Guided Practice Sessions
Structure your practice
Each session offers a clear plan so you can stop wondering what to practice and just start playing.
Learn more in the “About Guided Practice Sessions” below.
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⛵️ Workshop Replays
Take these “Practice Journeys” at any time to learn tunes or level up a particular skill. They contain a detailed outline, video and practice content (audio, sheet music, tabs).
🎻 Free Workshop
Morrison’s Jig Workshop
Learn this lively Irish tune through call-and-response.
Pick up powerful practice skills like Chunking, Chaining, and Looping.
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Learning Tunes By Ear
In these workshops you’ll learn tunes through call-and-response. There’s sheet music in case you don’t get the whole thing by ear.
The numbers in parentheses are module numbers. Think of this as a rough estimate of the skill level for each workshop (based on modules 1-19 of the main course).
After The Battle Of Aughrim (11)
Cine Citta – Learn A New Song Workshop (11)
Down By The Sally Gardens (Level: 5)
Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright – Workshop (Level 15)
Folsom Prison Blues / Chord Backup Workshop (Level 15)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Workshop (7)
Hava Negilah Workshop (Level 14)
Irish Rover – Learn A New Song Workshop (4)
Irish Rover – Improve A Song Workshop (4)
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (16)
Last Of The Mohicans Theme (Level 8)
Last Of The Mohicans – Improve A New Song Workshop (8)
Mississippi Sawyer Call-and-response Workshop
Mississippi Sawyer Variations Workshop
My Favorite Things — Call-and-Response Workshop (18)
Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Level 5)
Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms (9)
Rolling Waves Workshop (Level 8)
Simple Gifts Fiddle Meditation (Level 8)
Zollie’s Retreat Workshop (10)
Skill Workshops
Adding Double Stops To Tunes (Level 15)
Chord Backup Workshop 1: Introduction (15)
Chord Backup Workshop 2: Playing chords on songs (16)
Chord Backup Workshop 3: Three Essential Chords (14)
Chord Backup Workshop 4: Building Chords and Progressions (17)
Creative Scales Workshop 1 (12)
Cross Tuning The Fiddle Workshop (Advanced: Old-time course)
Exploring The Bow Workshop (4)
Express Yourself With Bowing Workshop (3)
Flow With The Bow Workshop (10)
Getting A Good Sound Workshop (3)
Irish Fiddle Embellishment Workshop (Advanced: Irish fiddle course)
I-IV-V Chord Progression Workshop (15)
Mastering I, ii, IV, V, vi Chords Workshop (16)
Melodius Double Stops Workshop (15)
Melodic Variation Workshop (10)
Reading Challenge Workshop (8)
Note-Reading Workshop: Kerfunken Jig (5)
Playing At A Steady Tempo Workshop (6)
Playing Parts, Fills And Solos Workshop (Advanced)
Playing Better In Tune – Workshop (6)
Tone-Building Workshop (All-level)
Rhythm Extract Workshop (Advanced)
Rhythm Rabbit Hole Workshop (Advanced)
Scale Shapes Workshop (Advanced)
Shifting Up The Neck Workshop (Advanced)
Power Practice Workshops
Chaining Notes and Phrases (8)
Deliberate Practice Workshop (2)
Desirable Difficulty Workshop (7)
Fiddling With Index Cards Workshop (12)
Improve A Skill Workshop: Double Stops (14)
Major To Minor Workshop (Advanced)
Reflection and Planning Workshop (7)
ScaleQuest Workshop – A Dorian With Shady Grove (7)
Timing Meditation Workshop (6)
Practice Journeys
These are hour-long workshops that dive deep into a single tune, skill or strategy. You’ll learn and practice different technical skills, practice strategies and creative reinvention.
Angeline The Baker (beginner) (5)
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Jam Workshop (9)
Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her (4)
Swallowtail Jig – Fiddle Meditation (7)
When The Saints Go Marching In – Variation Workshop (11)
5-Minute Wins
🏋🏽 Guided Practice Sessions [GPS]
These are shorter 20–30 minute play-along sessions. Perfect for daily practice.
Includes:
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Warm-up exercises
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Real-time skill drills
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Play-along tunes
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A fun final challenge 🎯
They’re like musical workouts—get in, get better, feel great.
Guided Fiddle Practice: Accenting
Guided Fiddle Practice: String Crossing And Coordination
Guided Fiddle Practice: Chords And Melody On Will The Circle Be Unbroken
🎶 Plug-in-Play Routines
Use these flexible routines to practice things you’re learning now.
Bread & Butter Practice Routine 🍞
This 25-minute routine is a simple way to bring structure and focus to your daily fiddle practice.
Learn A Song 🌱
Break a new tune into bite-sized parts and build it up gradually. A go-to routine for learning any song from scratch.
Improve A Skill 📈
Pick a technique (like tone, slurs, or intonation) and give it some love. This journey helps you zoom in and level up.
Improv Playground 🛝
Explore, experiment, and express yourself. A judgment-free zone to try new musical ideas and find your voice.
Music Meditation 🧘
Slow down and connect with your sound. Use long tones, drones, and repetition to calm the mind and deepen awareness.
Timing Meditation 🕰️
Sharpen your internal rhythm using a metronome and structured timing drills. Simple, steady, and satisfying.
10-minute Timing Routine ⏰
- Spend 3 minutes practicing rhythms on an open string, using a metronome.
- Allocate another 3 minutes to work on rhythms within a scale, also with a metronome.
- Finally, use 4 minutes to practice a tune phrase, keeping time with a metronome.
Dronopoly Review
Review tunes that share the same drone note. So tunes in D Major, D Dorian or D Klezmer can all be practiced with a D drone. Play the relevant scale before each tune you review. This is a fun and refreshing way to review tunes.
Use the Tunes Listed By Root Note page as your guide.
Simple Review Routine 👁️
Simply review the last 5-10 tunes you’ve learned in a twenty-minute session. Play the relevant scale before each tune you review. Practice the Mental Triggers to help with later recall.
🙋🏽♀️ About Guided Practice Sessions
These are full-length guided workshops (50+ minutes), originally taught live on Zoom and now upgraded with added content.
Think of them like musical adventures—some long, some short, some you can customize.
We have four types of sessions:
- Workshops (50m)
- 5-Minute Wins
- Guided Practice Session (20-25m)
- Plug-in-Play Routines (templates)
Each session is a focused journey into a theme—like backing up chords, adding embellishments, or learning a tune by ear.
They’re designed to help you connect the dots between skills, strategies, and songs.
You’ll get:
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A play-along video
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Practice outline
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Sheet music & audio tracks
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Tips, reflections, and challenges
Each workshop has a module number to give you a rough idea of the skill level.
Just hit play and practice with me for fifty focused minutes. 🤓
Perfect anytime you want to go deep and level up.