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49 Cats in a Rainbarrel – Free Fiddle Lesson – iFiddle Mag

The Summer 2020 edition of iFiddleMag is out now!  Buy Now           Transcription:    Hi everybody! Welcome! Vi Wickam here for iFiddle Magazine and mytalentforge.com. This is a free fiddle lesson for you. It’s a tune that I’ve been playing around with and really having lots of fun. I think you’ll […]

Faded Love Harmony – Free Fiddle Lesson

Hi I’m Vi Wickam, here with myTalentForge.com, and this is a lesson on a twin fiddle part to Faded Love. Faded Love is a classic old-time fiddle tune. It was made popular by Bob Wills Band, and the melody was taken, at least mostly, from an old civil war tune, My Darling Nelly Gray. Here […]

How to Tune Your Violin

Hi I’m Vi Wickam with myTalentForge.com. Here’s a lesson for you on how to tune your violin or your fiddle- depending on what you call it! Same instrument! Here’s my violin and you can hear that it’s in tune. Learning to tune your instrument is one of those beginning things that is very important. It’s […]

Lady Be Good – Free Fiddle Lesson

Hi I’m Vi Wickam and here’s a swing tine fiddle lesson for myTalentForge.com! This is one my favorite, old, swing tunes. It’s one called Lady Be Good, or Lady Be Good To Me. When I perform it, I generally will sing it, as well as fiddling it. I’ll put the words in there- maybe I’ll […]

Devil Went Down to Georgia – Free Fiddle Lesson

Whether you liked his music or not, it’s undeniable that Charlie Daniels had a huge influence on bringing fiddle music into pop culture with his smash hit, “Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Even if the main theme was borrowed from Vassar Clements’  “Lonesome Fiddle Blues,” “Devil Went Down to Georgia” is more than just that […]

Faded Love Melody – Free Fiddle Lesson

Find more tune lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at https://www.myTalentForge.com. Hi I’m Vi Wickam here with another lesson for myTalentForge.com. This tune is called is Faded Love. It is a classic two-step dance fiddle tune that was made popular by Bob Wills. The melody from this tune was appropriated from the melody from […]

Irish Washerwoman – Fiddle Lesson

Get sheet music to this tune here Check out my Fiddle Tune a Day recording of Irish Washerwoman here   Hi, Vi Wickam here for myTalentForge.com. This a free fiddle lesson for one of my favorite fiddle tunes. It’s a jig called Irish Washerwoman. Lots of fun! There’s a lot you can do with it! […]

Ashokan Farewell (Harmony) – Fiddle Lesson

Hi I’m Vi Wickam, here with another free lesson from myTalentForge.com. This is Ashokan Farewell, and this is the lesson on the harmony. Ashokan Farewell is a beautiful waltz tune in the key of D written by Jay Unger, who is a fantastic fiddler and song writer, up in the North East- in upstate New […]

Redwing – Free Fiddle Lesson – Montana State Old-Time Fiddlers

I had the pleasure of making some free fiddle lessons for the Montana State Old-Time Fiddlers Association. This is a great tune called Redwing. Enjoy! Find more lessons and music at: https://www.montanastateoldtimefiddlers.org/ https://www.myTalentForge.com https://www.vithefiddler.com Hi I’m Vi Wickam, and this is a myTalentForge.com lesson for the Montana State Old-Time Fiddlers Association book. A pleasure to […]