Nashville Number System Lesson 2 – Chopping and Basic Fills
In this lesson, Megan Lynch Chowning discusses chopping and creating basic fills based on The Nashville Number System. While Megan teaches this series of lessons from a bluegrass standpoint, these concepts also apply to country, gospel, and other American styles of music. We hope you enjoy this excerpt of the course.
Here are links to the rest of this great lesson series:
- The Nashville Number System Lesson 1 – “The Fiddle Capo”
- The Nashville Number System Lesson 3 – Advanced Fills and “The Money Lick”
- The Nashville Number System Lesson 4 – The Pentatonic Scale
- The Nashville Number System Lesson 5 – Basic Soloing
- The Nashville Number System Lesson 6 – Advanced Soloing
- The Nashville Number System Lesson 7 – Alternative Double Stop Patterns
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When I started playing fiddle and I went to our bluegrass jams where I know for a fact that I’m very disliked. I brought my fiddle and a cheap chin cello I made. After jamming on 4-5 songs they nodded at me to solo. I chuckled “I’m strictly rhythm man! I don’t want to make it talk or sing!” I’ve played bass over 35 years. I hate solos but it’s what you have to do to play a nights worth of music in a bar. I’m slowly having to wrap my head around the fact that I’m now playing a “Solo” instrument. Ms. Megan’s number system lessons are invaluable.
This Is by far the most valuable information I have ever received on fiddle instruction , bar none !!! I have been playing fiddle for about 15 years and have used books , CD’s, and other on-line tutorials, but this basic technique was never discussed. Thank you so much !!
I am a blind fiddler. When you’re chopping, are you doing all down bows? Thanks.
this is all genius! a life saver!!!! many many thanks!!!