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Learn an Irish tune set, complete with learning videos! The Banshee Swinging On the Gate Maid Behind the Bar -
Included are four one hour Radio Hours with Katie Glassman as our DJ, over 200 downloadable tracks, and 40 pages of historical handouts. She takes you on a ride listening to every legendary fiddle in each genre -- there's nothing like it!- Country & Western Radio Hour
- Western Swing Radio Hour
- Texas Style Radio Hour
- Mastery Plus Musicianship Class: My Favorite Fiddle Albums (includes the albums)
- My Favorite Swing & Jazz Fiddlers: Handouts & Recordings Only (if I ever find the video, I'll add it in)
- BONUS: Women of Country Music with Celeste Johnson!
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New to Fiddle School? Had to miss a month of your favorite webinar? Enjoy learning tunes from past Swing Improv Workout series! Select a tune to see what resources are included in your purchase.- Become an improviser and a swing fiddler!
- Learn how to embellish the melody
- Fine-tune your swing bowing style
- Learn how to tastefully create your own solo
- Take a deep dive into the dos and don'ts of jazz, swing, and Western Swing
- Workout themes can include: melodic workouts, chord outlining, pattern workouts, lick workouts, rhythmic creativity workouts, and more.
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Enjoy a very special collection of interviews and presentations that we've done at Fiddle School online camps, plus accompanying materials. The interviews all begin with 10 minutes of the featured musician's music, followed by a one hour interview, and a Q & A for those who were there live. The presentations included are all very special, and you won't find them anywhere else. Interviews include:- The Life and Times of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys with expert and author Brett Bingham
- Larry Franklin
- Evening Interview with Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor, a Grand Champion and Legend of Texas Fiddling with Adam Kulakow
- Women in Western Swing Presentation with Celeste Johnson & Grammy Award-winning dobro player, Cindy Cashdollar
- A Conversation with Jazz Violinist, Andy Stein with Adam Kulakow. Do you love jazz violin? This one's for you!
- A Conversation with Country Fiddler, Hank Singer with Katie Glassman. If you love classic country, don't miss this legendary interview.
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New to Fiddle School? Had to miss a month of your favorite webinar? Enjoy learning tunes from past Texas Tunes series! Included in your purchase:- Recordings of two 90-minute classes. Learn the tunes step-by-step over the course of the first two classes and hear performances/feedback in the final class (speed adjustable)
- Listening tracks to get the tune in your ear before you begin learning it (high quality WAV file)
- Handouts including sheet music with notes and chords. Though I recommend learning it by ear!
- Play-along track for you to jam along with after learning each part (download and adjust the speed)
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Level up your rhythm guitar!
Class topics include:
- How to improve your rhythm
- How to strum with a groove
- How to solidify the F, F#m, Bm, D#0 and C#0 chords
- How to play up the neck using closed chords
- What to listen for while the fiddler is playing
- How to make a simple chord progression fancier
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Join the Jam! Back up your fiddle friends on guitar!
Class topics include:
- How to hold a pick
- How to strum on breakdowns, waltzes, and rags
- How to incorporate bass notes into your strum and sound like a Texas-style guitar player
- How to create a groove so that every fiddler wants to play with you!
- How to read a chord chart
- Learn the three most common Texas-style fiddle tune progressions
This recorded series includes three 90-minute classes, handouts, and practice recordings.
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Week 1: Common Country Chord Progressions - Learn how to navigate classic country songs with chords, melody, bowing, and embellishments. Learn 1-4-5 finger patterns, finger blocks, secondary dominant chords, and more on tetrachords.
Week 2: Common Pop & Folk Chord Progressions - These are the progressions you've heard all your life. Play your favorite pop tunes on fiddle! Ear training: How to hear chord qualities, intervals, and chords. Week 3: Playin' the Blues - It's one thing to learn how to play Folsom Prison Blues, but it's another skill to learn how to incorporate blue notes where you wouldn't expect them. Learn blue notes, double stops, and riffs to spice up all kinds of solos. Week 4: The Minor Keys - Relative minors, parallel minors, harmonic minor, and natural minor scale. Using popular songs of the 40s - 70s, learn everything about minor keys and scales. -
This 90-minute recorded class covers:- Application of "notes as numbers" in real-time.
- How to use theory to help sound out a melody on the spot.
- Tips for identifying chord progressions.
- How and when to play backup (chords & chops) on fiddle.
- Using scales and chord tones to play solos and fills on classic singing songs.
- Lifetime access to the recording, which you can start and stop at any time to practice concepts
- A folder of course materials
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"That was a great class! It takes music theory to a whole new level." Heather Bennett The word got out about this course and we've had tons of requests from fiddlers who'd like to join. We hear you, so we've reopened the registration -- to access the entire recorded course -- you won't miss a thing. Sign up now to receive the class videos and teaching materials from Building Blocks #1-4. Thinking of each concept as a tool, learn the process of applying theory to your fiddle playing. Here’s a sample from our toolkit:- Find your way around your fingerboard
- Understand major & minor scales and how to use them
- Navigate key signatures like a pro
- Learn the basics of intervals and why they’re your friends
- Notes as numbers can help you jam – or play with anyone!
- Understand how chords are built and find that dream double stop
