Author: Kenny Kosek
Kenny teaches 11 great tunes, showing the basic melody and several hot variations. Chock-full of great tips on bowing, fingering, licks and tricks of the trade. Songs include: Little Rabbit Bill Cheatham Cotton Patch Rag Tall...
Classically trained bluegrass virtuoso Richard Greene covers a fascinating array of musical ideas, exercises and instrumental examples on this one-of-a-kind fiddle lesson. 85-MIN. DVD INCLUDES MUSIC INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Here is a complete course in which Stacy Phillips unlocks the secrets of playing authentic bluegrass fiddle. These information-packed lessons are aimed mainly at basic players, but violinists who play classical, jazz or old-time music will learn the...
Darol Anger's deep knowledge of the violin, along with his relaxed good humor and encouraging manner, helps bring fiddlers to a whole new level. Using a “call and response” interactive teaching method, Darol trades licks with viewers as they learn...
Artist: Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camps attract students from all over the world, and this DVD puts you in a center seat for his Back to Basics class. He focuses on development of ear training and essential fiddle techniques, and...
Artist: Jenny Anne Bulla
Artist: Luke Bulla
Luke and Jenny Anne teach the basics – tuning up, bowing, hand position, posture, finding the right size fiddle and more – to their seven year-old brother, Jed, and to the young student at home. The...
This two-hour starter course takes the mystery out of fiddle playing for any new player. Fiddle champion Jim Wood shows proper posture and body alignment, how to hold the fiddle and bow, tune up, and start fingering notes. Includes a basic scale and...
Fiddlers of all levels will benefit from Jay Ungar's inventive use of slides, rolls, smears, vibrato and special bowing techniques. You'll learn how to turn tunes into distinctive compositions with ornaments, slides and grace notes. Jay teaches:...
The award-winning fiddler from the hit band BeauSoleil breaks down the slurs, harmonies, ornaments and other stylistic devices that give Cajun music its distinctive sound. He teaches over a dozen waltzes, two-steps, blues and breakdowns, including:...
Author: Kevin Burke
DVD One – Polkas, Jigs and Slides: Covers rhythmic devices and other variations, including grace notes, ornaments, rolls, double-stops. Songs: Saddle The Pony The Connaughtman's Rambles The King of the Fairies Bill Sullivan's...
Author: Kevin Burke
This course in traditional Irish fiddling covers rhythmic devices and other variations, including grace notes, ornaments, rolls, double-stops. Songs include: Saddle the Pony, The Connaughtman's Rambles, The King of the...
Author: Kevin Burke
More complex rolls, triplets, grace notes, bowing techniques, rhythmic timing and phrasing. Songs include: The Cottage Grove, Bonnie Kate, Jenny's Chickens, The Man from Bundoran, The Miller of Droghan, Connie O' Connell's,...
Kenny Kosek's videos/DVDs on bluegrass, country, western swing and old-time fiddle are easy, student-friendly beginner lessons.DVD One: Kenny Kosek shows the proper way to hold the fiddle and bow, and how to tune up and play basic scales. He then...
Kenny Kosek's videos/DVDs on bluegrass, country, western swing and old-time fiddle are easy, student-friendly beginner lessons. On DVD One, Kenny Kosek shows the proper way to hold the fiddle and bow, and how to tune up and play basic scales. He...
Kenny Kosek's videos/DVDs on bluegrass, country, western swing and old-time fiddle are easy, student-friendly beginner lessons. On DVD Two, Kenny teaches more advanced fiddle techniques in bluegrass and country-western styles, including a variety of...