4 Chords You NEED To Know As A Fiddle Player

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  • @jeffreyogden7996
    @jeffreyogden7996 Рік тому +7

    I’ve played guitar and mandolin for years and recently thought fiddle might be a good thing to learn. Thx for the clear and concise instruction. Fiddle is such and amazing sound.

  • @garyritterstrings
    @garyritterstrings 2 роки тому +12

    Nice info. A Mandolin Chord book is one of the best ways to learn for the Fiddle. Same notes

    • @11000038
      @11000038 5 місяців тому +1

      Yes but....

  • @ernestgunville2915
    @ernestgunville2915 Рік тому +5

    "YOU JUST MADE MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER....CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!....CHEERS!

  • @smoke5620
    @smoke5620 Рік тому +9

    Yes, I’m going to learn these 4 cords and I will use them.
    I’m at a beginner level and I find this, informative and helpful! Thank you.
    I look forward to seeing more of your videos!

  • @mocontext3280
    @mocontext3280 14 днів тому

    Love those 2-note chords. That makes it so accessible for me. As you call out the chords in the video I can visualize where my right hand would be on a piano. Eventually I'll figure out how to map that information to the fiddle.

  • @jerrymcmahan3456
    @jerrymcmahan3456 2 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @debbu3167
    @debbu3167 Рік тому +5

    Thank You!😊 I hope you have more of these chord videos. Perfect way to learn.

  • @WEdHarris
    @WEdHarris Рік тому

    Excellent presentation!! Very helpful!! Thank You!!

  • @elburns64
    @elburns64 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you. This is super helpful. I appreciate how easy you made this for me to start learning chords. Been trying to figure this out for a while so I can start playing with others.

  • @nelsonsoucasaux2751
    @nelsonsoucasaux2751 Рік тому +3

    As a solo electric guitar player and composer who also loves violins, you finally made clear to me a theoretical doubt I had had for years and years: the mechanical possibility of playing chords on a violin due to the bending of the neck. Now, after watching your wonderful explanation, I know that mostly 2 notes' chords can be played, though to my untrained lead guitar ears they sound as a single note... ( yes, I don't play harmony even on guitar... ). On guitar playing, we use to call some mostly 'rocky' only 2 notes chords as 'power chords'. Thank you very much for your wonderful and enlightening video, best regards from Rio de Janeiro.

    • @stenliahoste
      @stenliahoste 5 місяців тому +1

      One old man told me, that in the past there were some folk fiddlers who used to modify a bridge on their fiddle so they could play 3 notes' chords. You must lower the middle string D to flatten the strings G, D and A. Of course it makes sense only if you always play chords on that fiddle :)

    • @nelsonsoucasaux2751
      @nelsonsoucasaux2751 5 місяців тому

      @@stenliahoste, thank you very much for the precious information. Best regards !

  • @WayneFielder
    @WayneFielder 2 роки тому +1

    Great vid. I grew up playing violin and picked up guitar later. @4:31 in the vid I'm thinking a bar chord these days. Some folks have bigger and smaller fingers, smash those strings with whatever ya got so long as you know the chord you are playing. Typically on a four string violin you can only effectively play two strings at once so cover them where ya need them and focus on the bow hand...which, imo, is far more important for tone anyway. ;)

  • @jasminen273
    @jasminen273 Рік тому +1

    Thank you! This video is very helpful, especially when I play with friends in a jam session.

  • @kenningdk
    @kenningdk 23 дні тому

    Learning to play chords, very good teaching!!

  • @JohnSmith-ey6ze
    @JohnSmith-ey6ze 2 роки тому +2

    Yes, I plan to practice these chords. Thanks so much!

  • @drgerni
    @drgerni Рік тому

    Thanks for the instruction. I appreciate your direction.

  • @FlatpickingJournal
    @FlatpickingJournal Рік тому +2

    good stuff! im a guitar picker, im learning banjo, mando, and violin to add backups to my recordings. this is tailor made for my needs.

  • @sajandhaspradeep8014
    @sajandhaspradeep8014 2 роки тому

    Beautifully , patiently explained to play Chords in Violin. Thank you and God bless you.

  • @GeraldWilson-h1w
    @GeraldWilson-h1w Рік тому

    Yes, I will practice and use these chords. Thank you.

  • @deanniasiegmund3636
    @deanniasiegmund3636 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you I had to replay you several times. To get everything written down. Your practice tip was also helpful.

  • @richardeastman7178
    @richardeastman7178 Рік тому +1

    Great video and method! I play chords against learning fiddlers, and teach them many other chords up to a 32 AC# of the E and A strings, respectively. The focus on harmonizing on the GD strings is a great addition to my backup! Thanks!!

  • @michabiaowas-fiddlerskrzyp5240
    @michabiaowas-fiddlerskrzyp5240 2 роки тому +1

    Thank You : ) All the Best

  • @rusticrichmedia
    @rusticrichmedia 4 місяці тому

    Great Video! Awesome Teacher! Thank you!

  • @donstine5233
    @donstine5233 2 роки тому +3

    Lauren this is awesome! Thank you. I have been taking violin lessons for almost a year now. Learning chords hasn't come up yet so I really appreciate this. My goal is to play with my praise team at church. Probably not a lot of call for chords in that scenario but it helps when inprovising.

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому +1

      That’s great, Don! I’m glad you found this useful, & I wish you the best of luck with reaching your goal.

    • @jack002tuber
      @jack002tuber Рік тому

      Any time someone else is singing or playing the lead part, that's when you'll need to know chords. Start off simple. Folk songs, birthday song, twinkle twinkle, this land is your land, key of D and A. Build from there.

  • @johnnyparker9928
    @johnnyparker9928 Рік тому

    Thank you for making this very clear. Very helpful.

  • @richarddegen6184
    @richarddegen6184 Рік тому

    Very helpful, and fairly quick to learn!

  • @OrlandKirkness
    @OrlandKirkness 4 місяці тому

    great info will join down the road

  • @BonnieLytle
    @BonnieLytle Рік тому

    Thanks for this video! I'm going to practice these chords.

  • @jack002tuber
    @jack002tuber 2 роки тому +7

    Good video. For a jam I bring a small cheat sheet with all 12 chords in the order of circle of 5ths. Most all popular music uses a I IV V style chord progression. I am also a guitar player, jams have lots of guitarists and I look at their hands and get the chords from them. Its great fun and not too hard to learn

  • @avey_103
    @avey_103 2 роки тому +2

    I’ve been learning to play the fiddle, with my teacher, also having another online teacher helps so much!

  • @hamishsheapelletier9920
    @hamishsheapelletier9920 Рік тому

    So cool, thanks , I'm just starting out! Great sound!

  • @handydandy8094
    @handydandy8094 6 місяців тому

    Wow so amazingly helpful!!!!!

  • @jondoe4667
    @jondoe4667 2 роки тому +21

    To me the fiddle sounds like such an emotional instrument and I love it. I'd like to learn to play but don't have a clue where , or how to get started.

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому +2

      You’re in the right place!

    • @allanmerovitz871
      @allanmerovitz871 2 роки тому

      I’ve got a few really nice restored, ready to play and learn fiddles with bows, rosin and tuners at great Canadian prices if you are interested. Allan in Calgary. Good luck on returning to playing!

    • @jack002tuber
      @jack002tuber Рік тому +1

      I started on ebay, got one for $100 shipped, not a stratavruis but good to learn on. Good luck

    • @sirspongadoodle
      @sirspongadoodle Рік тому +2

      @@jack002tuber yeah there is no reason to be snobby.. you will probaly over rosin and over tighten your bow and damage your violin anyway.. why damage a 500 dollar "beginner violin" i bought a 70$ aud violin and iv been playing it 8hours a day. sure it doesnt have som

    • @alipainting
      @alipainting Рік тому

      Musical instrument shops can recommend a good teacher

  • @Hisgracecase
    @Hisgracecase 2 роки тому

    Thank You. That Was So Informative.!.

  • @stein34
    @stein34 2 роки тому

    Wow absolutely amazing

  • @austinjackson3286
    @austinjackson3286 9 місяців тому

    Exactly what I was looking for!

  • @MonaMacDonald-u3u
    @MonaMacDonald-u3u 11 місяців тому +1

    lots to learn-thanks so much. (I'd love to be able to chord with singers at our "Kitchen Party" jams!)

  • @patrickbly4170
    @patrickbly4170 2 роки тому

    Beautiful Presentation 👏

  • @allanmerovitz871
    @allanmerovitz871 2 роки тому

    Very useful info

  • @MaddsUkjentAZ
    @MaddsUkjentAZ 3 місяці тому

    guitarist learning fiddle...Thank you😊

  • @sywiapatos4607
    @sywiapatos4607 9 місяців тому

    Thanks!!!

  • @estano9111
    @estano9111 2 роки тому

    I really appreciate this!!

  • @georgelgrama5943
    @georgelgrama5943 Рік тому

    hi on the G and D strings in position 1 you can catch the C and G notes or on the A strings I can catch the C and G notes with my finger 2

  • @stewartasia
    @stewartasia 10 місяців тому

    Good job.

  • @williambradford3627
    @williambradford3627 2 роки тому

    Great info!!!!!!!!

  • @gregbushta3086
    @gregbushta3086 Рік тому +1

    Thank you. This video is very helpful. Playing along with someone and doing the background chords while they take the melody is a skill to learn.

  • @pedrozacesardaniel
    @pedrozacesardaniel 2 роки тому

    Thanks a lot

  • @cervus-venator
    @cervus-venator 2 роки тому

    Thanks Lauren, really great and helpful information as always.

  • @carrotonion7069
    @carrotonion7069 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much🤍

  • @humblehombre9904
    @humblehombre9904 9 місяців тому +2

    First chord at 2:29.

  • @zachb8012
    @zachb8012 Рік тому

    Sawmill kinda turns the I-IV-V chords into 1-finger wonders. As a novice I found a little effort transposing most tunes into sawmill by ear has made the finger positions a lot easier, which has allowed me to focus on bow handling skills. At jams it's usually a matter of trying a few things and settling into something that sounds alright, 'til it's my turn to pick up the lead again.

  • @8754roberto
    @8754roberto 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your great work ❤ , new subscriber here 😊

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому

      Thanks so much! Appreciate you being here.

  • @chazworm3
    @chazworm3 2 роки тому

    i had a Vassar Clemens instructional tape gave to me and it’s still eons out of my grasp but one thing he did that i found ingenious, he’d sing the third between the root and 5th. it was a fun trick to work humming the third. He was such a good fiddler but his instructional tape, i garnered precious little from.

  • @mrice3274
    @mrice3274 Рік тому

    Do you do left hand chords when you are playing a chop?

  • @McNighthawk750
    @McNighthawk750 21 день тому

    Can you play fiddle heads too?

  • @BeRad883
    @BeRad883 2 роки тому

    You can play power chords! That changes my game for playing iron maiden on it. Yes, I'm going to learn a couple fiddle tunes soon.

  • @Leenie333
    @Leenie333 2 роки тому

    👏🏽👏🏽Well done video! Happy to be a new subscriber 🥰 I've returned to playing after many years off, so thank you for your fabulous channel! Looking forward to catching up on more videos and your other online presence! 💜👍🏽224

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому

      Welcome back to the violin! Thanks for being here. 🙂

  • @11000038
    @11000038 5 місяців тому

    I like playing the 3rds and 5th because guitarists & bassists usually have the root covered.

  • @jeffreyogden7996
    @jeffreyogden7996 Рік тому

    Be sure to post on the new Threads!

  • @zizi8763
    @zizi8763 Рік тому +1

  • @mattea_gatt
    @mattea_gatt 2 роки тому +10

    is a fiddle a violin?

    • @FilosophicalPharmer
      @FilosophicalPharmer 8 місяців тому +3

      Not if it’s played correctly.

    • @shelbyhuseman1220
      @shelbyhuseman1220 8 місяців тому +2

      To my understanding yes, but it’s more of how you use the instrument.

    • @FilosophicalPharmer
      @FilosophicalPharmer 8 місяців тому +2

      Yes, there is no difference between a fiddle and a violin other than how they are played (as Shelby pointed out). Ironically, Shelby is the name of the small Southern city where I grew up. We lived off of “Flint Hill” road. Never met Earl but Horace was a friend of mine. Didn’t realize my high school crush was a niece of the Scruggs until I was in my 30’s. Apologies for earlier remark. I had to grow up to realize how much bluegrass I’ve been around all my life.

    • @ruggishbone1122
      @ruggishbone1122 7 місяців тому +1

      Fiddles have steel strings only difference

    • @sman5877
      @sman5877 6 місяців тому

      The type of music you play determines a fiddle versus a violin. Fiddle music has two strings played simultaneously many times so a flat bridge is desirable on a violin that is being played as a fiddle. So if now the question is what is fiddle music listen to Alabama If your gonna play in Texas .
      YEEYA

  • @coyotech55
    @coyotech55 2 роки тому

    Years ago I played much better than now - I'm picking it up again and of course I want to get to where I was and beyond. I never had a teacher, but I'd learn from records (yes, that long ago) and watching other people. A couple of times I was playing with a group of other people and needed to figure out how to play back up. When I could hear a harmony in my mind, I'd play it, and it sounded good and was fun, But I didn't know about chords that way! So now I'm excited I have something else good to work on, besides just trying to play my old songs like I used to ... which is a little discouraging since I don't, and I'm not learning anything new that way.

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому

      It's great that you're getting back into it! All that matters is you're trying and making small improvements along the way!

  • @KatherineTucker-kp3xm
    @KatherineTucker-kp3xm 8 місяців тому

    I’m a late beginner to intermediate player. How do I incorporate these during a jam? Should I just find out what key they are in and play that one cord? All four sounds so good as you played it but that’s not going to work for every tune is it?

  • @kenthatfield4287
    @kenthatfield4287 8 днів тому

    I have been practicing these chords without the benefit of having someone to play them with. Not often anyway. The church that I go to has a song service usually every second week of the month and I I'm able to play there and I usually find some sort of Harmony rather than playing chords. But next time I think I'm going to try the chords.

  • @anjinsanx44
    @anjinsanx44 Рік тому +1

    Circle of 5ths
    E\b\f next!

  • @sabujpattanayek8799
    @sabujpattanayek8799 Рік тому

    ahh these chords are just arpeggios of the 1st 3rd and 5th intervals played together! this folks is why you play your scales! do them all wohlfahrt and carl flesch!

  • @Singhirud
    @Singhirud Рік тому

    Is this harder than guitar?

  • @lhyn2986
    @lhyn2986 2 роки тому

    New subscriber here 🥰

  • @Skoopyghost
    @Skoopyghost Рік тому

    I am pretty good at instruments where you use chords and rythim. Instruments like guitar, drums, and piano. To my uneducated fiddle playing ears. It does sound like chords. It sounds like chords with a baseline under it

  • @deadmanswife3625
    @deadmanswife3625 2 роки тому

    Yes it's nice to have chords to make a richer sound into let other people take a turn on the melody.
    If you only choose one the melody is the most important thing because otherwise people don't recognize the tune.🎻🎻🎻❤😁

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому

      Yes, melody is also important. 🙂

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 2 роки тому

      @@TheTuneProject if you can only learn one which would you choose?

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому +2

      @@deadmanswife3625 It’s hard to say, because both are important. I suppose it depends on the instrument, & the role it’s playing at any given time. A guitarist might say “chords” while a fiddle might say “melody”, but in reality both come together to create a complete tune.

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 2 роки тому

      @@TheTuneProject agreed

  • @stringspicksandfiddlestick6388

    Do you chop?

  • @jf3767
    @jf3767 7 місяців тому

    I've heard that some American fiddlers use a very flat bridge that allows them to play triple stops?

  • @alanlevin167
    @alanlevin167 10 місяців тому +12

    Hey, I'm a bass player and you are doing my job. The most important note for you guys to play is the 3rd of the chord. The next most important note is the 5th of simple chords, the 6th or 7th note of chords that have these. If there is a bass player involved, leave the root alone. If their is no bass but there is a guitarist involved who gets it, let him or her play the root, the guitar is much lower than you are! So, you play E and G for a C chord, B and F for a G7, Bb and F for a Gmin7. It does not matter which note is on top--unless it does in that specific arrangement of the song!

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy 2 місяці тому

      Thanks Captain Obvious

  • @antonmullerdfernandez4503
    @antonmullerdfernandez4503 2 роки тому

    how many chords one can play on the violin

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому

      That’s a good question! There are endless combinations…

  • @gjcardonam
    @gjcardonam Рік тому

    Those eyes, omg 👀

  • @cool-jg2050
    @cool-jg2050 3 місяці тому

    How long have you been playing violin? What violin brand do you have? 🎻🎼❤🎶

  • @anthonycoviello6596
    @anthonycoviello6596 2 роки тому

    You need to write on the board and place numbers for the fingers and number the fingers imagine with written strings on a board ‘ cause I’m just trying to learn that I’m a beginner

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому

      I’d recommend learning to read music & come back to this video once you’re familiar with note names. You’ll find the info I present here more helpful once you do.

  • @johnaustin1825
    @johnaustin1825 2 роки тому

    There's a much easier C................G and E or for brighter sound....E and C (D string and A string used)

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому +1

      There are multiple ways to play each of these chords, I am just demonstrating what is most often used among fiddle players. :)

  • @JaredFromSubway88
    @JaredFromSubway88 Рік тому

    A violin sings, but a fiddle dances!

  • @deadmanswife3625
    @deadmanswife3625 2 роки тому +1

    Sorry. Missed the live. I'm trying to replace a rotting column on my porch because I can't afford to pay someone who just takes the money and goes and does drugs and not finish the job sometimes we have a lot of that these days.
    🤷‍♀️

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому +1

      No worries, Wendy. Thanks for watching!

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 2 роки тому

      @@TheTuneProject thanks Lauren. I think I'm getting somewhere still six more hours of daylight haha

  • @Mr.56Goldtop
    @Mr.56Goldtop Рік тому

    When I'm playing nobody else gets a chance. 😁

  • @amylau6648
    @amylau6648 2 роки тому

    Me learning it knowing that when i have a chance to use the violin , i can play it 😼

  • @hangdogit
    @hangdogit 5 місяців тому

    Very nice. But technically. two notes don’t make an actual “chord” - but a partial chord. Admittedly, the I-V Tonic-Dominant combination does give a chord-like sound - although lacking in Major/Minor chord fullness of sound. And yes, that’s better than nothing and good enough lots of times.

  • @AmandaViolinGirl
    @AmandaViolinGirl 2 роки тому

    Those were more like double stops and chords are played with a down bow not an up bow.

    • @TheTuneProject
      @TheTuneProject  2 роки тому

      Hey Amanda! As fiddle players, we play chords as double stops (or triple stops), so you might hear the terms used interchangeably. They can be played on either bow direction. :)

  • @ElijahCudd
    @ElijahCudd 6 місяців тому

    A fiddle player may have a flatter bridge and different strings than a violin player, but pretty much yes

  • @mellissadalby1402
    @mellissadalby1402 7 місяців тому

    If you really want to understand chords in the Violin, get a Mandolin and work them out there.
    Then copy those chords to the violin.
    Of course I speak of full chords, not just double stops.

  • @SavanthkumarnaiduNaidu
    @SavanthkumarnaiduNaidu 5 місяців тому

    A beginner or a layman to the music can't understand what you say, every word should be explained with demonstration.

  • @mewanbanshansyiem4851
    @mewanbanshansyiem4851 5 місяців тому

    I don't even have a violin what am I even doing here?

    • @artperez141
      @artperez141 5 місяців тому

      Maybe you're a harmonica player stealing ideas, I know a guy

  • @buzzerking
    @buzzerking Рік тому

    I'm just tryna be.

  • @spcpitts
    @spcpitts Рік тому

    I dont even know what notes are but i do want to put my finger on a g string.

  • @fasteddie8782
    @fasteddie8782 7 місяців тому

    This is what I needed just really show slow the chords.. much obliged

  • @krishnalasar4847
    @krishnalasar4847 6 місяців тому

    JJJJ

  • @Sparky-b2j
    @Sparky-b2j 8 місяців тому

    Thanks!