FiddleStar

Bluegrass Skill Builder Workshops

Here's where you register to join us in the best bluegrass fiddle workshops on the whole internet. You can also purchase previous workshops - just order whatever month you want and I'll send you the links to download and watch and play along and truly improve your bluegrass, old time, western swing,
and country fiddle skills. Check out the video just below to see how much fun we're having!

Bluegrass Skill Builder Workshops (on Zoom)

For the next few months I'll be hosting blocks of three weekly 60 minute workshops on one topic. We will we building on that topic throughout the three weeks. During class, you will be muted so you don't have to worry that anyone is going to hear you but you will be able to hear and see me and you can play directly along with me so you know you're getting it right. After the class is over, I'll send out the recording link for the class so you can have it forever to practice with, as well as other supplemental videos and helpful learning tools. When you pay for the workshop, PayPal will send me a notification and I'll email you back to confirm. When we get close to the time of the class you'll get a meeting invite sent to your email. Do not worry if you can't make it to the live class. All sessions will be recorded and if you pay for the class you'll get a recording link and all the follow up materials. Cost is $100 for the three workshop series and includes all supplemental videos and handouts. All sessions will be recorded so you can learn and play along on your own schedule if you can't make it to the live classes.

Each class will include the following elements: 
1) Warmups
2) Exercises
3) Licks, fills, solos - how and where to play them
4) Ear training to help you learn melodies on the fly
5) Information about the structure of bluegrass tunes and songs
6) Bluegrass critical listening skills
7) Lots and lots of important information about bluegrass/folk jams and how to participate in them successfully

Make sure you're tuned up and rosined up when class begins. This class will be all about playing - no time like the present to really nail down your bluegrass jam skills - this way you'll be ready to roll as we all head out to festivals and jams!

Next Workshops - Thursdays in November (3rd, 10th, and 17th) at 7:30pm Central
Topic: WALTZES! We'll be learning three waltzes - "Mississippi Waltz", "La Partida", and John Hartford's "How Can We Love" - from different regions and styles as well as all the techniques you need to play great waltzes. Vibrato, tone, timing - we'll cover it all!

Previous Months of Bluegrass Skill Builder Workshops (INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED)

We've had so much fun with these weekly workshops, I decided everyone needed to have access to all of the previous classes. Each package from August 2020 through April 2021 includes four hour-long classes filled with intermediate/advanced bluegrass fiddle skills. Starting in May 2021, I changed the format of the workshops to one long class monthly instead of four shorter weekly classes so the cost is reduced but it's still a huge amount of content that will keep you busy for at least a month! When you purchase a month of classes, I will send you the links for the video recordings as well as any other follow up resources. You can watch them online indefinitely or download them to your computer. Below each month, you'll see a list of some of the things we covered in those classes. But they're so much more. Click on the video above to get an idea of what a good time we're having doing all this incredible learning.

Previous Months of BEGINNER Bluegrass Skill Builder Workshops

We've had so much fun with these weekly workshops, I decided everyone needed to have access to all of the previous classes. Each package from November 2020 through April 2021 includes four hour-long classes filled with traditional fiddle skills, starting from the very basic foundational things every new fiddler needs to know. Starting in May 2021, I changed the format of the workshops to one long class monthly instead of four shorter weekly classes so the cost is reduced but it's still a huge amount of content that will keep you busy for at least a month! When you purchase a month of classes, I will send you the links for the video recordings. You can watch them online indefinitely or download them to your computer. Below each month, you'll see a list of some of the things we covered in those classes. But they're so much more. Click on the video above to get an idea of what a good time we're having doing all this incredible learning.