Dan Levenson: Fiddle From Scratch

Contents

• Beginning at the Beginning
• Basic structure of the book
• Fiddle Basics
• Playing Well
• Knowing your Fiddle and Bow
• Written Music
• An Introduction to Standard Notation
• Tuning I
• The Open Strings
• Holding the Fiddle
• Now the Bow
• Sitting or standing?
• Bowing 101
• The Metronome
• Whole Notes - Open Strings
• Half Notes
• Simple Quarter Notes
• String Crossing
• Your First Scale in the Key of D
• Fingerboard Diagram - key of D
• Basic D Scale Extended D Scale
• The Fiddle Tune and Old Time Music
• Your First Tune: Spotted Pony
• Example 11 - Simple Quarter Note Pony
• The Rest of the Tunes - The Simple Quarter Note Collection
• Angelina Baker (aka Angeline the Baker) - Quarter Note version
• Arkansas Traveler - Quarter Note version
• Forked Deer - Quarter Note version
• Fortune - Simple Quarter Note version
• Mississippi Sawyer - Quarter Note version
• Old Molly Hare - Quarter Note version
• Over the Waterfall - Quarter Note version
• Rock the Cradle Joe - Quarter Note version
• Soldierƒ??s Joy - Quarter Note version
• Spotted Pony - Quarter Note version
• West Fork Gals - Quarter Note version
• Year of Jubilo (aka Lincolnƒ??s Gunboats) - Quarter Note version
• No Shuffling About Now - Introducing eighth notes
• Eighth Note Scale Take 1
• The Simple Un-Shuffled Collection
• Angelina Baker (aka Angeline the Baker) - Basic Eighth Note version
• Arkansas Traveler - Basic Eighth Note version
• Forked Deer - Basic Eighth Note version
• Fortune - Eighth Note version
• Mississippi Sawyer - Basic Eighth Note version
• Old Molly Hare - Basic Eighth Note version
• Over the Waterfall - Basic Eighth Note version
• Rock the Cradle Joe - Basic Eighth Note version
• Soldierƒ??s Joy - Basic Eighth Note version
• Spotted Pony - Basic Eighth Note version
• West Fork Gals - Basic Eighth Note version
• Year of Jubilo (aka Lincolnƒ??s Gunboats) - Basic Eighth Note version
• The Other Eighth Notes - Back beat rules!
• Eighth Note Scale Take 2
• Melodic Eighth Note Collection
• Angelina Baker (aka Angeline the Baker) - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Arkansas Traveler - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Forked Deer - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Fortune - Melodic Note version
• Mississippi Sawyer - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Old Molly Hare - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Over the Waterfall - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Rock the Cradle Joe - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Soldierƒ??s Joy - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Spotted Pony - Melodic Eighth Note version
• West Fork Gals - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Year of Jubilo (aka Lincolnƒ??s Gunboats) - Melodic Eighth Note version
• Tuning II
• Slurs, Slides, the Basic Shuffle and Beyond
• Example 15 - Eighth note combinations with Ties
• Example 15 - Eighth note combination scales with Slurs
• The Kitchen Sink Collection
• Angelina Baker (Angeline the Baker) - Kitchen sink version
• Arkansas Traveler - Kitchen sink version
• Forked Deer - Kitchen sink version
• Fortune - Kitchen sink version
• Mississippi Sawyer - Kitchen sink version
• Old Molly Hare - Kitchen sink version
• Over the Waterfall - Kitchen sink version
• Rock the Cradle Joe - Kitchen sink version
• Soldierƒ??s Joy - Kitchen sink version
• Spotted Pony - Kitchen sink version
• West Fork Gals - Kitchen sink version
• Year of Jubilo (Lincolnƒ??s Gunboats) - Kitchen sink version
• Key of G - Fingering chart and Scale
• Whistling Rufus
• Key of C - Fingering chart and Scale
• Monkey on A Dogcart
• Key of A - Fingering chart and Scale
• Salty River Reel
• Cross tuning for A - Fingering chart and Scale
• Salty River Reel - cross tuned
• Afterward - Final Thoughts
• Appendix 1 - Playing well with others - Jam Etiquette for the recently clawed
• Appendix 2 - Listen, listen, listen - A non-comprehensive discography