Long Journey Home -- Fiddle Fills -- G

Instructional video 1C in a series of videos on How to Play a Fiddle in a Bluegrass Band for beginners by Ellen Carlson, ellencarlson.com. This video discusses how to play fills between the sung lines. Key of G

[@rebeccamouse9294]

THANK YOU for explaining fills better than anyone I have ever seen! Please make more videos!!!

[@Abc-qs8ir]

Amazzzzzing fiddle tone and advice, You should make a youtube series and a book on this,!!!

[@johntait491]

Very helpful, thank you Ellen.

[@Abc-qs8ir]

Violin bluegrass scale is: of the scale, 1, 3b, 4, 5, 7b, So for the scale of G g, Bb, c, d, f natural, Or also use: Slide from 5b up to 5, when playing blues, 1, 3b, 4, 5b -5, 7b, So for the key of G g, Bb, c, Db to d, f natural, Basically playing the scale of the minor 7th without the 2nd and 6th notes, while also sliding up to the 5th note of the scale, Generally while on the beat playing a note from the chord, and while off the beat generally any note from the key can be thrown in as passing notes, when holding long notes playing a note for the chord, Would that be correct? ☺️

[@Abc-qs8ir]

All classical musicians should learn how to improvise. Classical musicians learn how to play to an awesome standard in tone and in sight reading sheet music but they do not learn how to improvise fill ins to a vocalist☺️

[@andreaknox3801]

This is so valuable, and you presented it in a very accessible way. Thank you.