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Delta Momma Blues - Solo Break for Fiddle

3,485 views · Published 29 March 2016 · 12:08 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: FiddleHed · 2016 · Music

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warm up with:
C major scale

Here's a step-by-step lesson on this tune by Townes Van Sandt. It's a great fiddle break on a recording by the band Hurray For The Riff Raff. This lesson is part of a series called "How To Play On Songs".

First I'll play a mid-tempo version of the whole thing. Then we'll slowly learn it, note by note, building notes into phrases, building phrases into quarters, until we have each part.

Left hand fingerings (TABS):
first quarter: DL1-1 0-1-3 3-4-3
second quarter: DL2-L2–L2-1-L2-L2 A0-L2-0-D3-1
third quarter: D0-A1-1-0-D3 3-4-3
fourth quarter: D1-1 D0-1-3 3-4-3-1-0

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. 

These and all new lesson pages can be viewed for one week after publication with a FREE trial membership. Check it out here: https://fiddlehed.com

And after you sign up, I’ll also send you a mini-course of lessons specially designed for your skill level.

Alrighty. Play every day, have fun 😀 and thanks for making music 🙏  
   
Now, go fiddle with it...

Jason 🎻

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