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The glasses clink and the talk and laughter grow louder. In the corner of the pub, musicians sit and play traditional dance tunes that make your feet want to stomp and slide. Join fiddler Meg Wobus Beller as she brings you along into the world of fiddling and traditional music, from bow-grips and double stops to Old-Time tunes and Irish jigs.
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Too Much Nothing (Amazing Grace)
Season 1 · Episode 109
mardi 4 novembre 2025 • Duration 18:17
Wow, it's good to be back!
This episode is an update on what I've been doing and what I've been thinking about. Hope to be back with more fiddle topics, interviews, and tunes for you all soon.
For my anti-tech writing, check out my Substack A Life Outside or my short (FREE) book Turn It Off: A step by step guide to going offline.
Sheet music for Amazing Grace is here: https://fiddlestudio.blogspot.com/2025/11/too-much-nothing-amazing-grace.html
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
Megan Lynch Chowning (John Rice)
Season 1 · Episode 108
lundi 10 mars 2025 • Duration 58:35
Great interview this month with seven time National Fiddle Champion and creator of the FiddleStar site, Megan Lynch Chowning! Megan doesn't compete in fiddle contests anymore, or judge them, or go to them, so I was very curious to hear about why. We talk about fiddling in California, fiddle contests, fiddle camps, and different kinds of learning and relating to fiddle music. Megan filled me in on the just-released John Hartford Fiddle Project Volume 2 that she co-produced.
Megan Lynch Chowning is a seven time national fiddle champion, touring musician, Grammy-nominated recording artist, teacher, singer, and flatfooter. She's toured with Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan, Dale Ann Bradley, Roland White, Larry Cordle, Jim Hurst, Chris Jones, 3 Fox Drive, Due West, Chris Stuart, and BEML (the duo of Bill Evans and Megan).
Megan has released a series of entirely solo fiddle albums, focusing on crowdsourcing fabulous but slightly more obscure fiddle tunes. She has taught fiddle and vocals at prestigious camps such as Augusta Heritage Week, the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, Sore Fingers Bluegrass Week in the UK, Walker Creek Music Camp, and the California Bluegrass Association Camp, among many others. She’s the co-director (with her husband, Adam) of the IBMA-award-winning Nashville Acoustic Camps. But sometimes she just likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
Why we squeak (Cumberland Gap)
Season 1 · Episode 99
mardi 30 juillet 2024 • Duration 09:50
Why does the fiddle squeak? If only we knew. Hang on, we do know! I offer lots of diagnosis and advice for how to get to the bottom of squeaking. Together we can not squeak as much.
The tune for this week is Marion Reece's version of Cumberland Gap.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
Why I stopped booking dances (Big Scioty)
Season 1 · Episode 9
mardi 8 novembre 2022 • Duration 08:33
This episode features the fiddle tune Big Scioty and dives into why Megan stopped booking contra dances after the pandemic, and why she recently started again.
The dances mentioned are the Baltimore Wednesday night contra dance, the Glen Echo contra dance. The musicians mentioned are Brad Kolodner and Ken Kolodner.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
Old-Time jams (Shove That Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire)
Season 1 · Episode 8
mardi 1 novembre 2022 • Duration 07:58
This episode features the fiddle tune Shove The Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire and describes old-time music and what it's like to attend an old-time jam. Megan tells her favorite old-time tune joke.
The albums mentioned are In the Dance Tent by the Horseflies and Ways of the World by Rayna Gellert. You can find field recordings at slippery-hill.com. The location of the Baltimore old-time jam is R House on Tuesday nights.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
Practicing with the metronome (House of my Own)
Season 1 · Episode 7
mardi 25 octobre 2022 • Duration 07:09
This episode features the fiddle tune House of My Own and describes working with the metronome and how it could help your fiddling.
Slow tempos for fiddling are 70-80 bpm (beats per minute) and tempos for dancing are 110-120 bpm.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
How hard is it to learn the fiddle? (Na Ceannabháin Bhána)
Season 1 · Episode 6
mardi 18 octobre 2022 • Duration 10:03
This episode features the fiddle tune Na Ceannabháin Bhána and has Megan's thoughts on how hard it is to learn the fiddle, and why people think it's so hard.
The fiddlers mentioned are Noah VanNorstrand and Meghan Mette.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
The story of my violin (Chief O'Neill's Favorite)
Season 1 · Episode 5
mardi 11 octobre 2022 • Duration 07:12
This episode features the fiddle tune Chief O'Neill's Favorite and tells you all about Megan's fiddle and the story behind it.
Megan's violin was made by Ivy Rimmer Owen. The music collection mentioned is O'Neill's Music of Ireland.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
Going to a session in Dublin (St. Ann's Reel)
Season 1 · Episode 4
mardi 4 octobre 2022 • Duration 06:16
This episode features the fiddle tune St. Anne's Reel and discusses Megan's trip to Ireland and the session she went to in Dublin.
The neighborhoods mentioned are Clontarf and Fariview, and the songs mentioned are Wild Mountain Thyme and The Ballad of St. Anne's Reel.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
Lessons from fiddle camp (Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór)
Season 1 · Episode 3
mardi 27 septembre 2022 • Duration 10:33
This episode features the fiddle tune Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór and covers what you can get out of going to a camp or weekend.
The camps mentioned are the Kanack School Fiddle Camp, Pinewoods and Ashokan.
Thanks for listening!
My Fiddle Studio Book 1: Fiddling for the Complete Beginner is FREE on Amazon! It has over 30 easy beginner fiddle tunes with sheet music, tab, and a link to a video for each tune!
You can reach me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
My website for learning to fiddle is Fiddle Studio which has courses and a mailing list and my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
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