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Darol Anger has created a comprehensive video library that includes hundreds of fiddle lessons, exclusive performances, and interviews. Students have unlimited access to all these online fiddle lessons plus tabs, backing tracks, and other study materials.
What ultimately sets these online lessons apart from other offerings however, is the ability to submit a video for personalized feedback using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange® learning platform. Darol Anger reviews each submission and records a video response, offering tips about how to improve. All students can access Darol’s Video Exchange Archive, which is expanding all the time and may contain the key to unlock your playing.
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About Darol
Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his founding of numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, the Duo, and numerous other ensembles. Today Darol can be heard on NPR's "Car Talk" theme every week along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice. Since 1977 he has recorded and produced scores of important recordings, and has received numerous composers' residencies and grants. A MacDowell and UCross Fellow, he is a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks. Anger is also committed to string education and helped found the String Resource Board for the International Jazz Educators Association. He is a contributing editor for Strings Magazine and has given string clinics all over the world at camps, festivals and universities.
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Darol Anger Fiddle Lessons
- Beginner Fiddle
- Intermediate Fiddle
- Advanced Fiddle
- Jazz & Blues Fiddle
Beginner Fiddle
- Introduction to Basic Fiddle
- Tuning the Fiddle
- The Names of Notes and Where They Are
- Principles and Gear
- Practicing for Pitch
- Standing Stance
- Sitting Stance
- Right Hand Bow Hold
- Left Hand Position
- "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
- "Rubber Dolly"
- Rosining the Bow
- Up - Bows, Down - Bows, Upper Half and Lower Half
- Bowing: Speed Vs. Pressure
- Exercise 1: Smooth
- Exercise 2: Dot, Dot, Dot
- "Way Downtown"
- Wrist On Counter Exercise -NEW!
- Fourth Finger Exercises -NEW!
- "Why D'ya Wander"
- Beginning Shuffles
- The Classic Shuffle
- "Old Joe Clark"
- Crossing Strings
- String Crossing Exercises
- “Ragtime Annie” (Beginner)
- The Fingerboard
- A Scale is a Story
- The G Scale
- "You Are My Sunshine"
- "Golden Slippers"
- The D Scale
- "Chinquapin Hunting"
- The Major Scale in A
- Double Stops
- The Natural Minor Scale
- "Liberty"
- "Kitchen Girl"
- The Mixolydian Mode
- "Old Joe Clark" Mixolydian Mode
- “Sugarfoot Rag”
- The Dorian Mode
- Major Arpeggio
- Minor Arpeggios
- "Sally Goodin"
- "Ginseng From Mr. Blake"
- "Fire on the Mountain"
- Bowing: “Sally Anne”
- Bowing: “Soldiers Joy”
- More Thoughts on Bowing
- “Cotton-Eye Joe”
- The C Scale: “Wabash Cannonball”
- The F Scale: "Faded Love"
- "Cripple Creek"
- The E Scale: “I'll Fly Away”
- “The 8th of January” (Beginner)
- Simple Tags
- "Little Rabbit"
- Other Student Submitted Tunes
- Submit a Placement Video
Intermediate Fiddle
- Introduction to Intermediate Fiddle
- Mastery Means that it Feels Easy!
- Shuffles
- The Georgia Shuffle
- The 3-3-2 Shuffle
- Transcending Shuffles
- Bow Circles -NEW!
- Bow Circle Blues -NEW!
- A Great Left Hand Exercise
- Developing Speed Means Playing Slow First!
- The Blues Form
- The Blues Scale
- "Blues on Gravel"
- "Carrol County Blues"
- Numbering the Notes
- Intervals
- Pentatonic Scale
- The Amazing Fiddle Scale
- "Sally Johnson" in G
- “Billy in the Lowground”
- “Billy in the Lowground” - Exploring Variations
- Minors
- “The Greek Medley”
- Rhythmic Bowing
- "Brushy Fork of John's Creek"
- "Salt Creek"
- Major Arpeggios
- Minor Arpeggios
- Fiddle Arpeggios: 1-4-5 in A
- Fiddle Arpeggios: “This n' That”
- Fiddle Arpeggios: “Dixie Breakdown”
- Fiddle Arpeggios: “Big Sandy River”
- Fiddle Arpeggios: Crazy Arpeggio Etude
- First, Second, Third, Half and Fourth
- One Tune to All Keys: "Blues On Gravel" in E
- Closed Keys: Using that Pinky!
- Only Four Keys
- "Dark Hollow"
- Practicing Shifting Positions
- Trouble Keys: F# Db Bb
- Transposing Tunes Around Keys
- Getting to and from Third Position
- Sequence Tunes
- "Bill Cheatham"
- "Blackberry Blossom"
- "Big Sciota"
- Sequence Tunes: Summary
- Vibrato
- Double Stops: 5ths
- Double Stops: 4ths
- Double Stops: 6ths
- Double Stops: Climbing in 6ths Exercise
- Double Stops: More Working the 6ths
- Double Stops: 3rds
- Double Stops: Climbing in 3rds Exercise
- Double Stops: Unisons, 2nds, and 7ths
- Double Stops: "Dark Hollow" and "Whistlin' Rufus"
- "Florida Blues"
- "Farewell Blues"
- Modal and Older Movement: "Reuben's Train"
- Numbering Chords
- 7ths Chords
- "Salty Dog Blues"
- Solo: Phrases and Form
- Solo: "Why D'ya Wander"
- Solo: Bluegrass Kickoffs
- "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
- Bluesy Bluegrass Phrasing
- Solo: Constructing Melodies
- Solo: Double Stops
- Solo: Rhyming Phrases
- Solo: Mandolin Chop Position
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Kickoffs - “Muleskinner Blues” Kickoff #1
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Kickoffs - “Muleskinner Blues” Kickoff #2
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Kickoffs - “Uncle Pen”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Kickoffs - “Can't You Hear Me Calling”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Kickoffs - “Footprints in the Snow”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Kickoffs - “My Cabin in Caroline”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Kickoffs - “Someone Took My Place with You”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “Foggy Mountain Special”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “Blue Night”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “Gonna Settle Down”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “On My Way Back to the Old Home”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “Ginseng Sullivan”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “When Joy Kills Sorrow”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “Border Ride”
- Iconic Bluegrass Fiddle Breaks - “Flint Hill Special”
- Loud and Soft Playing
- Playing Back Up
- Backing Up the Singer
- Backing Up a Singer "New River Train" with Scott Law
- Two Tactics, One Song: "Way Downtown"
- Fourth Finger Workout: "Sally Goodin"
- Fourth Finger Workout: "Back Up and Push"
- The Mystery Note: "Salty Dog Blues"
- Phrasing
- "Tennessee Waltz"
- Vowels and Consonants
- The Infamous Chop
- Chop Rhythms -NEW!
- Chop Pattern Variations - “Sugarfoot Rag”
- “Sugarfoot Rag” Advanced Variations
- Crossing the Bar Line
- “Evening Prayer Blues” Key of E
- “Fisher's Hornpipe” - Key of E
- “Fisher's Hornpipe” - Key of F
- In Love With Another Woman
- Muleskinner Licks in Chop Position
- Pentatonics
- Swingy Styles
- "Cripple Creek" (Intermediate)
- “Ragtime Annie” (Intermediate)
- “The 8th of January” Variation (Intermediate)
- Other Student Submitted Tunes
Advanced Fiddle
- “California Blues”
- “Sally Johnson”
- Tonal Gravity
- Tricks and Ideas - “Dark Hollow”
- “Beaumont Rag”
- Banjo Tunes to Fiddle
- Basics of Improvising - The Worked Out Solo
- Basics of Improvising - Phrasing
- Basics of Improvising - Five Paths
- Basics of Improvising - Building a Solo
- Basics of Improvising - Long Soloing
- Diatonic Arpeggios
- Forcing Chord Changes
- Playing in B
- Sequences
- The Diminished Chord
- Toggling on 1-4
- Turnaround Kickoffs
- “Nine Pound Hammer” - 5 Minor Sub for 1-7
- “Cherokee Shuffle”
- “Jeremy Reel”
- “John Hardy” Substitutions
- “Ragtime Annie” (Advanced)
- Other Student Submitted Tunes
Jazz & Blues Fiddle
- Darol's Rhythm Changes
- Spelling Chords with 2 Notes
- Minor Blues (in C Minor)
- Minor Swing Chords and D.A. Solo
- Other Student Submitted Tunes
- Gypsy Jazz - “Minor Swing” -NEW!
- Gypsy Jazz - “Swing 42” -NEW!
- Gypsy Jazz - “Djangology” -NEW!
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