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Old Time Fiddle for Beginners (Roosevelt)


Adult Enrichment / Music & Performance -
Adult Enrichment Fall 2025

Fiddle has a big role in Old Time music, and is great fun to play. If you're a beginner at fiddle, Old Time, or both, you are welcome to this class and we'll start from zero. We will cover some music theory to help you get started, and touch on the basics of how jams work. The playing techniques are applicable to any kind of music, but we will focus on tunes that get played at jams. All you need to bring is a fiddle, a bow, and a tuner.

If class is full, please enroll in the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

This class is priced on a sliding fee scale. Please pay the price you are able. This helps to ensure that Community Education can provide quality opportunities for all of our participants.

Matt Jensen

Matt Jensen (Minneapolis, MN) plays and teaches bluegrass mandolin, guitar, fiddle, banjo, and upright bass. When he retired he fell in love with playing music with other people in bluegrass, old time, and sessions. He now performs with several duos and trios, and jams most days of the week. He leads a bluegrass beginners jam and one for learning bluegrass fiddle tunes. Remembering how difficult and scary it can be to start playing music with other people, he works to create jams that help people get started and enjoy playing right from the get-go.

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Roosevelt High School : Room 112-Choir Room
Mondays, Oct 6 - Oct 27
5:45 - 7:45 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

Full - waiting list