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 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

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