Wagon Wheel – 1st break
Here’s a lesson on how to play the first break from Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine show. The song was based off a fragment that Bob Dylan (who’s credited as a co-author) performed in the movie Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid.
This is a lesson for intermediate fiddlers; you need to know raised third finger for this tune.
Learning Chunks
I’ve made some “Learning Chunks” to help you learn more easily. These focused exercises contain sheet music, tabs and mp3 snippets to guide you on your fiddle journey. The idea is to start with small musical bits, get good at those, and then put them together into bigger pieces until you have the whole tune. I call it Micro-practice.
For those of you who read (or want to read), all snippets use this key and time signature:
Preparation
Warm up with A major scale using A drone.
A part, first phrase
first phrase: D1-2-A0-1-1-2-2-3-[2-3-2]-2-1-[1-2-1]-[0-1-0]
A part, second phrase
second phrase: D1-2-2-1-2-H3-A0-0-1-2-3
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A part, third phrase
third phrase: E0-A2-E0-1-0-A2-1-0-1-0-1-0-E0-A0-3-0
A part, fourth phrase
fourth phrase: A2-3-2-1-0-DH3-2-1-2-A0-D2-GH3-D0-GH3-2-1
A part, fifth phrase
fifth phrase: G2-H3-H3-[H3-4-H3]-H3-2-2-[2-H3-2]-2-1-1-H3-2-2-1-1
Full Content
Wagon Wheel Fullmix – 60bpm
Wagon Wheel Fullmix – 70bpm
Wagon Wheel Fullmix – 80bpm
Wagon Wheel Fullmix – 90bpm
Warm-up exercises
Intervals
D2-H3
DH3-A0
GH3-D0
G1-H3
A major scale (2 octaves): G1-2-H3-D0-1-2-H3-A0-1-2-3-E0-1-2-3
D0-GH3-2-1
Wagon Wheel – Full Tabs & Sheet Music
First phrase: D1-2-A0-1-1-2-2-3-[2-3-2]-2-1-[1-2-1]-[0-1-0]
Second phrase: D1-2-2-1-2-H3-A0-0-1-2-3
Third phrase: E0-A2-E0-1-0-A2-1-0-1-0-1-0-E0-A0-3-0
Fourth phrase: A2-3-2-1-0-DH3-2-1-2-A0-D2-GH3-D0-GH3-2-1
Fifth phrase: G2-H3-H3-[H3-4-H3]-H3-2-2-[2-H3-2]-2-1-1-H3-2-2-1-1
Sheet music
Wagon Wheel PDF
Sheet music video
Learn to intuitively read sheet music with this animated video. If you’re an absolute beginner, then I suggest you don’t worry about fo it for the moment.
This is here for continuing students who want to learn about sheet music. It’s part of the Note-Reading For Fiddlers course.
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Lesson tracking
Workbook
Don’t forget to add Wagon Wheel under “List the things you practice” in your workbook
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Love this Wagon Wheel lesson – where can I find the 2nd and 3rd breaks?
Thanks!
Have been a subscriber for a little while, and then stumbled upon yuthis r wagon heel lesson. It’s great! I have signed up but am a little puzzled on how your website works. Having some troubles (Safari?)
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Hey @Taffy. Sorry, you cannot view this lesson with a trial membership. I just emailed you a more in-depth response.