Intro to Fiddle DVD

The Intro to Fiddle DVD by Jim Tolles is a 60 minute video lesson for beginning fiddle players. This course is designed to teach the beginner how to read music, how to hold the fiddle, develop proper bowing technique, and play in tune. Closeups and split screen shots show both hands in detail and onscreen notation for all of the music with a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. This is the ideal lesson for someone who has never played the fiddle before.

Techniques Covered:

• Parts of the Fiddle and Bow
• Bow Preparation
• Tuning
• Holding the Fiddle
• Left Hand and Arm Position
• Holding the Bow
• Music Notation
• Slurs
• The D Scale

Songs:

• Alphabet Song
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Sunday Waltz