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Fiddle Courses
 
Whether you're just starting out or have been playing fiddle for years, Peghead Nation has courses to help you develop your playing and tune repertoire. From beginning to advanced fiddle lessons with some of the finest players and instructors in roots music, you can delve into bluegrass, old-time, Irish, and other styles, building your repertoire of tunes and filling out your toolbox of techniques as you go. See introduction videos of all of our fiddle courses below, and check out free sample lessons as well. Enjoy!
 
Available Fiddle Courses
 
with Chad Manning
 
Beginner
• 45 Lessons
• 34 Tunes
 
Learn how to get that fiddley sound by learning beginner-level fiddle tunes and bluegrass songs, with technique tips for both hands and basic theory.
 
 
with Emerald Rae
 
Beginner
• 24 Lessons
• 19 Tunes
 
Learn to play the fiddle from scratch using traditional Scottish and Irish melodies. With essential techniques for both hands.
 
 
with Chad Manning
 
Intermediate
• 48 Lessons
• 37 Tunes
 
Learn classic bluegrass and old-time tunes and improve your playing with fiddle techniques like unison drones, slides, pulses, and more advanced bowing patterns, as well as advice on improvising and soloing on bluegrass songs.
 
 
with Bruce Molsky
 
Intermediate / Advanced
• 99 Lessons
• 98 Tunes
 
Get deep into the roots of Southern Appalachian old-time fiddling. Bruce breaks down the melody, bowing patterns, rhythms, and embellishments of each tune he teaches so you can really learn to play like Bruce and the old masters he learned from.
 
 
with Chad Manning
 
Intermediate / Advanced
• 88 Lessons
• 66 Tunes
 
Learn fiddle in the styles of Kenny Baker, Stuart Duncan, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, and other bluegrass greats by learning classic tunes, with improvisation exercises and advanced techniques.
 
 
with Chad Manning
 
Intermediate / Advanced
• 22 Lessons
• 14 Tunes
 
Learn to play classic western swing melodies and solos from western swing fiddle greats like Johnny Gimble, Joe Holley, and others. For each song, you’ll learn the melody and a solo, along with tips on western swing fiddle technique, phrasing, improvisation.
 
 
with Dale Russ
 
Intermediate / Advanced
• 34 Lessons
• 30 Tunes
 
Learn traditional Irish fiddle, with an emphasis on playing the dance music of Ireland, including jigs, reels, polkas, slip jigs, hornpipes, and more, with an Irish feel and ornamentation.
 
 
with Brittany Haas
 
Advanced
• 24 Lessons
• 24 Tunes
 
Meet some of the best fiddlers on the planet in these intimate workshops that get to the root of a host of individual fiddle styles. Includes 24 complete tunes and transcriptions.
 
 
with Bruce Molsky
 
Intermediate / Advanced
• 9 Lessons
• 17 Tunes
 
Learn a variety of old-time fiddle tunes in different regional styles from great players of the past. Bruce teaches a variety of classic tunes, with advice about bowing, double stops, ornamentation, and ideas for more listening and learning.
 
 
with Alisa Rose
 
Intermediate / Advanced
• 9 Lessons
• 13 Tunes
 
Learn to improvise and connect to your own creative impulses through musical games, simple exercises, and fiddle tunes. You’ll explore improvisation fundamentals of rhythm and pitch, learn how to create and vary melodies, use small building blocks or motifs to build a solo, practice scales and arpeggios, and much more.
 
 
with Lauren Rioux and Brittany Haas
 
Intermediate
• 7 Lessons
• 6 Tunes
 
Learn techniques to take a new tune or an old tune you love to the next step—with bowing and phrasing ideas, chordal and rhythmic exploration, and soloing practice.
 
 
with Chad Manning
 
Beginner / Intermediate
• 43 Lessons
• 6 Tunes
 
Learn the basics of music theory as it relates to four-string instruments tuned in fifths. Chad’s practical approach will deepen your knowledge of chords, scales, and arpeggios, and help you integrate them into your playing.
 
 
Live Workshop
with Aaron Weinstein
 
Intermediate / Advanced
 
Learn to play jazz violin from the ground up with acclaimed violinist and mandolinist Aaron Weinstein, who teaches you pre-composed solos for eight jazz and swing classics based on improvisation devices like melodic variation, repeating motives, using harmonic entry points, and more. Includes rhythm tracks, analysis of each solo, rephrasing suggestions, and more. Appropriate for mandolinists as well as fiddlers.
 
 
 
Fiddle Performances
 
 
 
Brittany Haas plays a traditional reel with one of today’s premier Irish fiddlers.
 
 
 
Peghead Nation Old-Time Fiddle instructor plays a fun Round Peak tune.
 
 
 
John Reischman plays his tune “Suzanne’s Journey” at Great Lakes Music Camp 2023 with Bill Evans, Ethan Setiawan Jeremy Kittel, Hayes Griffin, and Todd Phillips.
 
 
 
Fiddle Demos
 
 
 
How to make sure that your fiddle and bow stay in top shape.
 
 
 
Alisa Rose demonstrates her low-tuned violin, strung with Super Sensitive Sensicore Octave strings.
 
 
 
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