Basic Accent Patterns- Fiddle Lesson

Here is a lesson on how to add simple accents when fiddling. 

Accents are a form of expression in which we emphasize certain notes, adding a rhythmic texture. They help your playing to sound more musical.

As I see it, there are Three Phases of Learning a Tune ( fiddlosophy post on this: https://fiddlehed.co/ThreePhases ).
-The first phase is just learning how to play it start to finish.
-The second is making it sound better.
-The third is expression, which includes things like accenting, adding variation, dynamics and improvisation. 
As you enter each new phase, you approach the tune with a beginner’s mind using micro-practice, looping, call-and-response and other practice techniques.

This lesson will cover the basic technique applied to simple accents on beats one and three. In later lessons, we’ll apply accents to more complicated rhythms. If you practice these simple exercises, you’ll find that you naturally start to add accents to the tunes and songs you play on the fiddle.

I made some “Learning Chunks” on the FiddleHed site to help you do this. These focused exercises contain sheet music, tabs and mp3 snippets to guide you on each step of your fiddle journey.

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Alrighty. Play every day, have fun 😀 and thanks for making music 🙏

Now, go fiddle with it...

Jason 🎻