Care and Maintenance of Your Fiddle

from: Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle with Chad Manning

This lesson is part of the course Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle with Chad Manning.

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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.

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June Apple

In the second part of this lesson, you’ll learn the B part of “June Apple” phrase by phrase, as well as the “Georgia shuffle” bowing pattern, which works well on the B part. You’ll also learn how to add drone strings to the A and B parts.

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Care and Maintenance of Your Fiddle

Learn key tips for taking good care of your fiddle and bow, such as making sure you loosen the bow before you put it away, cleaning your strings, and more. Chad also talks about how much rosin to use on your bow, how much to tighten the bow, etc.

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