Introduction to Course

Introduction to Course

Welcome to my fiddling course for classical players!

1. Start listening to fiddling to get the sound in your ears. Here are some playlists to get you started:
Spotify:
Irish Fiddle
Old-Time Fiddle
French Canadian Fiddle

YouTube:
Irish Fiddle
Old-Time Fiddle
French Canadian Fiddle

2. Try to go back and forth between the transcriptions with bowings and ornaments written in and the play along video, which will have a variety of variations. 

3. If you've never played by ear or learned by ear, check out my Beginning Fiddle course to build that vital skill

4. Questions? Post in the Community Forum or email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com

Fiddle for Classical Violinists

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Introduction

  • Introduction to Course

Old-Time Tunes

  • Old-Time techniques
  • Speed the Plow
  • 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
  • Daniel of the Sun
  • 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