String Crossing And Fingering - Technique Lesson

FiddleHed is the fun way to learn fiddling online! For play-along tracks, sheet music, color-coded tabs and extensive lesson notes, sign up for a free trial membership here: https://fiddlehed.com/subscribe This exercise will prepare to play tunes like Drowsy Maggie, Devil's Dream, Swallowtail Jig, and Harvest Home which combine string crossing and fingering. The basic exercise is: D0-A0-D1-A0 Once you can do this easily, try adding rhythms like hoedown, triplets, swing doubles, peri-diddle, the polyrhythm, etc. Then extend the exercise to other fingers: D1-A0-D2-A0 Then try a longer sequence: D0-A0-D1-A0-D2-A0-D3-A0-D4-A0 Then finger the A string instead of the D string. D0-A0-D0-A1-D0-A2-D0-A3 All the while making it interesting by adding rhythms. Play every day, have fun 😀 and thanks for taking part 🙏      Now, go fiddle with it...🎻 ❤️ Fiddlehed