Here are the techniques you'll find in Old-Time Fiddling and Old-Time tunes:
  • Accents: a heavy accent on the 2nd and 4th beat
  • Georgia shuffle: use the exercise below to practice and use 4 for E
  • Drones: playing an open string as a double stop, if the note fits in the key or chord
  • Slides: sliding into the note, particularly the 1st finger
  • Anticipations: moving a note to start one to half a beat early
  • Hammer-ons: Adding an eighth note from below, slurring up into the note
  • Fills or improv: adding eighth notes to fill in the melody