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Yankee Doodle

By on July 12, 2012 in Beginner Violin, By Ear, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Lesson List, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Staff Notation

Yankee Doodle Lessons The historic American “Yankee Doodle.”  Perennial favorite of young students.  Key of D major.  Knowledge of the lowered 2nd finger G natural on the E string needed. Want to learn how to play this tune? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam Club membership

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Cotton Eyed Joe

By on July 12, 2012 in “Tater”, A major, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Sight, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, MixoBluesian Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, VioTek

Just to get things rolling with this lesson, here’s a half-crazy rockin’ cajun version of this tune I did for kicks with my good friend Michael Ward Bergman. Michael has played all over the world with YoYo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble and others, and we played together quite a bit

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Ms. McLeod’s Reel

By on July 11, 2012 in “Tater”, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Sight, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, Staff Notation, Style Studies, Wit & Wisdom

Description: Here’s a good one that quickly became one of my personal favorites.  Pronounced: Miss Mic-Cloud’s Reel I’m told. Completely D major… nothing but.  This one’s a little more challenging, as it requires some speed to start sounding fun and more “dance-able” (a “reel” is an Irish dance, by

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Bile Them Cabbage Down

By on July 4, 2012 in “Tater”, A major, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Key, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, Style Studies

Learn the melody to this simple fiddle tune, by ear, one note at a time.  It is from the early 1800’s, in about every beginner book, and played at nearly every “pot luck picking’ party jam session.”  “Ubiquitous” is a good word for it!  If you’ve been playing only

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Old Joe Clark

By on July 2, 2012 in “Tater”, A major, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Mixolydian Mode, Note Name – Finger Number, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Description: Fun fiddle tune with crazy lyrics that are the epitome of the early 1800’s era, simple back-ups, E-Z melody uses a lowered 2nd finger on the E string.  Slow version helps with reminders of low 2’s and high 2’s.  Medium speed version is simple with a little guitar

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Clinch Mountain Back-Step

By on June 18, 2012 in “Tater”, A minor, Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale, Music Mechanics, Note Name – Finger Number, Old Time Fiddle, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Clinch Mountain Back-Step Description: Pure old time blues scale stuff!  The melody is nothing but A Blues scale.  Hope you enjoy.  It’s one of my personal favorites! Note: “PLPP” = “Pot Luck Pickin’ Party” a full band version with jamming.  Check the possibilities out! Jam-along: A blues scale

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Cripple Creek

By on June 16, 2012 in “Tater”, Beginner Violin, Bluegrass Fiddle, By Ear, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Fiddler’s Tab, Folk Fiddle, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Description: This tune is a “standard” in the pickin’ community.  There are many different versions of it.  This one is purposefully simple to get you started.  Its roots most likely go back to the early 1800’s.  Key of D major.  Note: some folks like to play this tune

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