In this video, Brandon walks you through ten foundational shuffles, or rhythmic bow patterns that will help you feel the groove like a fiddler!

1. Potatoes

2. Syncopated Shuffle

3. Syncopated Shuffle with Slur

4. Skipping 5. Cross-Bowed Skips

6. Irish Lilt

7. Scottish Jig Shuffle

8. Backbeat Shuffle

9. Mountain Road Shuffle

10. Willafjord Shuffle

Brandon learned this march from a wonderful book called "Hand Me Doon Da Fiddle." The tune is based on a song called "Bonnie Tamie School." Here are the lyrics, first in the Shetland Dialect:

Whaur is du been aa da day? Bonnie Tammie, Bonnie Tammie;

Whaur is du been aa da day? Boannie Tammie Scolla?

Up a bank and doon a brae Boannie Minnie, Boannie Minnie;

Up a bank and doon a brae Boannie Minnie Merrin.