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Fiddle 2

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8th Week

Tune: West Fork Gals

A Part (Play Twice)

|F# |D EF#|G G |B |E D|C# A|ABAG|F# D|

|F# |D EF#|G G |B |E D|C# A|BAC# |D |

B Part (Play Twice)

|A G|F# D |D A |F# |GF#E |EF#GF#|GF#E |

|E D|C# A|ABAG|F# D|D D|EFG |F#DEC#|D |

Click here to hear Westfork Gals

 

4th Week

Tune: Boatman's Dance

A Part (Play twice)

|A AA|A AA|BAAA|A AA|BAAA|A AA|EC#B |A AA|

B Part (Play twice)

|F#EDF#|E EE|F#ED |E EE|F#EDF#|E EE|EC#B |A AA|

C Part

|A C#C#|B C#C#|E EE|E AB|C# C#C#|BC#B |A AA|A AA|

|A C#C#|B C#C#|E EE|E EE|F#ED |E EE|EC#B |A AA|

Click here to hear Boatman's Dance

3rd Week

Tune: Frog In A Well

A Part (Play twice)

DE|F# A |B D |EDC# |D DE|F# A|BAF# |E EE|E DE|

|F# A |B D |EDC# |D DE|F# FG|F E|D |D |

 

B Part (play twice)

|F# |F# |G |G |A AB|A F#|E |E |

|F#AAA|A AA|BAAA|BAAA|F# |E |D |D |

Click here to hear Frog In A Well

 

Second Week: Practice the D scale DEF#GABC#D

Tune: Ducks on the Millpond:

A Part (play twice)

|D D |F#DED|D F#D|EDBA|D GD|F#DED|ABD |EDBA|

B Part (play twice)

|F#GA|A F#G|A F# |EDBA|F#GA|A |ABD |EDBA|

Click here to hear Ducks on the Millpond.

 

First Week: Practice the G scale: GABCDEF#G

Tune: Sail Away Ladies:

A Part (play twice)

|G GG|GED |E EE|E EE|EDEG|EDB |D DD|D DD|E D |BAG |B BB|B BG|AGE |D EF#|G GG|G GG|

B Part (play twice) (Remember the first three shuffles play the G and a B on the A string together.)

|G GG|G GG|G GG|G BG|AGE |D EF#|G GG|G GG|

Click here to hear Sail Away Ladies.



Private Fiddle Lesson

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4th Week

Tune: My Own Home Waltz

A Part

DE|F# EF#E|DF#A|D C#B|A DE|F# EF#E|DEF#|G F#GF#|E DE|

|F# EF#E|DF#A|D C#B|A DE||F# GF#|EF#E|D D|D |

B Part

BC#|D C#B|AF#B|D C#B|A DE|F# EF#E|DEF#|G F#GF#|E DE|

|F# EF#E|DF#A|D C#B|A DE||F# GF#|EF#E|D D|D |

Listen to My Own Home Waltz (click here)

 

 

Third Week: Continue practicing tunes and arpeggios. Work on improvising over G and D chords.

Tune: Cotton Eyed Joe

A Part

|BDDD|D DD|E DD|C CC|B AA|G BG|AGE |D DD|

B Part

|DBDE|G GG|A BB|C CC|B AA|G BG|AGE |D DD|

Click here to hear Cotton Eyed Joe

 

Second Week: Practice scales in C, D, G, and A. If you can't remember them work them out using the formula: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step. Practice the 1, 3, 5, 1 arpeggios.

Tune: Beanwalker's Mile

A Part
|C C |BCDB|CDEF|GEDC|F F |EFGE|DCBA|G AB|
|C C |BCDB|CDEF|GEDC|F F |EFGE|DCBD|C |

B Part
|B C |C B |A D |D C |B G |G |A GA|GECA|
|B C |C B |A D |D C |B G |G B|C | |

Click here to hear Beanwalker's Mile.

First Week: Practice the C scale CDEFGABC

Saturday Night Breakdown:

AB|CBAG|EGAB|C G|E E|FEFED|EFGA|B A|B AB|CBAG|EGAB|C G|E E|FEFD| CBC|C |

EF|GEFGAGE|C G|E E|FEFED|EFGA|B A|B EFGEFGAGE|C G|E E|FEFD| CBC|C |

Click to hear Saturday Night Breakdown

 

Banjo Archive

Banjo 1

If you have questions, please E-Mail me at jwankoff@yahoo.com or call me at the phone numbers I gave you in class. If you are having trouble listening to the recordings you may need to download some software that can read MP3s. I use Soundjam which is free. Click here to go to their site. If you are on a windows machine try mp3.com.

 

Seventh Week

Practice the pull-off and hammer on

Tablature for Shady Grove. Click here hear Shady Grove

 

Fifth Week

Practice the hammer on and pull-off

Tablature for Cluck Old Hen. Click here hear Cluck Old Hen

 

Fourth Week

Practice the pull-off

Tablature for Cotton Eyed Joe. Click here hear Cotton Eyed Joe.

 

Third Week

Tablature for Boil 'em Cabbage Down (click for tab)

Tablature for Ida Red (click for tab). Click here to hear Ida Red

 

Second Week: Practice the basic strum. Practice replacing the initial downstroke with a downstroke that strikes just one string. Work on Boil 'Em Cabbage Down.

Tune: Boil 'Em Cabbage Down

|G G|C C|G G|D D| (Your single note is the second string except on D when it's the third string)
|G G|C C|G D|G G| (Same single notes here except on final G's where it goes to the 3rd string)

Click here to hear Boil 'Em Cabbage Down

First Week: Learn G, C, and D chords. Practice songs from the songbook. Practice the basic strum--Down, Down Up

Click here to hear an example of the basic frailing strum

 

 

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