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Conquer Suzuki book 1 in seven months...

Conquer Suzuki book 1 in seven months...

Proficiency in this Suzuki Book 1 course gives you the solid foundation you need to pursue ANY style of violin playing, from Bach to Rock!
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Master Suzuki Book 2 in about 8 months...

I’ll walk you through book 2 as you learn to read music, master vibrato, and get enough tips and exercises to work on for many years!
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FROM BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE VIOLINIST

In 8 months, your playing will be transformed! Suzuki Book 3 provides the perfect opportunity to lose that “beginner” sound and become a proficient, expressive player

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Master 24 fiddle songs in 8 months...

Learn 24 great American and Irish fiddle tunes, PLUS the techniques you need to make any tune a foot-tappin’ show stopper!
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Fiddle First For Beginners

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Most methods use classical violin as a prerequisite to learn fiddle or, even worse, they do not teach technique at all. This course does BOTH. The result? You’ll become a fiddler with impeccable technique!

Red Desert Fiddle (Intermediate)

Formerly “Online Fiddle” and “Red Desert Fiddle”, this course teaches you 24 great American and Irish fiddle tunes in about 8 months, PLUS the techniques you need to make any tune a foot-tappin’ show stopper!

Red Desert Fiddle Songs Coach

If you have some fiddle experience and are just looking to quickly build your repertoire, this course is for you. I’ll walk you through 24 great American and Irish fiddle tunes!

Fiddle Secrets

No time to waste? This extremely condensed course gives you the low-down on the hoedown– bowings, ornaments, and chords.

Essential Fiddle Technique

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Finally, a technique course especially for fiddlers. Organized like a grocery store, just go down the aisle and get the things you came for….and maybe a few things you didn’t come for 😉

Fiddle Chords Simplified

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Unlock the chords for thousands of tunes through the use of 3 powerful, versatile, memorable and simple formulas! It’s about time fiddlers got this tool!

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Just want to thank you sooooooo much for everything. What a difference you are making to my playing! Things that seemed so difficult are starting to be easy. Getting much harder to stop playing as it’s such fun… 🙂 OMG I’m more into playing the violin than I ever could have imagined….
– Catherine T.

 

I’m one of the “Holy crap, will I ever get this right?” people. My bow kept slipping out of my fingers, my pinky didn’t want to curve, and I couldn’t bend my wrist. But I’m persevering, and I know it will be good in the end. That’s what I love about your course. You understand that we’re all different, and you’re always encouraging and positive, and you always teach with affection and humour. I can’t recommend your lessons highly enough.
– Meg S.

 

I’m at the end of lesson eight of my violin lessons, and can’t believe how my playing is changing, for the better! Do you realize what a great violin teacher you are?! You do not leave out a thing. I have found other teachers on line, and they are good, too! But, you have a whole different approach. You address the basics so completely, step by step!
– Dyan R.

 

The people that I’ve jammed with on guitar over the years, are now asking me to take a fiddle break on most every song…I’ll carry my gratitude for ‘crossin’ your path’ with me for the rest of my life. I’ve also told a few young beginning fiddlers and their parents about you and I’m glad to know their in your care. As I grow older it seems that the greatest thrill of all is showing something to a youngster and watching the fire of their excitement and aptitude burn as they pick it up so quickly. I’m real happy to know a little of this kind of joy that you must be overflowing with.
– Charlie U.

 

I love the drilling practice homework and practice coach videos. I feel like I am moving forward with a plan, where before I was just learning a new tune and some ornaments, without much of a foundation. The coolest thing tho is that before I would work on the new piece or my drills scales with a little bit of dread, maybe it was fear that I wouldn’t do good enough in the next lesson. But here the pressure (whatever the cause) is gone, and I enjoy practicing all the time, look forward to playing when I get home from work, etc. That’s new and very cool.
– Edward L.

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Red Desert Fiddle

Learn 24 great American and Irish fiddle tunes in about 8 months, PLUS the techniques you need to make any tune a foot-tappin’ show stopper!

Red Desert Fiddle Songs Coach

This course is based on the same 24 tunes from Red Desert Fiddle above. If you have some fiddle experience and are just looking to quickly build your repertoire, this course is for you. I’ll walk you through 24 great American and Irish fiddle tunes!

Fiddle Secrets

No time to waste? This extremely condensed course gives you the low-down on the hoedown– bowings, ornaments, and chords.

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