Hello learners and parents!  I’m so excited to start this new class and have fun exploring the exciting world of fiddle music with you!

In this ongoing fiddle tunes club we’ll be looking at a different tune each class.   This class will start out being scheduled biweekly (every other week), with plans to be weekly ultimately. 

The tunes we will be doing will be coming from a wide variety of fiddling traditions, such as bluegrass, Appalachian old-time, Canadian, Cape Breton, English, Irish, Shetland, Scottish, Cajun, and Western Swing.  There will also be some folk songs thrown in as well.  We will learn breakdowns, reels, jigs, hornpipes, waltzes, and many more tune types.  Each week prior to class I will post the sheet music and a slow-version recording for the tune for that week in the classroom.  To accommodate learners at different skill levels I may at times post two versions of the same tune (an easier beginner version and a slightly more advanced one) and let them choose which one to learn.  This class is geared towards learners at a later beginner level through intermediate.  It is best if they have at least six months to a year of experience playing the fiddle/violin for this class.  If your learner is an absolute beginner or wants a more personalized experience please check out my 1:1 classes https://outschool.com/classes/11-fiddleviolin-mandolin-lessons-bluegrass-old-time-celtic-FLfEaZlL?usid=0UuhWEjL&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

This class is not intended as a substitute for 1:1 lessons.  

Mandolin players are welcome as well!

Some examples of the types of tunes we do in this class are:
Southwind
Chinquapin hunting 
Mairi’s Wedding
Cherokee Shuffle
Willafjord
Black Mountain Rag
Hull’s Victory
Cripple creek 
The Blackest Crow
Childgrove
Muddy Roads
Down Yonder
Rock the Cradle Joe 
Grandfathers clock
Sugar Hill
Willow Garden
Devil’s Dream
Hunting the Buffalo 
Salt Creek
East TN Blues
Up jumped the Devil
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
Chicken Reel
Wabash Cannonball 
Inisheer
Barlow knife 
Cabri Waltz
Coming through the Rye
Steamboat Quickstep
Squirrel Hunters 
Old Spinning Wheel
Sally Ann



At each class the learners will take turns playing the tune for the previous week if they want to, before we turn our attention to the new tune posted for the week.  If time allows at the end of each class learners will also be given a chance to play a tunes of their choice for the rest of the class.  

This is a judgement free class, learners are not expected to keep pace with each other, and content does not build.  The goal is simply to foster a love of fiddling and enjoy sharing it with others!