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AFM Course Curriculum AMERICAN FIDDLE METHOD COURSE Curriculum Index GETTING READY Lesson 1 Introduction to AFM Lesson 2 Gear you need Lesson 3 Parts of a fiddle Lesson 4 Parts of a bow Lesson 5 Checking your fiddle’s setup Lesson 6 Checking your bow’s setup Lesson 7 Care of your instrument Lesson 8 Fitting a shoulder rest Lesson 9 Rosining the bow Lesson 10 Tuning using the pegs Lesson 11 Tuning using the fine tuners Lesson 12 Applying tapes to the fingerboard Lesson 13 Names of the notes STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS Lesson 1 Three lists Lesson 2 Anatomy of a fiddle tune Lesson 3 Learning by ear Lesson 4 Small Overlapping Phases –SOPS Lesson 5 Muscle memory Lesson 6 Using a metronome LEVEL I Violin Position Lesson 1 Natural body position Lesson 2 Positioning the fiddle Lesson 3 Position of the left arm and hand st Lesson 4 Thumb and “Mirror 1 Finger” Beginning Bowing Lesson 5 Holding the bow Lesson 6 Principles of bowing Lesson 7 Bowing continuums Lesson 8 Diagnosing your tone Lesson 9 Bowing string changes Lesson 10 Beginning rhythms Beginning Fingering Lesson 11 A string – 1st finger Lesson 12 A string – 2nd finger Lesson 13 A string – 3rd finger Lesson 14 A string – three fingers Lesson 15 A string – practice Lesson 16 D string – three fingers Lesson 17 D string – practice Lesson 18 G string – three fingers Lesson 19 G string – practice Lesson 20 E string – three fingers Lesson 21 E string – practice Scales Lesson 22 How to play in tune Lesson 23 D Scale Lesson 24 G Scale Lesson 25 A Scale Lesson 26 Twinkle –key of D Lesson 27 Twinkle –key of A Lesson 28 Twinkle –key of G LEVEL II Lesson 1 Boil ‘em cabbage Lesson 2 Shortnin’ Bread –D Lesson 3 Shortnin’ Bread –A Lesson 4 Camptown Races Lesson 5 Little Liza Jane Lesson 6 Shady Grove Lesson 7 Cripple Creek Lesson 8 Efficient Fingering Lesson 9 Angelina Baker Lesson 10 Buffalo Gals th Lesson 11 4 Finger Lesson Lesson 12 Cindy Lesson 13 Crawdad Song nd Lesson 14 Low 2 finger Lesson 15 Old Joe Clark Lesson 16 Chinkapin Hunting Lesson 17 Soldiers Joy Lesson 18 Arran Boat Lesson 19 Sandy Boys LEVEL II – EXTRAS Drones and Double-stops Lesson 1 Playing two strings Lesson 2 Tips for bowing drones Lesson 3 Tips for fingering drones Lesson 4 Using undertones to play in tune Lesson 5 Shortnin’ Bread w/drones Lesson 6 Boil ‘em Cabbage w/drones Lesson 7 Camptown Races w/drones Lesson 8 Angelina Baker w/drones Kick offs and Endings Lesson 1 Potato kick offs Lesson 2 “Shave and a Haircut” ending LEVEL III Lesson 1 Down Driven Bowing and Corrective Slurs Lesson 2 Bonaparte’s Retreat Lesson 3 Country Waltz Lesson 4 Cluck Old Hen Lesson 5 Over the Waterfall Lesson 6 Red Haired Boy Lesson 7 Key of G Lesson 8 Girl I left Behind Lesson 9 Southwind Lesson 10 Miss McLeod’s Reel Lesson 11 Staccato slurs Lesson 12 Red Wing Lesson 13 Cairo Lesson 14 Turkey in the Straw rd Lesson 15 High 3 Finger Lesson 16 Frére Jacques Lesson 17 Grandfather’ Clock Lesson 18 Wise old Friend Lesson 19 Stinky’s Blues LEVEL III – EXTRAS Backup Lesson 1 Beginning Backup and Chords Lesson 2 I IV V progression Lesson 3 Order of Chords Lesson 4 Camptown Races –single note backup Lesson 5 Soldier’s Joy –single note backup Lesson 6 Turkey in the Straw –single note backup Lesson 7 Camptown Races –double stop backup Lesson 8 Soldier’s Joy –double stop backup Lesson 9 Turkey in the Straw –double stop backup Chops Lesson 1 Old Joe Clark –chop backup Folded Scale Patterns Lesson 1 Pattern 1 Key of G Lesson 2 Pattern 2 Key of G Lesson 3 Pattern 3 Key of G Lesson 4 Pattern 1 Key of A Lesson 5 Pattern 2 Key of A Lesson 6 Pattern 3 Key of A Arpeggios Lesson 1: Single octave major arpeggios in G, A, C, D, E LEVEL IV Lesson 1 Eighth of January Lesson 2 Double Tag Endings in D Lesson 3 Liberty Lesson 4 St. Anne’s Reel Lesson 5 Spotted Pony Lesson 6 Cuckoo’s Nest Lesson 7 Old Joe Clark II Lesson 8 Double Tag Endings in A Lesson 9 Soldier’s Joy II Lesson 10 Swallowtail Jig Lesson 11 Leather Britches Lesson 12 Double Tag Endings in G Lesson 13 June Apple Lesson 14 Fisher’s Hornpipe Lesson 15 Bill Cheatham Lesson 16 Whiskey Before Breakfast Lesson 17 Billy in the Lowground Lesson 18 Double Tag Ending in C Lesson 19 Liza Jane Lesson 20 Arkansas Traveler Lesson 21 Blackberry Blossom Lesson 22 Devil’s Dream Lesson 23 Westphalia Waltz Lesson 24 Ragtime Annie Lesson 25 Golden Anniversary Waltz Lesson 26 Big John McNeil LEVEL IV – EXTRAS Artistic Slurring Lesson 1 Introduction using June Apple Lesson 2 Slurs of 2 Lesson 3 Slurs of 2 across the beat Lesson 4 Slurs of 3 Lesson 5 3 up and 1 down Lesson 6 Backwards Boil ‘em Lesson 7 Integrating Slur Patterns Lesson 8 Improvising Slurs and Rhythms LEVEL V th Lesson 1 4 Finger/Open Drones Lesson 2 Bernard the Butterfly Lesson 3 Flop Eared Mule Lesson 4 Temperance Reel Lesson 5 Swampwalk Lesson 6 Glory at the Meeting House Lesson 7 Don’t Come home Drunk Johnny Lesson 8 Forked Deer Lesson 9 Jolie Blonde Lesson 10 Big Walleye Blues st Lesson 11 Low 1 postion Lesson 12 Bb scale Lesson 13 Star of the County Down Lesson 14 Benny’s Favorite Lesson 15 Done Gone Lesson 16 Marie Claire Lesson 17 President Garfield’s Hornpipe LEVEL V – EXTRAS Funky Chops Lesson 1 Funky chop using Old Joe Clark .
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