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  • 2 Octave A Flat Arpeggio
  • 2 Octave Arpeggio in A Major
  • 2 Octave B Flat Arpeggio
  • 2 Octave G Major Arpeggio
  • 2 Octave G Major Arpeggio with Variations
  • 49 Cats in a Rainbarrel
  • 4th Finger Drones – Quick Practice Tip
  • 5, 5, 5 – Quick Practice Tip
  • 8th of January
  • 8th of January – with Variations
  • A Backwards Pushup? – Quick Practice Tip
  • A Major Scale – 1 Octave
  • A Major Scale – 1 Octave in 3rds
  • A Major Scale – 1 Octave in Triplets
  • A Major Scale – 1 Octave with Open String Drone
  • Achieve Old Time Nirvana – Quick Practice Tip
  • Add Variety to Your Diet – Quick Practice Tip
  • Alabama Jubilee
  • All About the Blues
  • Alternate Tunings – Quick Practice Tip
  • American Fiddle Styles
  • Amy’s Waltz
  • An Explanation on a 1-4-5 – Quick Practice Tip
  • An Introduction to Klezmer
  • Angeline the Baker
  • Angus Campbell
  • Apple Blossom
  • Are You in a Relationship with Your Sheet Music? – Quick Practice Tip
  • Arkansas Traveler
  • Arkansas Traveler – Advanced
  • Arkansas Traveler – Beginning
  • Arkansas Traveler – Intermediate
  • Arpeggios in Closed Position
  • Ashokan Farewell
  • Ashokan Farewell (Harmony)
  • Atholl Highlanders
  • Aura Lea
  • Away in a Manger
  • B is for Bluegrass
  • Back to the Basics! – Quick Practice Tip
  • Back Up and Push
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 2
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 10
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 3
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 4
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 5
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 6
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 7
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 8
  • Barlow Knife (A Series) – Dulcimer Crossing – Lesson 9
  • Bathroom Acoustics – Quick Practice Tip
  • Be Dynamic – Quick Practice Tip
  • Beautiful Dreamer
  • Beautiful Girl Schottische
  • Become Your Own Teacher – Quick Practice Tip
  • Beginning Fiddle: 01 – This is Your Fiddle
  • Beginning Fiddle: 01B – How to Tune Your Violin
  • Beginning Fiddle: 02 – Holding Your Fiddle and Bow
  • Beginning Fiddle: 03 – Bowing Open Strings
  • Beginning Fiddle: 04 – Open String Song
  • Beginning Fiddle: 05 – Introducing the Fingers
  • Beginning Fiddle: 06 – Hot Cross Buns
  • Beginning Fiddle: 07 – Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Beginning Fiddle: 08A – Boil Them Cabbage Down
  • Beginning Fiddle: 08B – Boil Them Cabbage Down with Drones
  • Beginning Fiddle: 09 – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  • Beginning Fiddle: 10 – Little Liza Jane
  • Beginning Fiddle: 11 – Cripple Creek
  • Beginning Fiddle: 12 – The Fox
  • Beginning Fiddle: 13 – Shady Grove
  • Beginning Fiddle: 14 – Possum Up a Gum Stump
  • Beginning Fiddle: 15 – Cluck Old Hen
  • Beginning Fiddle: 17 – Soldier’s Joy
  • Beginning Fiddle: 18 – Ragtime Annie
  • Beginning Fiddle: 19 – Turkey In the Straw
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 1
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 10
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 13
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 14
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 15
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 2
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 3
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 4
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 5
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 6
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 7
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 8
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 9
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 1
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 10
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 14
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 15
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 2
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 3
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 4
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin – Fiddle – Lesson 9
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin Fiddle – Lesson 13
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin Fiddle – Lesson 5
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin Fiddle – Lesson 6
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin Fiddle – Lesson 7
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin Fiddle – Lesson 8
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 11
  • Beginning Improvisation – Mandolin – Lesson 12
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin Fiddle – Lesson 11
  • Beginning Improvisation – Violin Fiddle – Lesson 12
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 11 – A and E Chords
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 6 – Rubber Dolly
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 8 – Rubber Dolly
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 1 – Holding the Mandolin
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 10 – Girl I Left Behind G Major Scale
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 12 – Arkansas Traveler D Major Scale
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 13 – Billy in the Lowground C Major Scale
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 14 – G D and Minor Chords
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 15 – Grey Eagle 1 A Major Scale
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 16 – Leather Britches
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 17 – Angeline the Baker 2 Strings
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 2 – Tuning The Mandolin
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 3 – The Right Hand
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 4 – The Left Hand
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 5 – How To Learn By Ear
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 7 – Old Joe Clark
  • Beginning Mandolin – Lesson 9 – Golden Slippers
  • Beginning Strings for Teachers – Lesson 2 – Pizzicato
  • Beginning Strings for Teachers – Lesson 1 – Body Mapping
  • Beginning Strings for Teachers – Lesson 3 – Intro to Left Hand
  • Beginning Strings for Teachers – Lesson 4 – Right Hand with Pen
  • Beginning Strings for Teachers – Lesson 5 – The Bow
  • Beginning Strings for Teachers – Lesson 6 – Putting the Bow on the Violin
  • Beginning Strings for Teachers – Intro
  • Benny and Bea’s Waltz
  • Big John McNeil
  • Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home
  • Billy In the Lowground
  • Binaural Beats – Quick Practice Tip
  • Black & White Rag
  • Black and White Rag
  • Black Mountain Rag – Intermediate+
  • Blackberry Blossom – Intermediate+/Advanced
  • Blacktail Weasel DAd – Lesson 1 of 5 – Demo
  • Blacktail Weasel DAd – Lesson 4 of 5 – Tips
  • Blacktail Weasel DAd – Lesson 5 of 5 – Story
  • Blacktail Weasel DAd – Lesson 2 of 5 – Both Parts Together
  • Blacktail Weasel DAd – Lesson 3 of 5 – Articulations
  • Blue Flame
  • Bluegrass Basics & Hot Licks
  • Blues 101
  • Blues Extravaganza
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down – Advanced
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down – Intermediate+ – Part 1/2
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down – Intermediate+ – Part 2/2
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down with Added B Part
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down with Double Shuffle Bowing
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down with Shuffle Bowing
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down with String Changes
  • Bonus – Bow Technique
  • Bow Distribution – Quick Practice Tip
  • Brain/Body Health While Making Music
  • Breathing – Quick Tip
  • Brilliancy
  • Buttered Beans
  • Canadian and Acadian Fiddling – Live Streaming Workshop
  • Cattle in the Cane – Tenor Guitar
  • Chicken Reel
  • Chops – Then and Now
  • Christmas Carols – Adeste Fideles (O’ Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Christmas Carols – Christmas is Coming
  • Christmas Carols – Deck the Halls
  • Christmas Carols – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Christmas Carols – Greensleeves (What Child is This)
  • Christmas Carols – Jingle Bells
  • Christmas Carols – Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
  • Christmas Carols – Joy to the World
  • Christmas Carols – Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
  • Christmas Carols – Over the River and Through the Woods
  • Christmas Carols – Silent Night
  • Christmas Carols – We Three Kings of Orient Are
  • Cincinatti Hornpipe
  • Cincinnati Hornpipe
  • Clarinet Polka
  • Classical Bow Techniques
  • Cold Frosty Morning
  • Cold Rolled Steel
  • Collaborative Tunewriting
  • Colorado Waltz
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 1 – General Principles Fingers
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 2 – Naturally Setting the Fingers
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 3 – Light Bulb Trick
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 4 – Freeing Trapezius and Pectoral Muscles
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 5 – Balancing with the Fingers
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 6 – a Quick Tip about Thumb Posture
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 7 – The RePull and Neck Release
  • Comfort with Your Bow – Lesson 8 – Approaching the Tip and Elbow Trick
  • Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 1 – Instrument Position
  • Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 2 – The Chin Rest
  • Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 3 – The Shoulder Rest
  • Comfort with your Instrument – Lesson 4 – Customize your Shoulder Rest
  • Commit it to Memory – Quick Practice Tip
  • Common Celtic Ornaments – Cuts and Rolls
  • Common Right Hand Patterns/Grooves – Tenor Guitar
  • Connectivity with Your Hands – Quick Practice Tip
  • Contest Style Guitar Backup – Introduction
  • Contest Style Guitar Backup – Key of A
  • Contest Style Guitar Backup – Key of D
  • Contest Style Guitar Backup – Key of G
  • Contest Style Tenor Guitar – Introduction
  • Contest Style Tenor Guitar – Key of A
  • Contest Style Tenor Guitar – Key of D
  • Contest Style Tenor Guitar – Key of G
  • Cotton Eyed Joe
  • Cotton Eyed Joe
  • Cotton Patch Rag – Tenor Guitar
  • Crafton’s Blues
  • Create a Routine – Quick Practice Tip
  • Cripple Creek – Advanced
  • Cripple Creek – Intermediate
  • Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Cuckoo’s Nest – Melody
  • Cuckoo’s Nest – with Variations
  • Customize Your Shoulder Rest – Quick Tip
  • D Major Scale – 1 Octave
  • D Major Scale – 1 Octave in 3rds
  • D Major Scale – 1 Octave in Triplets
  • D Major Scale – 1 Octave with Open String Drone
  • Darktown Strutter’s Ball
  • Darktown Strutter’s Ball – Variations
  • Demonstration of Shifting in 3rd Position – D String
  • Demonstration of Shifting in 3rd Position – G String
  • Dennis Murphy’s Polka
  • Devil Went Down to Georgia – Free Fiddle Lesson
  • Devil’s Dream
  • Dew Drop Hornpipe – Part 1
  • Dew Drop Hornpipe – Part 2
  • Dill Pickle Rag
  • Do I Have to Practice My Scales AGAIN? – Quick Practice Tip
  • Do Your Exercises – Quick Practice Tip
  • Don’t Fear Failure – Quick Practice Tip
  • Don’t Fear More Bow – Quick Practice Tip
  • Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down
  • Don’t Skip the Scales – Quick Practice Tip
  • Double Stop Scales – 3rds
  • Double Stop Scales – 6ths
  • Dreamer’s Waltz
  • Durang’s Hornpipe
  • Durham’s Bull
  • Dusty Miller
  • Dusty Miller – Tenor Guitar
  • Dusty’s Hornpipe
  • Edelweiss
  • Electric Spice: 01 – Intro to Electric Spice
  • Electric Spice: 02 – How to Choose an Electric
  • Electric Spice: 03 – What Equipment Do I Need?
  • Electric Spice: 04 – How to Organize Your Gear
  • Electric Spice: 05 – Amps, Preamps, and Mixers
  • Electric Spice: 06 – Bows, Rosin, & Strings
  • Electric Spice: 07 – Special Effects & Pedal Boards
  • Electric Spice: 08 – The Looper: Bass & Rhythm
  • Electric Spice: 09 – The Looper & Kitchen Girl
  • Electric Spice: 10 – Apps Instead of Hardware
  • Electric Spice: 11 – Troubleshooting
  • Electric Spice: 12 – Where to From Here?
  • Encourage – Quick Practice Tip
  • Engaging the Concert Audience
  • Enjoy the Silence – Quick Practice Tip
  • Enjoy Your Instrument – Quick Practice Tip
  • Faded Love
  • Faded Love – Harmony
  • Fast Fiddle Fitness
  • Fast, Faster, Fastest
  • FEAR? How to Oust the Demon!
  • Feeling Weightless – Quick Practice Tip
  • Festival Waltz – Tenor Guitar
  • Fiddlin’ Around
  • Fiddling Across Europe
  • Fiddling Demystified
  • Fiddling for Classical String Players
  • Fiddling with a French Accent
  • Fills, Frills & Thrills
  • Find an Expert – Quick Practice Tip
  • Find Friends to Play With – Quick Practice Tip
  • Find Joy in the Music – Quick Practice Tip
  • Finding Your Stage Persona
  • Fingertip Vibrato – Quick Practice Tip
  • Fisher’s Hornpipe – D
  • Flop Eared Mule
  • Forester’s Hornpipe
  • Forked Deer
  • Fort Smith
  • Fort Worth Rag
  • Four Fingers = One Pattern – Quick Practice Tip
  • Fun Gateways Into Improvisation
  • G Major Scale – 1 Octave
  • G Major Scale – 1 Octave in 3rds
  • G Major Scale – 1 Octave in Triplets
  • G Major Scale – 1 Octave with Open String Drone
  • G Major Scale – 2 Octaves in Thirds
  • G Major Scale – 2 Octaves in Triplets
  • Galician Fiddling
  • Galician Tunes from Northwest Spain
  • George Booker – Intermediate+
  • Get a Massage! – Quick Practice Tip
  • Get Out The Yoga Mat! – Quick Practice Tip
  • Golden Eagle Hornpipe
  • Golden Slippers
  • Golden Slippers
  • Golden Slippers – Harmony
  • Golden Slippers – With Variations
  • Golden Slippers Harmony
  • Good For the Tongue
  • Gospel Medley (3 Tunes)
  • Grey Eagle
  • Guitar Bar/Barre Chords Tip #1 – Quick Practice Tip
  • Guitar Bar/Barre Chords Tip #2 – Quick Practice Tip
  • Guitar Bar/Barre Chords Tip #3 – Quick Practice Tip
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 1 – Introduction
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 2 – This is Your Guitar (Steel String)
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 3 – This is Your Guitar – (Nylon String)
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 4 – String Physics
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 5 – This is Your Guitar (12 String)
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 6 – Replacing a Nylon String
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 7 – The Left Hand
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 8 – Left Hand Thumb and Nails
  • Guitar for Absolute Beginners – Lesson 9 – Left Hand Exercise 1
  • Gypsy Jazz: All of Me
  • Gypsy Jazz: Pentatonic Scales
  • Gypsy Jazz: Soup to Nuts
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  • Harmonies 2.0 – Quick Practice Tip
  • Haste to the Wedding
  • Hell Among the Moonshiners
  • Hell Amongst the Yearlings
  • Here And There
  • Herman’s Rag
  • Hide Those Shifts! – Quick Practice Tip
  • Higgedy Jig
  • Higgedy Jig Harmony
  • Home on the Range
  • Host a Jam Session – Quick Practice Tip
  • Hot East Tennessee Fiddle Tunes
  • How to Capture the Style
  • How to Generate Backing Tracks
  • How to Make a Grammy-Worthy Recording
  • How to Play Gypsy Jazz
  • How to Play in a Rock Band
  • How To Read Sheet Music – Lesson 2 – Quick Practice Tip
  • How To Read Sheet Music – Quick Practice Tip
  • How to Sing While You Play
  • How to Use A Looper
  • How to Write a Traditional Tune
  • How to Write an Original Fiddle Tune
  • How Your Body and Mind Are Connected – Quick Practice Tip
  • I Don’t Love Nobody
  • I Don’t Love Nobody – Part 1
  • I Don’t Love Nobody – Part 2
  • I Saw The Light (Gospel Series – Tune 2 of 3)
  • I’ll Fly Away (Gospel Series- Tune 1 of 3)
  • Iconic Rock Riffs
  • Imagining the Worst – Quick Practice Tip
  • Immobilize Your Shoulder – Quick Practice Tip
  • Improvisation with Grace & Power
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 01 – Intro
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 02 – Context
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 03 – Chords – Lesson 3
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 04 – Adding Arpeggio Notes
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 05 – Neighboring Notes
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 06 – Accidentals
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 07- It’s Dancing Music!
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 08 – Rhythms
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 09 – Bag of Licks
  • Improvising in Fiddle Tunes: 10 – Putting It All Together
  • Improvising On Alabama Jubilee
  • Incremental Speeds with Metronome – Quick Practice Tip
  • Indian Classical Rhythms
  • Interleaving Parts – Quick Practice Tip
  • Intermediate Mandolin – Lesson 1 – Two Dollar Bill
  • Intermediate Mandolin – Lesson 2 – Bill Cheatum
  • Intro to Bluegrass
  • Invest in Quality Tools – Quick Practice Tip
  • Irish Fiddling: Techniques & Repertoire
  • Irish Ornamentation
  • Irish Tunes & Techniques
  • Irish Washerwoman
  • Irish Washerwoman
  • Irish: Ornaments & Micro-Improv
  • Isolation – Quick Tip
  • It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  • It’s A Communication – Quick Practice Tip
  • It’s Dancing Music! – Quick Practice Tip
  • It’s Not a Race – Quick Practice Tip
  • Jack of Diamonds
  • Jam Session Prep: Tunes & Techniques
  • Jam Session Survival Skills
  • Jazz Fiddle: Rhythm Changes
  • Jazz Fiddle: The AABA Form
  • Jazz Strings
  • Jesse Polka – Part 1
  • Jesse Polka – Part 2
  • Jesse Polka – Part 3
  • Just Say No – Quick Practice Tip
  • Kansas City Breakdown
  • Keep Your Clippers Handy – Quick Practice Tip
  • Kickapoo Road
  • Kickoffs & Tags for Tunes
  • Kitchen Girl – Intermediate
  • Kitchen Girl – Intermediate Plus
  • Lady Be Good
  • Lady Be Good – Tenor Guitar
  • Learn Tunes Faster Through Patterns
  • Learning Techniques
  • Leather Britches
  • Leave Your Instrument Out – Quick Practice Tip
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 1 – Naturalness: The Guiding Principle
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 2 – Natural Joints and Finger Action
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 3 – To Hold or Not to Hold
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 4 – The Free and Natural Thumb
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 5 – The Giving Left Hand
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 6 – Cardboard Fiddle Trick
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 7 – What’s a Good Hand Position?
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 8 – The 4th Finger Lengthening Trick
  • Left Hand Life Hacks – Lesson 9 – Optimize for Vibrato and Double Stops
  • Left Hand Secrets – 4 Equals 1
  • Lesson – How to Play in a Band as an Accompanist
  • Let Your Mind Wander – Quick Practice Tip
  • Leviathan Hornpipe
  • Liberty
  • Lick of the Week – Lesson 1 – Bluegrass Lick
  • Lick of the Week – Lesson 2 – Jazz Lick
  • Lick of the Week – Lesson 3 – Bluegrass Lick #2
  • Lick of the Week – Lesson 4 – Double Stop Lick
  • Lick of the Week – Lesson 5 – Jazz Lick No. 2
  • Lick of the Week – Lesson 6 – Johnny Gimble Lick
  • Listen – Quick Practice Tip
  • Little Bit O’ Swing
  • Little Joe
  • Little Rhino
  • Live Looping 101
  • Liverpool Hornpipe
  • Lock It In – Quick Practice Tip
  • Looking For Inspiration? – Quick Practice Tip
  • Lose Your Musical Dogma – Quick Practice Tip
  • Magnesium – Quick Practice Tip
  • Maiden’s Prayer
  • Maiden’s Prayer – Improvising
  • Make it a Game – Quick Practice Tip
  • Memorize It – Lesson 9 – Fluency & Analysis
  • Memorize It – Lesson 10 – Threading and Blocking
  • Memorize It! – Lesson 4 – Backward Memorization
  • Memorize It! – Lesson 6 – Writing From the End
  • Memorize It! – Lesson 8 – Psychological Fear
  • Memorize It! – The 4 Systems of Memory
  • Memorize It! – Lesson 2 – The Floyd Method
  • Memorize It! – Lesson 3 – A Floyd Method Demonstration
  • Memorize It! – Lesson 5 – Write the Piece Into Your Memory
  • Memorize It! – Lesson 7 – Using a Recording
  • Mental Practice – Quick Practice Tip
  • Miller’s Reel
  • Miller’s Reel – Variations
  • Miss McLeod’s Reel
  • Mississippi Sawyer
  • Mississippi Sawyer (with Variations)
  • Moderation – Quick Practice Tip
  • Monymusk
  • Mountain Ranger Hornpipe
  • Multi-Style Cello Mastery
  • Music is a Microcosm of Life – Quick Practice Tip
  • Musicians! Ingredients for Success – Julie Lyonn Lieberman – Livestream Workshop
  • My Drug of Choice – Quick Practice Tip
  • My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
  • My Love is Like a Red Red Rose Harmony
  • My Wild Irish Rose
  • New Broom
  • No Time To Think – Quick Practice Tip
  • Nothin’ But the Blues: 101
  • Nothin’ But the Blues: 102
  • O’ Tannenbaum (O’ Christmas Tree)
  • Oh Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
  • Old Joe Clark
  • Old Joe Clark – Beginning
  • Old South Waltz
  • Old-Time Bowings with Natalie Padilla – Livestream Workshop
  • One Tune, Two Styles
  • Ookpik Waltz
  • Open String Drones – Quick Practice Tip
  • Orange Blossom Special
  • Ostinelli’s Reel
  • Paradiddles: Cool String-Crossing Patterns
  • Pass the Grog
  • Peaches & Honey
  • Peak Performance – Introduction
  • Peak Performance – Lesson 2 – Stage Presence
  • Peak Performance – Lesson 3 – Constructive Rest
  • Peak Performance – Lesson 4 – Conquering Cold Hands
  • Peak Performance – Lesson 5 – Progressive Relaxation
  • Peak Performance – Lesson 6 – Thermometer Biofeedback
  • Pedal Board: How to Configure
  • Peekaboo Waltz – Intermediate
  • Pentatonic Slogfest with Rob Flax – Livestream Workshop
  • Pig Ankle Rag
  • Plateaus & Breakthroughs – Quick Practice Tip
  • Play at a Nursing Home – Quick Practice Tip
  • Play Everyday – Quick Tip
  • Play For a Dance – Quick Practice Tip
  • Play it Faster! – Quick Practice Tip
  • Play While Balancing? – Quick Practice Tip
  • Play With Your Eyes Closed – Quick Practice Tip
  • Playin’ the Blues – Quick Practice Tip
  • Playing Backup Bluegrass
  • Playing Harmonies – Quick Practice Tip
  • Playing Healthy: An Ergonomic Approach
  • Playing in a Band – Quick Practice Tip
  • Playing with Drones – Quick Practice Tip
  • Polly Put the Kettle On
  • Possum Up a Gum Stump – Intermediate
  • Posture – Quick Tip
  • Posture When Tired – Quick Tip
  • Practical Music Theory – Lesson 1 – The Notes of the Major Scale
  • Practical Music Theory – Lesson 2 – Where Did The Notes Come From?
  • Practical Music Theory – Lesson 3 – Intervals
  • Practical Music Theory – Lesson 4 – Major Triads
  • Practical Music Theory – Lesson 5 – The Minor Scale
  • Practical Music Theory – Lesson 6 – The 7th Chord in Major Keys
  • Practical Music Theory – Lesson 7 – The Circle of Fifths
  • Practical Music Theory: Live Workshop
  • Practice “In Time” – Quick Practice Tip
  • Practice in Front of a Mirror – Quick Practice Tip
  • Practice Makes Permanent – Quick Practice Tip
  • Practice With Intention – Quick Practice Tip
  • President Garfield’s Hornpipe
  • President Garfield’s Hornpipe
  • Quick Practice Tip – Good Left Hand Position for Guitar
  • Quilt Your Own Breakdown
  • Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy?
  • Ragtime Annie – Advanced
  • Ragtime Annie – Intermediate
  • Record Yourself – Quick Practice Tip
  • Red Apple Rag
  • Red River Valley
  • Redwing
  • Repeat, Repeat, Repeat – Quick Practice Tip
  • Rhythm-Based Improvisation
  • Rhythmizing the Bow
  • Riff-Based Improvisation
  • Road to Lisdoonvarna
  • Rock & Pop String Arranging
  • Rock 101
  • Rock 101: Joe Deninzon – Livestream Workshop
  • Rock Pizzicato
  • Rock Strings
  • Rock Techniques for Soloing
  • Rotate Your Repertoire – Quick Practice Tip
  • Sailor’s Hornpipe – Melody
  • Sailor’s Hornpipe – with Variations
  • Salem Hornpipe
  • Sally Johnson
  • Salt Creek – Advanced
  • Salt Creek – Intermediate
  • Sandy Boys – Intermediate/Advanced Fiddle Lesson
  • Say Old Man
  • Say Old Man – Tenor Guitar
  • Scaleology: From Drudgery to Fun
  • Scales – Viola – One Octave Dorian
  • Scales – Viola – One Octave Major
  • Scales – Viola – One Octave Phrygian
  • Scales – Viola – One Octave Whole Tone
  • Scales – Violin – One Octave Dorian
  • Scales – Violin – One Octave Major
  • Scales – Violin – One Octave Phrygian
  • Scales – Violin – One Octave Whole Tone
  • Scales in Closed Position – Level 1
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 1
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 2
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 3 – Guideposts
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 4 – Types
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 5 – Getting Better Part 1
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 6 – Getting Better Part 2
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 7 – Troubleshooting
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 8 – When to Shift
  • Secrets to Shifting Success – Lesson 9 – Tips from Tobias & Tuttle
  • Shenandoah
  • Shifting in 3rd Position – A String
  • Shifting in 3rd Position – E String
  • Shifting in 3rd Position – Lesson 3
  • Shifting Workouts Lesson 1: Tips for Yost
  • Shifting Workouts Lesson 2: Yost Part 1
  • Shifting Workouts Lesson 3: Yost Part 2
  • Shifting Workouts Lesson 4: Yost Speed Round 1
  • Shifting Workouts Lesson 5: Yost Practice Sequence 2
  • Shifting Workouts Lesson 6: Yost Practice Sequence 2 Part 2
  • Shifting Workouts Lesson 7: Yost Speed Round #2
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  • Shove That Pig’s Foot a Little Further Into the Fire – Harmony
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  • Shuffle Bowing #6 – Bobby Taylor Style Bonus!
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  • Simple Double Stop Scales – Level 4, Lesson 1: Key of E Flat in Sixths
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  • Simple Double Stop Scales – Level 3, Lesson 2: Key of E Flat
  • Simple Double Stop Scales – Level 3, Lesson 3: Key of B Flat
  • Simple Double Stop Scales – Level 4, Lesson 2: Key of B Flat in Sixths
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  • The Pesky… Violin Hickey! – Quick Practice Tip
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  • The Stool of Repentance
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  • Tone Mastery with Dr. David Wallace – Livestream Workshop
  • Top 20 Fiddle Tunes
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  • Tune Writing 101 – The Sculpture Appears
  • Tunewriting with Andy Reiner – Livestream Workshop
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  • Versuvienne – Chords
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  • Versuvienne (Put Your Little Foot) – Fiddle Lesson
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  • Wayfaring Stranger – Intermediate+
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  • What’s Getting You Into Trouble? – Quick Practice Tip
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  • Where Does the Magic Live? – Quick Practice Tip
  • Where’s Your Phone? – Quick Practice Tip
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  • Yoga For Musicians – Introduction
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  • Zen Bowing Exercises – Lesson 1 – Long Slow Notes
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  • Zen Bowing Exercises – Lesson 5 – String Changes – Middle High Middle Low
  • Zen Bowing Exercises – Lesson 6 – String Changes – High Middle Low
  • Zen Bowing Exercises – Lesson 7 – Josef Gingold’s 5 Minute Bow
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