Practice Tools

Here’s a central place to find technique and practice lessons. You’ll also find practice tools, like drone central (a page where you can find all drones). The idea is to give you different ways to find what you need in order to make your fiddle practice more fun and enjoyable.

Left-hand & Scales

Scales are essential for hearing the tuning and improving technique. And they can be fun when approached creatively.

Bowing

Here is a central collection of lessons that deal with bowing patterns and rhythms. Use this as a quick reference or as a way to find lessons on different bowings and rhythms.

Call-and-response Central

This is a library of call-and-response exercises designed to train your ear and improve your tuning.

Double Stops & Chords

Here are all lessons from the main course on chord backup. They start with simple double stops and then go on to cover chord progressions as well as singing and playing. Learning this will help you to play with others. You’ll better hear what the chordal instruments are doing and you can also contribute more to the music.

Drone Central 

Practicing with this library of drones is fun and will help you play in tune. Learn more here.

Beat Central 

Practicing with a beat will help you to play in time, which is important if and when you play with others.

Interval Central 

Intervals are two-note exercises that will help train your ear to pick out new melodies as well play in tune.

Practice routines 

Practice routines are a great way to train you how to practice. Here you will find routine outlines as well as “video trainers”.