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If you’re serious about getting that cool old timey sound on your fiddle, then you gotta know how to Shuffle. A fiddlers equivalent to the strum, the Shuffle will give you a powerful tool for both backup playing and making up leads as well, and this lesson will give you a solid ability to shuffle your way through any situation. We start with the Shuffle rhythm on single strings, and then work up to playing Shuffles on sets of strings, an finally add the left hand notes to create melodies. This lesson concludes with an easy and super fun Shuffle break for classic jam song Boil Them Cabbage Down, including a Jam Track that plays the song repeatedly with full band accompaniment. If there’s one fiddle trick you really want, it’s the Shuffle, and this lesson has everything you need to get going.