Instruction Video by Traditional Music of the Open Prairie

Fiddle Videos
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UPDATED 10-05-23

Fiddle

Getting Started

Holding the Violin

Holding the Bow

Getting in tune

Basic Finger Exercise without Bow

Basic Finger Exercise with Bow

The Tune Videos
These videos are very simple and most are played very slow.
Some even have mistakes. LOL.

8th of January Key of "D" & "G"

Angeline the Baker Key of "D"

Arkansas Traveler Key of "D"

Big Scotia or Scioty

Bill Sullivan's Polka aka Mickey Chewing Bubble Gum

Blackberry Blossom

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Bonaparte's Retreat, Classic Version.

Britches Full of Stitches Key of "A"

Chinese Breakdown Key of "D"

Cold Frosty Morn

Coleman's March "D"

Cripple Creek Key of "A"

Cuffy Key of "G"

Dennis Murphy's Polka

Dog Chewed-A-Bacca Worm "D"

Golden Slippers Key of "D"

Goodbye Liza Jane

Irish Washer Woman "G"

Julianne Johnson

Listen To The Mockingbird

Little Dutch Girl "A"

Little Liza Jane

Liza Jane Key of "A"

Mairi's Wedding Key of "D"

Midnight on the Water

Mississippi Sawyer

Nail That Catfish To A Tree Key of "G"

Needle Case Key of "D"

Over the Waterfall key of "D"

Polly Put the Kettle On

Rakes of Mallow

Red Haired Boy key of "A"

Red Wing Key of "G"

Road to Boston Key of "D"

Road to Lisdoonvarna

Rock the Cradle Joe Key of "D"

Ruffled Drawers "D"

Saint Anne's Reel key of "D"

Sally in the Garden "Dm"

Sean Ryan's Polka

Seneca Square Dance key of "G"
Played slow and straight

Shoes and Stockings

Shoes and Stockings Key of "G"
Played slow and straight

Shove That Pigs Foot A Little Further in the Fire

Snake River Reel "D"

Soldiers Joy Key of "D"

Star of Munster

Staten Island Hornpipe

Swallowtail Jig

Temperance Reel "G"

Turkey in the Straw "G"

Westfork Gals "D"

Whiskey Before Breakfast