Tuesday -

Fiddle Tunes

- Picking Techniques

- Left Hand Techniques

- Playing Clean

- Exercises

- Developing Speed

- Learning the Tunes

   1. Up and down the fingerboard

   2. Different Keys? Different Grips.

   3. Simplify

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- Section 4 Repertoire

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Fiddle Tunes

- "Bill Cheatum"

- "Big Mon"

- "Squirrel Hunters"

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Thursday - THANKSGIVING!!! [NO CLASS]

Tuesday -  Fiddle Tunes Continued

- Developing tunes

- Variations vs. Improvisations

    - "Liberty" Variation

    - "Bill Cheatum"

   

- Contest picking

Variation ideas

    - Rhythmic extensions (Triplets, Double-time, rhythm)

    - Extending Motifs (i.e. Woodchopper's Reel)

    - Incorporating Crosspicking (Liberty, Bill Cheatum)

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Exercises

- Change keys

- Play the tune as fluid as possible

- Play the tune as staccato as possible

- Sing as you play

- change registers every phrase

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Thursday - [In Person] - Fiddle Tune Jam

Tuesday -  Review of Concepts

- Rhythm Guitar Takeaways

- Developing Solos Takeaways

- Improvising Takeaways

- Fiddle Tune Takeaways

- Where to go from here

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Thursday - Final Class [In Person at Swallow Hill Music] - Performance!

Tuesday -

Tunes You Should Learn & Applying Your Skills

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​- List of Standard Fiddle Tunes & Other Instrumentals.

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- Slide to Unison

- Hammer-ons & Pull-offs​

- Crosspicking

- Double-stops

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Improvisation - Basics

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Break up the monotony

Capture a mood

Make a Template

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Thursday - [In Person] - Martin Out, Jam with a sub!