4 Chords You NEED To Know As A Fiddle Player

In this video, I am sharing with you four essential chords and how I play them on the fiddle. Don't forget to 'like', subscribe, & share this video with your friends! ❤︎
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[@ernestgunville2915]

"YOU JUST MADE MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER....CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!....CHEERS!

[@garyritterstrings]

Nice info. A Mandolin Chord book is one of the best ways to learn for the Fiddle. Same notes

[@debbu3167]

Thank You!😊 I hope you have more of these chord videos. Perfect way to learn.

[@smoke5620]

Yes, I’m going to learn these 4 cords and I will use them. I’m at a beginner level and I find this, informative and helpful! Thank you. I look forward to seeing more of your videos!

[@WEdHarris]

Excellent presentation!! Very helpful!! Thank You!!

[@nelsonsoucasaux2751]

As a solo electric guitar player and composer who also loves violins, you finally made clear to me a theoretical doubt I had had for years and years: the mechanical possibility of playing chords on a violin due to the bending of the neck. Now, after watching your wonderful explanation, I know that mostly 2 notes' chords can be played, though to my untrained lead guitar ears they sound as a single note... ( yes, I don't play harmony even on guitar... ). On guitar playing, we use to call some mostly 'rocky' only 2 notes chords as 'power chords'. Thank you very much for your wonderful and enlightening video, best regards from Rio de Janeiro.

[@richardeastman7178]

Great video and method! I play chords against learning fiddlers, and teach them many other chords up to a 32 AC# of the E and A strings, respectively. The focus on harmonizing on the GD strings is a great addition to my backup! Thanks!!

[@elburns64]

Thank you. This is super helpful. I appreciate how easy you made this for me to start learning chords. Been trying to figure this out for a while so I can start playing with others.

[@TheTuneProject]

So glad to hear this helped you, Erin!

[@drgerni]

Thanks for the instruction. I appreciate your direction.

[@sajandhaspradeep8014]

Beautifully , patiently explained to play Chords in Violin. Thank you and God bless you.

[@johnnyparker9928]

Thank you for making this very clear. Very helpful.

[@richarddegen6184]

Very helpful, and fairly quick to learn!

[@estano9111]

I really appreciate this!!

[@patrickbly4170]

Beautiful Presentation 👏

[@user-kv4yi5oj1l]

Yes, I will practice and use these chords. Thank you.

[@austinjackson3286]

Exactly what I was looking for!

[@user-kg5md5lt9d]

Thanks for this video! I'm going to practice these chords.

[@michabiaowas-fiddlerskrzyp5240]

Thank You : ) All the Best

[@jasminen273]

Thank you! This video is very helpful, especially when I play with friends in a jam session.

[@FlatpickingJournal]

good stuff! im a guitar picker, im learning banjo, mando, and violin to add backups to my recordings. this is tailor made for my needs.

[@JohnSmith-ey6ze]

Yes, I plan to practice these chords. Thanks so much!

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks for watching, John 🙂

[@hamishsheapelletier9920]

So cool, thanks , I'm just starting out! Great sound!

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks Lauren, really great and helpful information as always.

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks, Jonathan!!

[@jeffreyogden7996]

I’ve played guitar and mandolin for years and recently thought fiddle might be a good thing to learn. Thx for the clear and concise instruction. Fiddle is such and amazing sound.

[@mrice3274]

Playing a chop?

[@sywiapatos4607]

Thanks!!!

[@Hisgracecase]

Thank You. That Was So Informative.!.

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks, Eddy!

[@deanniasiegmund3636]

Thank you I had to replay you several times. To get everything written down. Your practice tip was also helpful.

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks, Deannia. Good luck to you!

[@stein34]

Wow absolutely amazing

[@TheTuneProject]

Thank you!

[@stewartasia]

Good job.

[@WayneFielder]

Great vid. I grew up playing violin and picked up guitar later. @4:31 in the vid I'm thinking a bar chord these days. Some folks have bigger and smaller fingers, smash those strings with whatever ya got so long as you know the chord you are playing. Typically on a four string violin you can only effectively play two strings at once so cover them where ya need them and focus on the bow hand...which, imo, is far more important for tone anyway. ;)

[@allanmerovitz871]

Very useful info

[@TheTuneProject]

Glad I could help!

[@donstine5233]

Lauren this is awesome! Thank you. I have been taking violin lessons for almost a year now. Learning chords hasn't come up yet so I really appreciate this. My goal is to play with my praise team at church. Probably not a lot of call for chords in that scenario but it helps when inprovising.

[@TheTuneProject]

That’s great, Don! I’m glad you found this useful, & I wish you the best of luck with reaching your goal.

[@jack002tuber]

Any time someone else is singing or playing the lead part, that's when you'll need to know chords. Start off simple. Folk songs, birthday song, twinkle twinkle, this land is your land, key of D and A. Build from there.

[@williambradford3627]

Great info!!!!!!!!

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks, William!

[@williambradford3627]

@@TheTuneProject Forgot to mention that I really like your hair like this!!

[@avey_103]

I’ve been learning to play the fiddle, with my teacher, also having another online teacher helps so much!

[@TheTuneProject]

So glad, Ava 🙂

[@carrotonion7069]

Thank you so much🤍

[@TheTuneProject]

Appreciate you! 🙏

[@gregbushta3086]

Thank you. This video is very helpful. Playing along with someone and doing the background chords while they take the melody is a skill to learn.

[@jondoe4667]

To me the fiddle sounds like such an emotional instrument and I love it. I'd like to learn to play but don't have a clue where , or how to get started.

[@TheTuneProject]

You’re in the right place!

[@allanmerovitz871]

I’ve got a few really nice restored, ready to play and learn fiddles with bows, rosin and tuners at great Canadian prices if you are interested. Allan in Calgary. Good luck on returning to playing!

[@jack002tuber]

I started on ebay, got one for $100 shipped, not a stratavruis but good to learn on. Good luck

[@sirspongadoodle]

@@jack002tuber yeah there is no reason to be snobby.. you will probaly over rosin and over tighten your bow and damage your violin anyway.. why damage a 500 dollar "beginner violin" i bought a 70$ aud violin and iv been playing it 8hours a day. sure it doesnt have som

[@alipainting]

Musical instrument shops can recommend a good teacher

[@user-sc7el2zo2w]

lots to learn-thanks so much. (I'd love to be able to chord with singers at our "Kitchen Party" jams!)

[@pedrozacesardaniel]

Thanks a lot

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks for watching!

[@8754roberto]

Thank you for your great work ❤ , new subscriber here 😊

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you being here.

[@Leenie333]

👏🏽👏🏽Well done video! Happy to be a new subscriber 🥰 I've returned to playing after many years off, so thank you for your fabulous channel! Looking forward to catching up on more videos and your other online presence! 💜👍🏽224

[@TheTuneProject]

Welcome back to the violin! Thanks for being here. 🙂

[@jack002tuber]

Good video. For a jam I bring a small cheat sheet with all 12 chords in the order of circle of 5ths. Most all popular music uses a I IV V style chord progression. I am also a guitar player, jams have lots of guitarists and I look at their hands and get the chords from them. Its great fun and not too hard to learn

[@TheTuneProject]

Good idea!

[@FlatpickingJournal]

I screenshotted this 👍

[@georgelgrama5943]

hi on the G and D strings in position 1 you can catch the C and G notes or on the A strings I can catch the C and G notes with my finger 2

[@zachb8012]

Sawmill kinda turns the I-IV-V chords into 1-finger wonders. As a novice I found a little effort transposing most tunes into sawmill by ear has made the finger positions a lot easier, which has allowed me to focus on bow handling skills. At jams it's usually a matter of trying a few things and settling into something that sounds alright, 'til it's my turn to pick up the lead again.

[@BeRad883]

You can play power chords! That changes my game for playing iron maiden on it. Yes, I'm going to learn a couple fiddle tunes soon.

[@chazworm3]

i had a Vassar Clemens instructional tape gave to me and it’s still eons out of my grasp but one thing he did that i found ingenious, he’d sing the third between the root and 5th. it was a fun trick to work humming the third. He was such a good fiddler but his instructional tape, i garnered precious little from.

[@TheTuneProject]

That’s great ear training!

[@anjinsanx44]

Circle of 5ths E\b\f next!

[@jeffreyogden7996]

Be sure to post on the new Threads!

[@zizi8763]

❤

[@lhyn2986]

New subscriber here 🥰

[@TheTuneProject]

Thanks for being here!

[@coyotech55]

Years ago I played much better than now - I'm picking it up again and of course I want to get to where I was and beyond. I never had a teacher, but I'd learn from records (yes, that long ago) and watching other people. A couple of times I was playing with a group of other people and needed to figure out how to play back up. When I could hear a harmony in my mind, I'd play it, and it sounded good and was fun, But I didn't know about chords that way! So now I'm excited I have something else good to work on, besides just trying to play my old songs like I used to ... which is a little discouraging since I don't, and I'm not learning anything new that way.

[@TheTuneProject]

It's great that you're getting back into it! All that matters is you're trying and making small improvements along the way!

[@mrice3274]

Do you do left hand chords when you are playing a chop?

[@sabujpattanayek8799]

ahh these chords are just arpeggios of the 1st 3rd and 5th intervals played together! this folks is why you play your scales! do them all wohlfahrt and carl flesch!

[@Skoopyghost]

I am pretty good at instruments where you use chords and rythim. Instruments like guitar, drums, and piano. To my uneducated fiddle playing ears. It does sound like chords. It sounds like chords with a baseline under it

[@KatherineTucker-kp3xm]

I’m a late beginner to intermediate player. How do I incorporate these during a jam? Should I just find out what key they are in and play that one cord? All four sounds so good as you played it but that’s not going to work for every tune is it?

[@jf3767]

I've heard that some American fiddlers use a very flat bridge that allows them to play triple stops?

[@alanlevin167]

Hey, I'm a bass player and you are doing my job. The most important note for you guys to play is the 3rd of the chord. The next most important note is the 5th of simple chords, the 6th or 7th note of chords that have these. If there is a bass player involved, leave the root alone. If their is no bass but there is a guitarist involved who gets it, let him or her play the root, the guitar is much lower than you are! So, you play E and G for a C chord, B and F for a G7, Bb and F for a Gmin7. It does not matter which note is on top--unless it does in that specific arrangement of the song!

[@deadmanswife3625]

Yes it's nice to have chords to make a richer sound into let other people take a turn on the melody. If you only choose one the melody is the most important thing because otherwise people don't recognize the tune.🎻🎻🎻❤😁

[@TheTuneProject]

Yes, melody is also important. 🙂

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@TheTuneProject if you can only learn one which would you choose?

[@TheTuneProject]

@@deadmanswife3625 It’s hard to say, because both are important. I suppose it depends on the instrument, & the role it’s playing at any given time. A guitarist might say “chords” while a fiddle might say “melody”, but in reality both come together to create a complete tune.

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@TheTuneProject agreed

[@gjcardonam]

Those eyes, omg 👀

[@humblehombre9904]

First chord at 2:29.

[@ruthsinghi9755]

Is this harder than guitar?

[@stringspicksandfiddlestick6388]

Do you chop?

[@johnaustin1825]

There's a much easier C................G and E or for brighter sound....E and C (D string and A string used)

[@TheTuneProject]

There are multiple ways to play each of these chords, I am just demonstrating what is most often used among fiddle players. :)

[@anthonycoviello6596]

You need to write on the board and place numbers for the fingers and number the fingers imagine with written strings on a board ‘ cause I’m just trying to learn that I’m a beginner

[@TheTuneProject]

I’d recommend learning to read music & come back to this video once you’re familiar with note names. You’ll find the info I present here more helpful once you do.

[@antonmullerdfernandez4503]

how many chords one can play on the violin

[@TheTuneProject]

That’s a good question! There are endless combinations…

[@mattea_gatt]

is a fiddle a violin?

[@FilosophicalPharmer]

Not if it’s played correctly.

[@shelbyhuseman1220]

To my understanding yes, but it’s more of how you use the instrument.

[@FilosophicalPharmer]

Yes, there is no difference between a fiddle and a violin other than how they are played (as Shelby pointed out). Ironically, Shelby is the name of the small Southern city where I grew up. We lived off of “Flint Hill” road. Never met Earl but Horace was a friend of mine. Didn’t realize my high school crush was a niece of the Scruggs until I was in my 30’s. Apologies for earlier remark. I had to grow up to realize how much bluegrass I’ve been around all my life.

[@ruggishbone1122]

Fiddles have steel strings only difference

[@sman5877]

The type of music you play determines a fiddle versus a violin. Fiddle music has two strings played simultaneously many times so a flat bridge is desirable on a violin that is being played as a fiddle. So if now the question is what is fiddle music listen to Alabama If your gonna play in Texas . YEEYA

[@deadmanswife3625]

Sorry. Missed the live. I'm trying to replace a rotting column on my porch because I can't afford to pay someone who just takes the money and goes and does drugs and not finish the job sometimes we have a lot of that these days. 🤷‍♀️

[@TheTuneProject]

No worries, Wendy. Thanks for watching!

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@TheTuneProject thanks Lauren. I think I'm getting somewhere still six more hours of daylight haha

[@JaredFromSubway88]

A violin sings, but a fiddle dances!

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

When I'm playing nobody else gets a chance. 😁

[@amylau2569]

Me learning it knowing that when i have a chance to use the violin , i can play it 😼

[@TheTuneProject]

Always good to be prepared 😃

[@mellissadalby1402]

If you really want to understand chords in the Violin, get a Mandolin and work them out there. Then copy those chords to the violin. Of course I speak of full chords, not just double stops.

[@AmandaViolinGirl]

Those were more like double stops and chords are played with a down bow not an up bow.

[@TheTuneProject]

Hey Amanda! As fiddle players, we play chords as double stops (or triple stops), so you might hear the terms used interchangeably. They can be played on either bow direction. :)

[@Yohann560]

😢🎉😢🎉😅😮😊😢🎉😂🎉😢

[@buzzerking]

I'm just tryna be.

[@spcpitts]

I dont even know what notes are but i do want to put my finger on a g string.

[@fasteddie8782]

This is what I needed just really show slow the chords.. much obliged

[@krishnalasar4847]

JJJJ

[@jerrymcmahan3456]

Thanks!

[@user-ud2li1bq8i]

Thanks!