Hobart’s Transformation

Warm up with A major scale using A drone.

Practice idea:

Practice the first quarter of the A part in a lower octave: D1-A0-0-1-0-D3

Then alternate between the two octaves: D1-A0-0-1-0-D3 | E0-3-3-4-3-L2

Warm up:

E0-3

E3-4

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E3-4-3-L2

Practice this with the A drone:

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First quarter: E0-3-3-4-3-L2-E0-3-3-4-3-L2

Warm up:

E0-A3

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Second quarter: E0-A3-E0-1-L2-1-L2-1-E0-A3-E0-1-L2-1-L2-1

Third quarter: E0-3-3-4-3-L2-E0-3-3-4-3-L2

Fourth quarter: E0-A3-E0-1-L2-1-L2-1-E0-A3-L2-0

Centering on sound

Let’s pause for a moment and pay attention to how we practice. 

• Just hold the fiddle in a relaxed manner and breathe evenly.
• Just play an open D string. 
• Put your full intention into relaxing your body, breath, and mind.
• Simply enjoy the sound. 
• Next, return to the D major scale, keeping that same good sound and relaxed feel you had on the open D until the scale sounds just as good. 
• Review the A part, keeping that same good sound and relaxed feel you had on D major scale until the tune sounds just as good.
• Cool, now that you’ve centered yourself, let’s continue to learn this awesome tune. ? ?

First quarter: A0-0-L2-1-0-D3-A1-0-1-0-D3-1-1-3

Second quarter: (D1-3)-A0-D3-A0-1-L2-3-E0-1-0-0*

*The recording has just a long E0 (half note) at the end of this phrase. It’s a little easier to split up the long note

Third quarter: A0-0-L2-1-0-D3-A1-0-1-0-D3-1

Fourth quarter: (A0-1)-L2-1-0-L2-1-0-D3-A0-1-0-0

Practice the song at your own pace with this drone track.

Drone in A – No Beat

Use this to practice the whole tune.