For this month’s collection of workouts, Ethan constructed a number of scale patterns using easy fragments—or “cells”—from familiar fiddle tunes. You’ll learn to play the derived patterns starting on each degree of the tune’s scale, starting high and going low, and vice versa. You’ll also learn to invert the cells for new patterns. The resulting exercises will build finger dexterity and help open doors for improvisation. “Arkansas Traveler” in the key of D provides the scale-pattern cell for week one, and Ethan shows you how to connect the resulting variations in new combinations.
