Welcome to Course 1

Welcome to Course 1

Welcome to Fiddle Studio Course 1: Fiddle from scratch

  • The purpose of Course 1 is to take you from someone who is interested in the fiddle, but doesn’t play yet, to playing the fiddle. 

  • We’ll do that in three parts:

    • Setting up for success

    • Learning technique

    • 5 fiddle tunes in the key of A major

  • After teaching Suzuki violin and fiddle for twenty years, here the essentials are here to get you started on the right foot.

  • With my love of pedagogy, I break everything  down and we go step by step.

  • If you're a member of Fiddle Studio, you can post your updates and questions to the Fiddle Studio Community, right here on my Podia course website.

  • If not you're always welcome to email me: meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com 

Course 1: Starting From Scratch

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Section 1: Set Up For Success

  • Welcome to Course 1
  • 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
  • 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 Quickstep1

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