Product Details

• Actors: Jim Wood, Inge Wood
• Directors: Happy Traum
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Homespun
• DVD Release Date: March 26, 2009
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001W1UDMQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,154 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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FIDDLE FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER - DVD Movie

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this for all beginners, January 9, 2011

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frmertd202 "frmertd,202" (Lake George, MO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fiddle for the Absolute Beginner-Get Started the Right Way! (DVD)

When first learning the fiddle, I learned from this. Excellent video. It focuses on bluegrass standards (so you are learning tunes you can play with others instead of obscure tunes you can only play by yourself). His method seems to be: teach a basic version of standards, note for note. A great way to learn.
What is neat is, once you improve and get some tunes under your belt, you can learn to EMBELLISH. then you can take his easy versions, throw in your own embellishments and now you have a more advanced solo built on the building blocks he gave you.
Anyone starting out in fiddle, I recommend this video and tell them to skip all the others. This is excellent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great beginning DVD for non-music reading fiddlers, June 28, 2011

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Steven Hindman (Los Altos) - See all my reviews
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My 11 year old daughter, who dislikes any sort of violin practice involving reading sheet music, loves this DVD. Jim Wood goes slow enough and simplifies the tunes enough that my daughter can pick up the songs very easily. I highly recommend this for anyone looking to help their "play by ear" beginning fiddler get started or stay motivated to keep playing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jim Wood Fiddle for the Absolute Beginner, April 19, 2011

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This review is from: Fiddle for the Absolute Beginner-Get Started the Right Way! (DVD)

After buying a fiddle I needed to get started without having to go take lessons, This DVD is great for someone who has never touched a fiddle, he shows you everything you need to know to get started such as how to hold the fiddle, how to tune it, how to apply imaginery frets, how to bow, and how to play a few songs. I like the way he teaches it because he doesnt go too fast and he keeps telling you the names of the notes so you can learn them. He also has a guitar playing the song too so you can see what its like to play with a band. I cant wait to get the next volume.