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To sign up for a lesson plan, use the links below for beginner fiddle or advanced fiddle. You will be taken to a paypal page to enter your payment info and complete the enrollment process.

When you sign up for the lesson plans, you will receive access to the lessons according to which plan you purchased. For example, purchasing the Beginner Fiddle – Weekly plan will give you lesson 1 to begin with. After a week has passed you will have access to lesson 2, and so on.

Please note you must create an account before you can purchase a lesson subscription!

BEGINNER FIDDLE LESSONS

We will be working on building our Cape Breton repertoire in fiddle friendly keys like A, D, and G. In addition to learning tunes, we will take a close look at the structure of tunes to help you internalize them. We will use exercises to help develop your ear and technique. We will cover basic stylistic characteristics in each tune, with the goal of making them feel more natural. If you have only a bit of experience with the instrument, this course is for you. One of my goals is to help improve your overall technique to help you fiddle more efficiently.

Weekly Lessons ($20/month)

Bi-Weekly Lessons ($13/month)

Monthly Lessons ($8/month)

ADVANCED FIDDLE LESSONS

In the advanced course, we will eventually cover tunes in more difficult keys like F major, C major, and B flat major. The advanced course goes beyond the beginner course with more in-depth coverage of bowings and ornaments commonly heard in the Cape Breton style. You will be suited for this course if you have a competent knowledge of the instrument, whether or not you are from a fiddle or classical music background. Do not worry if your ear is not good, we’ll work on that along the way. Similar to the beginner class, we will look at the structure of tunes to help you internalize them more efficiently, and use exercises to help develop the ear and stylistic characteristics.

Weekly Lessons ($20/month)

Bi-Weekly Lessons ($13/month)

Monthly Lessons ($8/month)

NEW OPPORTUNITY: SKYPE LESSONS

I’ve received some requests about the availability of taking lessons via Skype. This can be arranged on a regular basis, or if you are interested in only one or two lessons as well. The cost would be $35 for a half hour lesson, or $60 for a full hour. I would also provide you with the play along MP3s and transcriptions of any tune that we cover during the lessons. If you’re interested in taking lessons via Skype, please go ahead and contact me to let me know what times of the week would work for you.