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Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddle with Brittany Haas

Master the fiddle with internationally renowned old-time & bluegrass virtuoso Brittany Haas
  • Elevate your old-time & bluegrass fiddle skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
  • Master old-time, Celtic, and bluegrass fiddle techniques including rhythmic bow patterns, lefthand ornamentations, double stops, & more
  • Learn to solo using critical bluegrass improvisation methods
  • Deepen your understanding of music theory and fiddle mechanics
  • Receive personal guidance directly from Brittany along every step of your learning journey
Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddle: Learn more about Brittany's course
  • Elevate your old-time & bluegrass fiddle skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
  • Master old-time, Celtic, and bluegrass fiddle techniques including rhythmic bow patterns, lefthand ornamentations, double stops, & more
  • Learn to solo using critical bluegrass improvisation methods
  • Deepen your understanding of music theory and fiddle mechanics
  • Receive personal guidance directly from Brittany along every step of your learning journey
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What's In This Plan?
  • Unlimited Access to Lessons
  • Unlimited Access to Video Exchange Library
  • Unlimited Video Submissions to Teacher
  • Music Theory Workshop
  • Backing Tracks across Instruments
  • VIP Bonus Content
  • 100s of fiddle lessons at your own pace
  • All levels and styles of playing welcome
  • Slow Motion & Looping on videos
Experience the Power of Video Exchange Learning®
Video Exchange Explained: how you'll connect with Brittany
  • Get personalized video feedback directly from Brittany
  • Watch and learn from hundreds of interactions that Brittany has shared with her other students
  • The most supportive way to master bluegrass & old-time fiddle online
Brittany’s Online Fiddle Course: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Fiddlers of All Levels
  • 4 sections covering introductory methods to advanced techniques and tunes
  • 110+ multi-angle video lessons for optimal learning and bow and fingerboard mastery
  • 130+ professionally recorded play-along backing tracks to accompany the lessons
  • Tablature, notation and supplemental materials included
About Brittany Haas
  • Widely regarded as one of the most influential fiddlers of her generation
  • Co-founder of internationally acclaimed bluegrass act Hawktail
  • Performed on Late Night With David Letterman and Saturday Night Live as part of Steve Martin’s bluegrass band
  • Featured on Steve Martin’s Grammy-winning album The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo
  • Recorded or shared the stage with Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Waybacks, Chris Thile, & more.
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Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddle Lessons

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Basic Fiddle

Introduction - Meet Your Teacher
How to Tune a Fiddle
How to Hold the Fiddle and Bow
The Left Hand
The Right Hand
Tone, Pressure & Bow Speed
Intro to Scales - The D Major Scale
The Pentatonic Scale
Hand Stretches and Warm Ups
“Angeline the Baker” - Key of D
Intro to Arpeggios
“Soldier's Joy” - Key of D
“Liza Jane” - Key of D
The G Major Scale
“Seneca Square Dance” - Key of G
“Pear Tree” - Key of G
“Elk River Blues” - Key of G
“Sail Away Ladies” - Key of G
The A Major Scale
“Ger the Rigger” - Key of A
“Ida Red” - Key of A
“Buffalo Girls” - Key of A
The A Mixolydian Scale
"Old Joe Clark" - Key of A
Scottish Jig: “Atholl Highlanders” - Key of A
The Minor Pentatonic Scale
“Thoir a nall Ailean thugam” - Key of A
Minor Scales
“Devil in the Strawstack” - Key of Am
Key Concepts: Tone
Key Concepts: Dynamics
Key Concepts: Improvising

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Intermediate Fiddle

Introduction to Double Stops
Double Stops on the Low Strings: Chord Voicings
Bowing Patterns & Rhythms for Backup
"Liberty" - Key of D
"Whiskey Before Breakfast" - Key of D
Bowed Triplets: "Hudderums"
Cross Tuning: ADAE "High Bass"
Octaves
"Duck River" - ADAE Tuning - Key of D
"Apple Blossom" - ADAE Tuning - Key of D
"Jenny Dang the Weaver" - Key of D
"Over the Waterfall" - Key of D
"Chattanooga" - Key of G
"Big Sciota" - Key of G
"Shove the Pig's Foot (a Little Further into the Fire)" - Key of G
"Billy Malley's Barndance" - Key of G
"Sugar in the Coffee" - Key of G
"The Girl I Left Behind Me" - Key of G
"Wheel Hoss" - Key of G
Bowing Patterns for Melodies
"Indian Ate the Woodchuck" - Key of D
"Billy in the Lowground" - Key of C
"Ragtime Annie" - Key of D
"Hangman's Reel" - Key of A
"June Apple" - Bluegrass Arrangement - Key of A
"Altamont" - Key of C
Overview on Playing Positions and Shifting
"Pike's Peak" - 3rd Position - Key of C
"Kitchen Girl" - Key of A
"Road to Columbus" - Key of A
Cross Tuning: AEAE "Cross A"
"Brushy Run" - AEAE Tuning - Key of A
"Chinquapin Hunting" - AEAE Tuning - Key of A
"June Apple" - Old Time Arrangement - AEAE Tuning - Key of A
"Half Past Four" - AEAE Tuning - Key of A
"Taylor's Quickstep" - Key of F
"Geese Honking" - Key of Bb
More Bowing Patterns for Backup

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Advanced Fiddle

Key Concepts: The Role of a Fiddle Player
Introduction to Left Hand Ornaments
Left Hand Ornaments: The Twiddle
Left Hand Ornaments: The Roll
Left Hand Ornaments: The Flick
Left Hand Ornaments: The Hammer-On & The Scrunch
Left Hand Ornaments: The Pull-Offs
Left Hand Ornaments: Vibrato
"Mr. Morrison of Bognie" - Scottish Jig - Key of A
"Banish Misfortune" - Irish Jig - Key of D
Introduction to Polska Rhythm
Hawktail Tune: "Unless" - Key of D - Low Octave
Hawktail Tune: "Tobogganist" - Key of F
"Poplar Bluff" - 3rd Position - Key of D
Hawktail Tune: "Unless" - Key of D - High Octave
Hawktail Tune: "Annbjorg" - 3rd Position - Key of B
Sliding and Moving between Double Stops
"Ashland Breakdown" - 2nd Position - Key of C
"Tennessee Mountain Foxchase" - 2nd Position - Key of C
Hawktail Tune: "El Camino Pt.2" - Key of G
"Bostony" - Key of G
"Shortnin' Bread" - Key of G
"Tree King Creek" - Key of G
Scandinavian Tune: "Brannvinspolska" - Key of A
Scandinavian Tune: “Waltz in H” - Key of B Minor

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Bonus Content

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