Fiddle Lesson List
Beginner
- Ain’t She Sweet
- Alleluia
- Amarillo by Morning
- Amazing Grace
- As the Deer
- Ash Grove
- Ashokan Farewell
- Auld Lang Syne
- Away in a Manger
- Ballad of Serenity (Theme to Firefly)
- Be Thou My Vision
- Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
- Boil Them Cabbage Down
- Bringing Mary Home
- Cumberland Gap
- Danny Boy / Londonderry Air
- Deep and Wide
- Do Lord
- Don’t Be Angry
- Edelweiss
- Faded Love
- Farther Along
- Frère Jacques
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- Go Rest High on that Mountain
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- Golden Slippers
- Groundhog
- Gum Tree Canoe
- Handsome Molly
- His Eye Is on the Sparrow
- Home Sweet Home
- Hot Cross Buns
- How Great Thou Art
- I’ll Fly Away
- I’ve Got Peace Like A River
- Jesus Loves Me
- Jingle Bells
- Joy to the World
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Listen to the Mockingbird
- Liza Jane (Key of A)
- Loch Lomond (Red is the Rose)
- Maiden’s Prayer
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- Margaret’s Waltz
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Michael Row the Boat Ashore
- Morning Has Broken
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- O Holy Night
- Old Joe Clark
- Old Rugged Cross (The)
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- Praise Him, Praise Him All You Little Children
- Puff the Magic Dragon
- Ridin’ Down the Canyon
- Rubber Dolly
- Sail Away, Ladies
- San Antonio Rose
- Scotland the Brave
- Shady Grove (Doc Watson)
- Silent Night
- Simple Gifts
- Soldier’s Joy
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
- Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker Version
- We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
- We Gather Together
- We Three Kings
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- What Child is This / Greensleeves
- What Wondrous Love is This
- When You and I Were Young, Maggie
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Intermediate
- Achin’ Broken Hearts
- Ain’t She Sweet
- Amarillo by Morning
- Amelia’s (Waltz)
- Angus Campbell
- Anna Lee
- Apples in Winter
- Arkansas Traveler
- As the Deer
- Auld Lang Syne
- Away in a Manger
- Back Up and Push
- Ballad of Serenity (Theme to Firefly)
- Be Thou My Vision
- Beer Barrel Polka
- Black Mountain Rag
- Blue Violet Waltz
- Boil Them Cabbage Down
- Bonaparte’s Retreat (Aly Bain)
- Bonaparte’s Retreat (Pee Wee King)
- Bonaparte’s Retreat (William Steppe)
- Breakin’ Up Christmas
- Cajun Fiddle
- Calliope House
- Candy Girl
- Chinese Breakdown (Key of D)
- Christmas Time’s a Coming
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Country Girl
- Cowboy Waltz
- Crystal Heart
- Cumberland Gap
- Daddy, My Daddy
- Dans a Carre (Le Reel de Courville)
- Devil in the Kitchen
- Dixie Hoedown
- Dixieland Delight
- Don’t Be Angry
- Dooley
- Faded Love
- Farewell Trion
- Farther Along
- Fidget Spinner
- Fire on the Mountain
- First Noel
- Fisher’s Hornpipe
- Florida Blues
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
- Frankie and Johnny
- Friends in Low Places
- Gael
- Girl I Left Behind Me
- Go Rest High on that Mountain
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- Golden Slippers
- Groundhog
- Guitars, Cadillacs
- Gum Tree Canoe
- Handsome Molly
- Headlands (Key of A)
- Hello, Ma Baby
- Home Sweet Home
- How Great Thou Art
- Hurricane (Bob Dylan)
- I Can Only Imagine
- I Cross My Heart
- I’ll Fly Away
- In the Book of Life
- In the Mood
- Indian on a Stump
- Irish Washerwoman
- Jenny Lynn
- Jesus I Pray
- Jingle Bells
- Joy to the World
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee
- Kentucky Waltz
- Kesh (Jig)
- Last Date
- Last Waltz (The)
- Leather Britches
- Liberty
- Long Black Veil
- Lovers’ Waltz
- Maiden’s Prayer
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- Maple Sugar
- Margaret’s Waltz
- Nothing Short of Dying Backup
- O Holy Night
- Old Joe Clark
- Old Rugged Cross (The)
- Old Spinning Wheel
- Ookpik Waltz
- Over the Waves (Sobre las Olas)
- Panhandle Rag
- Parting Glass
- Port Arthur Blues
- Prairie Spring (Waltz)
- Pretty Saro
- Puff the Magic Dragon
- Ragtime Annie
- Ridin’ Down the Canyon
- Right or Wrong
- Road to Lisdoonvarna
- Rock the Cradle, Joe (Key of D)
- Rubber Dolly
- Sail Away, Ladies
- Salt Creek / Salt River
- San Antonio Rose
- Scots Wha Hae
- Seminole Wind
- Shady Grove (Bill Monroe)
- Shady Grove (Doc Watson)
- Silver Bells (Christmas)
- Silver Bells (Western swing tune)
- Silver Spear (Reel)
- Sing Me Back Home
- Smoky Mountain Memories
- Snowflake Reel / Snowflake Breakdown
- Soldier’s Joy
- Squirrel Hunters
- St. Anne’s Reel
- Swallowtail Jig
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Tennessee Waltz
- Turkey in the Straw
- Tythe Pig
- Uncle Pen
- Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker Version
- Wagon Wheel – Ketch Secor Version
- We Three Kings
- Westphalia Waltz
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- What Child is This / Greensleeves
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- White Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- You Made It Right
Advanced
- Alabama Jubilee (Key of C)
- Back Up and Push
- Ballad of Sally Ann
- Black and White Rag
- Black Mountain Rag
- Blue Violet Waltz
- Bluegrass in the Backwoods
- Callin’ Baton Rouge
- Cheyenne Breakdown
- Devil Went Down to Georgia
- Dixie Hoedown
- Don’t Be Angry
- Faded Love
- Fiddlestick Hoedown
- Frankie and Johnny
- Gael
- Gardenia Waltz
- Go Rest High on that Mountain
- Golden Fiddle Waltz
- Guitars, Cadillacs
- Jerusalem Ridge
- Jesse Polka / Jesusita en Chihuahua
- Joy to the World
- Last Date
- Last Waltz (The)
- Listen to the Mockingbird
- Maiden’s Prayer
- Orange Blossom Special
- Pass Me Not – Kenny Baker instrumental
- Ragtime Annie
- Ridin’ Down the Canyon
- Right or Wrong
- Rubber Dolly
- Salt Creek / Salt River
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Tennessee Waltz
Miscellaneous Instructional Videos
- Ashokan Farewell Compilation Video
- Chording on the Fiddle
- Don’t Fret!
- Fidget Spinner
- Hand and Finger Positions for Violin
- Improvising using modal chord progressions
- Miscellaneous Quick Tips
- Quick Tips About Bows and Bowing
- Quick Tips About Vibrato, Shuffles, Ornamentation, etc.
- Review of Fiddles Under $500
- Step One: Acquiring and setting up your fiddle
- Step Two: Learning to Read Fiddle Tablature
Tunes by style:
Bluegrass
- Alabama Jubilee (Key of C)
- Arkansas Traveler
- Ashokan Farewell
- Back Up and Push
- Ballad of Sally Ann
- Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
- Black and White Rag
- Black Mountain Rag
- Blue Violet Waltz
- Bluegrass in the Backwoods
- Boil Them Cabbage Down
- Bonaparte’s Retreat (Aly Bain)
- Bonaparte’s Retreat (Pee Wee King)
- Bringing Mary Home
- Cajun Fiddle
- Cheyenne Breakdown
- Chinese Breakdown (Key of D)
- Christmas Time’s a Coming
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Devil Went Down to Georgia
- Dixie Hoedown
- Dooley
- Fire on the Mountain
- Golden Slippers
- Handsome Molly
- Home Sweet Home
- I’ll Fly Away
- In the Mood
- Jerusalem Ridge
- Kentucky Waltz
- Liberty
- Listen to the Mockingbird
- Liza Jane (Key of A)
- Long Black Veil
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- Old Joe Clark
- Orange Blossom Special
- Pass Me Not – Kenny Baker instrumental
- Prairie Spring (Waltz)
- Ragtime Annie
- Rubber Dolly
- Salt Creek / Salt River
- Shady Grove (Bill Monroe)
- Soldier’s Joy
- St. Anne’s Reel
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Tennessee Waltz
- Turkey in the Straw
- Uncle Pen
- When You and I Were Young, Maggie
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Old Time
- Amelia’s (Waltz)
- Anna Lee
- Arkansas Traveler
- Ashokan Farewell
- Black and White Rag
- Black Mountain Rag
- Boil Them Cabbage Down
- Bonaparte’s Retreat (William Steppe)
- Breakin’ Up Christmas
- Candy Girl
- Chinese Breakdown (Key of D)
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Cowboy Waltz
- Cumberland Gap
- Edelweiss
- Farewell Trion
- Fire on the Mountain
- Florida Blues
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
- Frankie and Johnny
- Golden Slippers
- Groundhog
- Gum Tree Canoe
- Hello, Ma Baby
- Home Sweet Home
- Indian on a Stump
- Jenny Lynn
- Leather Britches
- Liberty
- Listen to the Mockingbird
- Liza Jane (Key of A)
- Lovers’ Waltz
- Margaret’s Waltz
- Old Joe Clark
- Orange Blossom Special
- Over the Waves (Sobre las Olas)
- Pretty Saro
- Rock the Cradle, Joe (Key of D)
- Sail Away, Ladies
- Salt Creek / Salt River
- Shady Grove (Doc Watson)
- Snowflake Reel / Snowflake Breakdown
- Soldier’s Joy
- Squirrel Hunters
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
- Westphalia Waltz
- When You and I Were Young, Maggie
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
Celtic/Irish
- Angus Campbell
- Apples in Winter
- Ash Grove
- Auld Lang Syne
- Calliope House
- Danny Boy / Londonderry Air
- Devil in the Kitchen
- Fisher’s Hornpipe
- Gael
- Girl I Left Behind Me
- Headlands (Key of A)
- Irish Washerwoman
- Kesh (Jig)
- Loch Lomond (Red is the Rose)
- Margaret’s Waltz
- Parting Glass
- Road to Lisdoonvarna
- Scotland the Brave
- Scots Wha Hae
- Silver Spear (Reel)
- Swallowtail Jig
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Tythe Pig
- What Child is This / Greensleeves
- When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Holiday
- Ash Grove
- Auld Lang Syne
- Away in a Manger
- Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
- Breakin’ Up Christmas
- Christmas Time’s a Coming
- First Noel
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- Jingle Bells
- Joy to the World
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- O Holy Night
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- Silent Night
- Silver Bells (Christmas)
- Simple Gifts
- The Holly and the Ivy
- We Gather Together
- We Three Kings
- What Child is This / Greensleeves
- White Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
Country
- Achin’ Broken Hearts
- Ain’t She Sweet
- Alabama Jubilee (Key of C)
- Amarillo by Morning
- Ballad of Sally Ann
- Bringing Mary Home
- Callin’ Baton Rouge
- Christmas Time’s a Coming
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Country Girl
- Crystal Heart
- Devil Went Down to Georgia
- Dixieland Delight
- Don’t Be Angry
- Faded Love
- Friends in Low Places
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- Go Rest High on that Mountain
- Golden Fiddle Waltz
- Guitars, Cadillacs
- I Cross My Heart
- Kentucky Waltz
- Last Date
- Last Waltz (The)
- Long Black Veil
- Maiden’s Prayer
- Nothing Short of Dying Backup
- Old Spinning Wheel
- Right or Wrong
- Sail Away, Ladies
- San Antonio Rose
- Seminole Wind
- Sing Me Back Home
- Smoky Mountain Memories
- Tennessee Waltz
- Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker Version
- Wagon Wheel – Ketch Secor Version
- When You and I Were Young, Maggie
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- You Made It Right
Western
- Amarillo by Morning
- Cowboy Waltz
- Faded Love
- Gardenia Waltz
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- Jesse Polka / Jesusita en Chihuahua
- Maiden’s Prayer
- Ookpik Waltz
- Panhandle Rag
- Ridin’ Down the Canyon
- Right or Wrong
- San Antonio Rose
- Silver Bells (Western swing tune)
- Westphalia Waltz
Canadian
Folk
- Ballad of Serenity (Theme to Firefly)
- Edelweiss
- Frankie and Johnny
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Hurricane (Bob Dylan)
- Loch Lomond (Red is the Rose)
- Michael Row the Boat Ashore
- Puff the Magic Dragon
- Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker Version
- Wagon Wheel – Ketch Secor Version
- When You and I Were Young, Maggie
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Cajun
Gospel
- Alleluia
- Amazing Grace
- As the Deer
- Away in a Manger
- Be Thou My Vision
- Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
- Daddy, My Daddy
- Deep and Wide
- Do Lord
- Farther Along
- First Noel
- Go Rest High on that Mountain
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- Golden Slippers
- His Eye Is on the Sparrow
- How Great Thou Art
- I Can Only Imagine
- I’ll Fly Away
- I’ve Got Peace Like A River
- In the Book of Life
- Jesus I Pray
- Jesus Loves Me
- Joy to the World
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Morning Has Broken
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- O Holy Night
- Old Rugged Cross (The)
- Pass Me Not – Kenny Baker instrumental
- Praise Him, Praise Him All You Little Children
- Silent Night
- Simple Gifts
- The Holly and the Ivy
- We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
- We Gather Together
- We Three Kings
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- What Child is This / Greensleeves
- What Wondrous Love is This
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Requested Tunes with links to YouTube
Below is a list of some requested tunes. Some of these are still available at my YouTube channel. To request a tune, just email me at [email protected].
Amarillo by Morning
Amelia's Waltz
Angus Campbell
Angeline the Baker
Annual Waltz
Beaumont Rag
Benton's Dream
Big John McNeil
Big Mamou
Big Mon
Big Sandy River
Big Sciota
Bill Cheatam
Billy in the Low Ground
Blackberry Blossom
Blackest Crow
Blessed Assurance
Blue River Waltz
Blue Violet Waltz
Bonaparte's Retreat
Bull at the Wagon
(The) Can Can
Cattle in the Cane
Cherokee Shuffle
Chicken Reel
Cluck Old Hen
Cold Frosty Morn
College Hornpipe
Come Thou Fount
Crazy Creek
Cripple Creek
Cuckoo's Nest
(The) Dance (Garth Brooks)
Dark Hollow (Kenny Baker)
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Devil Went Down to Georgia
Dill Pickle Rag
Diggy Liggy Lo
Down Yonder
Dueling Banjos
Dry and Dusty
East Tennessee Blues
Eighth of January
El Cumbanchero
Family of God
Fanitullen / The Devil's Tune
Fiddlin' Around
Fireball Mail
Fisher's Hornpipe
Flop-Eared Mule
Forked Deer
Garry Owen
(The) Girl I Left Behind Me
Give Me Your Hand
God is Love
Gold Rush
Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine
Green Pastures
Greencastle Hornpipe
Hallelujah (J. Cohen)
Home on the Range
Ida Red
I Love You Because (Eddie Stubbs)
Irish Washerwoman
John Hardy
Johnny Don't Get Drunk
Jole Blon
Jumbalaya on the Bayou
June Apple
Katy Hill
Kaw-Lija
King of the Fairies
Lee Highway Blues
Life's Railway to Heaven
Lilting Banshee
Lime Rock
Listen to the Mockingbird
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
Lone Star Rag (Stone's Rag)
Lord of the Dance
Lorena
McHattie's Waltz
Me and My Fiddle
Memories of Father Charlie MacDonald
Midnight on the Water
Milk Cow Blues
Moonlight on the River Colorado
(The) Mountain House
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
My Sabbath Home
Nearer My God to Thee
Nine Pound Hammer
O Flower of Scotland
Old Chattanooga
Old Mountaineer
(The) Old Rugged Cross
One Day at a Time
Ookpik Waltz
Over the Waterfall
Paid in Full
Planxty Hewlett
Pole Cat Blues
President Garfield's Hornpipe
Rattlesnake
Red Apple Rag
Red Haired Boy
Redwing
Reel Du Pendu
Renfro Valley (Mac Wiseman version)
Right or Wrong
Ring of Fire (June Carter Cash)
Road to Columbus
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Sallie Coming Through the Rye
Sally Ann
Sally Goodin
Saturday Waltz
Scotland the Brave
Seminole Wind
Shady Grove
Shortenin' Bread
Ship in the Clouds
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Si Bheag Si Mhor
Six Foot Town
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Softly and Tenderly
Soldier's Return (Tim Eriksen)
Soldier's Joy
Southern Flavor
Southern Soldier (The Southern Soldier Boy)
(The) South's Gonna Do It Again (Charlie Daniels)
Speed the Plough
Star of the County Down
Sugar Loaf Rag
Sugar Moon
Swallowtail Jig
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Thank God I'm a Country Boy
The South's Gonna Do It Again
There's a Miracle Everywhere You Go (Paul Williams)
Tombigbee Waltz
Turkey in the Straw
Unclouded Day
Wabash Cannonball
Walking in My Sleep
Waterbound
Westphalia Waltz
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Wheel Hoss
Woodchopper's Reel
Yellow Rose Waltz
You Are My Sunshine