Big Fiddle Show Media & Music School

02/08/2025

Attention Hive Mind.

I'd like to come up with a better list of tunes that are good for beginners. I've been playing so long sometimes it's hard to remember what it's like starting out and which tunes are good as first tunes. Any suggestions are welcome.

BTW, I tried using AI and it was complete garbage with suggestions like you'd find in a beginning violin book. I'm looking for REAL fiddle tunes.

Comment below. Thanks!

02/03/2025

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01/31/2025

Check out this poll on my YouTube channel when you have a chance.

Help me shape the content on my channel to your liking. Which type of video do you like and watch most on my channel? Send other suggestions to bigfiddleshow...

01/30/2025

Coming up in Feb & March on the Patreon:

I love taking requests from our paid members for tunes to offer as lessons and more. The material I'm posting in the next couple of months will incorporate several of these requests.

Tunes coming in February and March

Five Miles Out of Town (the Midwestern way!) in D
When I Grow Too Old To Dream in F
Early Bird Jig from Andy DeJarlis in F
Lord Harry's Hornpipe from Indiana folklorist Paul Tyler (for both paid and free members) in D
Bumblebee in a Jug - C

There'll be more scales and exercises to "Play Better Fiddle" in Bb, E and B.

Related to this the Scales and Exercises collection is now the "Scale, Exercises and Licks" collection. I'll be posting some of my favorite Hillbilly fiddle licks in this section in the coming months.

I've had several folks ask how to play a break in a country or Bluegrass song so I'm going to start a little series on this topic. If there is a particular song that interests you let me know the title and key so it can go in the hopper.

Plus more Zoom jams.

Send a message to learn more

01/24/2025

Seared ahi with furakake rice

01/20/2025

01/20/2025

Possum at Diamond Head

01/05/2025

It makes a difference where you hit the string with your pick.

01/05/2025

Interested in playing guitar accompaniment for fiddle tunes? Check out my series called Guitar Back-Up for Duffers. Twenty-one video lessons that will get you going right away. You'll be the life of the party, popular as heck and in the money! Results may vary.

The entire playlist is at

Beginner guitar back-up lessons by the Possum.

01/03/2025

We're having a Patreon members Zoom Jam this Monday, January 6, starting at 7:00 PM CST. Open to both paid and free members alike. Go to www.patreon.com/charliewalden and sign-up for a free membership to participate. I'll post the link on Sunday morning.

01/03/2025

On a recent edition of the Big Fiddle Show this was the item for Fiddle Tunes Illustrated. Can you name the tune?

12/30/2024

This week's Tunes@Noon kicks off with Chicago mandolinist extra-ordinaire Mary Tabatowski. Monday at Noon Central.

Don't miss the #1 rated Live Noontime Fiddle Program broadcast-from-my-basement in North America. ...

12/26/2024

Why do you fiddle??

12/20/2024

Tunes@Noon is on tomorrow TGIF Edition!!

Don't miss the #1 rated Live Noontime Fiddle Program broadcast-from-my-basement in North America. ...

12/20/2024

YouTube sent this cool tuque for reaching several milestones on the channel. Thanks to everyone in this group for viewing our content over the past few years!