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Fiddle Studio — 111 episodes
Frets to Fiddle Pt. 2 (Icy Mountain)
Frets to Fiddle Pt. 1 (Kaw River)
Too Much Nothing (Amazing Grace)
Megan Lynch Chowning (John Rice)
The Wild Shoats (Moonshiner)
Austin Scelzo (Trouble in My Soul)
Judy Hyman (Three Shoes)
Oliver Scanlon (Chris Glidden's)
Dakota Karper (Coyote Howl)
Bruce Molsky (Can I Change My Mind)
Alicia Svigals (Dybbuk Honga)
Charley Beller (Won't Come 'Till Morning)
Why we squeak (Cumberland Gap)
The best age to start (Horses in the Canebreak)
Why play the fiddle? (Sally in the Garden)
Busking on the fiddle (Old Aunt Jenny With her Night Cap On)
I try to play jazz (Cluck Old Hen, Ed Weaver's version)
Consider the mandolin (Shippensport)
BEST OF: Double Stops and Drones (Tail Toddle)
Ellery Klein (York Street Stepper)
Harmonizing on the fiddle (Stoney Steps)
Andrew VanNorstrand (Lost River)
Novels with fiddlers (Donnybrook Fair)
Trying a Tune in Different Keys (Maid of Mt. Kisco)
Rachel Eddy (Rose in the Mountain)
Tapes on the Fiddle (Broken Down Gambler)
Articulation on the Fiddle (Dusty Miller)
Signing up for a Fiddle Competition (Old Billy Hell)
BEST OF: Practicing With the Metronome (House of my Own)
Tricia Spencer (Big Taters in the Sandy Land)
Problematic Tune Names (Magpie's Nest)
Gripping the Fiddle (Madam if You Please)
The Five-String Fiddle (John Blessing's Delight)
Jenna Moynihan (Brenda and Bill's)
Genres of Fiddling (Billy in the Lowground A)
When to Stop Playing the Fiddle (Chinquapin Hunting)
Supercharge Your Practice (Old Granny Rattle Trap)
Janie Rothfield (Waiting for Sandy)
Unlocking the left hand (Preston's reel)
Slow practice vs. rhythms (Ne'er Shall I Wean Her)
Moving around the circle of fifths (Tommy Mulhaire's jig)
The biggest mistake I see (The Birds hornpipe)
Brad Kolodner (Stony Run)
BEST OF: How to play in tune (The Kilmovee)
Not every note is equal (La Moquine)
Jamming vs. Practicing (Sleeping on the Floor)
Lissa Schneckenburger (For Grada)
Tilting the Bow (Half Past Four)
Harmonies in Fiddle Tunes (Boys Them Buzzards Are Flying)
Faster Isn't Always Better (Gilsaw)
Casey Murray (Caribou Party)
Cross tuning (All's Quiet)
Playing by ear (Heater, Don't Stop)
Putting sets together (Charley's Waltz)
Sitting or standing (On the Loose)
Joanna Clare (Amédée)
Recording an album (The Home Ruler)
Starting after a break (Kitty's Wedding)
Flexible right wrist (Tighe’s Rare)
Noah VanNorstrand (Sure Does!)
Instrument horror stories (Jaybird)
All about the bow (New Five Cent Piece)
How to play faster (Hollow Poplar)
Jam drama (Walking in My Sleep)
Alyssa Rodriguez (Polska från Tenala)
How to practice scales (The Hunter's Purse)
Taking a lesson (Bill Malley's)
The left hand pinky (New Mown Meadows)
Irish session etiquette (Pat Mahon's Jig)
Shoulder rests (Candy Girl)
High and low 2s (Farewell to Princeton)
What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle? (Five Miles of Ellum Wood)
Shifting and positions part 2 (Money Musk)
Shifting and positions part 1 (Chips and Sauce)
Starting from scratch (Flatwater Fran)
Composing fiddle tunes (In Memory of Coleman)
All about bowgrips (Forget Me Not)
Playing backup on fiddle (Tatter Jack Walsh)
Why do fiddle tunes have repeats? (Winder Slide)
Vibrato on the fiddle (Buck Mountain)
How to improve your tone (Sadie at the Back Door)
What's the point of scales? (Booth Shot Lincoln)
Up and down bows (The Coming of Spring)
Why read sheet music? (Trip to Birmingham)
Learning to improvise (Fly in the Porter)
Playing for a dance (Grieg's Pipes)
How to get really good at the fiddle (Hob Dye)
How to mic a fiddle (Jefferson City)
When should you change your strings? (Shenandoah Falls)
Old-Time style (Little Billy Wilson)
How to get better without playing (Give Me Your Hand)
Why do fiddle tunes look different on the page? (Dinny O'Brien's)
How to handle stage fright (Maudabawn Chapel)
How to play in tune (The Kilmovee)
Switching from classical to fiddle (Stool of Repentance)
Coordinating the left and right hands (Reel de mon Gibard)
Double stops and drones (Tail Toddle)
Going to Fiddle Hell (La Galop de lac St Charles)
Tim Ball (Apple Brewer's Reel)
The classical vs. fiddle divide (North Carolina Breakdown)
Minstrel music in fiddling (Climbing the Golden Stairs)
The bent left wrist (Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss)
Why I stopped booking dances (Big Scioty)
Old-Time jams (Shove That Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire)
Practicing with the metronome (House of my Own)
How hard is it to learn the fiddle? (Na Ceannabháin Bhána)
The story of my violin (Chief O'Neill's Favorite)
Going to a session in Dublin (St. Ann's Reel)
Lessons from fiddle camp (Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór)
Starting Fiddle Studio (Flowers of Edinburgh)
How I got started fiddling (Lark on the Strand)