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Megan Wobus/Course 1: Starting From Scratch
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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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Contents

Section 1: Set Up For Success

Welcome to Course 1
Preview
Pick your genre of focus
Build a playlist
Schedule your listening
Set up a weekly class

Section 2: Set Up Your Instrument

All about getting a fiddle
Preview
All about the bow
Evaluating your instrument
Shoulder Rests
Strings
Rosin
Getting the bow ready
Stickers or tapes
Tuning the fiddle

Section 3: Technique Essentials

Right hand bow grip
Left shoulder fiddle placement
Left arm position
Opening and closing the elbow
Right arm height
Right arm bow pressure

Section 4: Learn A Major

Using the sheet music
A Major scale

Section 5: Boil Them Cabbage Down

Tips and tricks for the first tune
Boil Them Cabbage Down
Boil Them Cabbage Down practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Boil Them Cabbage Down

Section 6: Jenny's Gone to Linton

Using the pinky
Jenny's Gone to Linton A part
Jenny's Gone to Linton B part
Jenny's Gone to Linton practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Jenny's Gone to Linton

Section 7: Steamboat Quickstep (Uncle Jim)

Jig Rhythms
Steamboat Quickstep A part
Steamboat Quickstep B part
Steamboat Quickstep practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Steamboat Quickstep

Section 8: Britches Full of Stitches

Adding the D string
Britches Full of Stitches A part
Britches Full of Stitches B part
Britches Full of Stitches practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Britches Full of Stitches

Section 9: Speed the Plow

Using less bow for reels
Speed the Plow A part
Speed the Plow B part
Speed the Plow practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Speed the Plow

Section 10: Jessica's Polka

Cleaning your strings
Jessica's Polka A part
Jessica's Polka B part
Jessica's Polka practice along
Piano Accompaniment for Jessica's Polka

Wrap Up

All tune review
Sheet music without fingerings
Wrap up