 mins
45.6 MB

Steamboat Quickstep A part

5 mins
80.7 MB

Steamboat Quickstep B part

6 mins
103 MB

Steamboat Quickstep practice along

6 mins
104 MB

Piano Accompaniment for Steamboat Quickstep

2 mins
35 MB

Section 8: Britches Full of Stitches

Adding the D string

2 mins
21.9 MB

Britches Full of Stitches A part

5 mins
82.6 MB

Britches Full of Stitches B part

5 mins
80 MB

Britches Full of Stitches practice along

5 mins
84.3 MB

Piano Accompaniment for Britches Full of Stitches

2 mins
32.8 MB

Section 9: Speed the Plow

Using less bow for reels

3 mins
36.8 MB

Speed the Plow A part

5 mins
88.3 MB

Speed the Plow B part

6 mins
109 MB

Speed the Plow practice along

5 mins
95.6 MB

Piano Accompaniment for Speed the Plow

2 mins
34.8 MB

Section 10: Jessica's Polka

Cleaning your strings

2 mins
29.8 MB

Jessica's Polka A part

4 mins
60 MB

Jessica's Polka B part

6 mins
98.4 MB

Jessica's Polka practice along

5 mins
85.3 MB

Piano Accompaniment for Jessica's Polka

1 min
28.6 MB

Wrap Up

All tune review

6 mins
97.2 MB

Sheet music without fingerings

Wrap up

2 mins
21.5 MB