Fiddle 1
Go from tuning your fiddle as a beginner to playing your first 12 songs in just a few months!
The “Fiddle” is just the violin played in a really fun way! We will teach you everything from holding your bow, to proper technique, to playing with back-up musicians! Learn multiple songs, play along with rhythm guitar backup, and improve your intonation. (You may even want to compete in one of our families favorite past-times . . . Fiddle Competitions!) We’re warning you, fiddle can be addicting.
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Weekly Lessons + Theory Sheets
Each week you will receive a new 20 minute lesson specifically designed to take you from beginner to making music completely on your own! Get extra practice by filling out your downloadable Student Handbook.
Student On-Boarding Q&A
Get help starting the fiddle with personalized instruction during our LIVE Student On-Boarding Call!
Video Vault
Before your next weekly lesson comes out, explore the fiddle video vault, with additional exercises, theory practice, and genre-specific lessons, like learning hymns and worship songs.
(New lessons added every month!)
24/7 Access to Your Instructor
Message your instructor any time with questions you may have! Lilja wants to help support you in any way that she can.
LIVE Student Showcase*
Share what you’ve learned each month at our LIVE student showcase! Cheer on other Musician’s Apprentices and simply be inspired by your fellow students and instructors OR show us what you’re currently loving to play!
Student Success Path
Earn badges and share your wins with our supportive community as you work toward completing your Student Success Path!
Meet Your Instructor!
Lilja (Voetberg) Rasmussen started playing fiddle at eight years old and since then has become a prominent fiddle player in the Voetberg Family Band, traveling around and playing nearly 1,000 performances, winning numerous fiddle championships and teaching hundreds of students.
Today, Lilja heads up a local Music and Arts Camp in her hometown, with her husband, Blake, and passes on her love of playing fiddle to her four daughters. Georgie and Marde have already won competition awards at the young ages of 2 and 3, and you can catch them joining in with our incredible students on our Student Showcases.
Lilja makes Fiddle playing simple, and will take you from the basics of tuning your fiddle and adding tapes to your instrument, to playing flashing show pieces!
FAQs
When does the course start and finish?
The course is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish. You will receive one lesson per week to encourage consistency but once the lesson is released you have access to it until you unsubscribe.
How long do I have access to the course?
Voetberg Music Academy is a subscription based online academy. You will have access to this course on any and all devices you own and will be charged monthly as long as you are subscribed to the course.
What age-range is this course directed at?
We recommend this course for anyone 8 years old to 108 years old. However, depending on how involved you want to be as a parent, this course can be very good for children younger than 8.
Course Curriculum
Fiddle One
Intro & Tuning Your Instrument
Adding Finger Tape
How to Hold Your Violin & Exercises
Boil Down the Cabbage
Twinkle, Twinkle
Rubber Dolly
Deep in The Heart of Texas
You Are My Sunshine
Cotton Eye Joe
Cripple Creek
Edelweiss
Oh Susanna
Buffalo Gals
Come Thou Fount
Learn music easier and faster than ever before! (Bonus points: Siblings can SHARE monthly access!)
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Monthly Membership
$37/mo
Weekly Song-Based Video Lessons
Downloadable printables and PDFs
Quarterly Challenges to earn Cash and Prizes
Video Vault (for students who want to learn even faster!)
24/7 Teacher Support
Warm Family-Centered Community to celebrate your progress
Proven Success Path . . . never wonder what to work on next!
The opportunity to earn badges marking your progress milestones
The proprietary Voetberg Method™ training your ear—you’ll never forget any song you learn!
PLUS+
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Monthly Membership
$47/mo
Weekly Song-Based Video Lessons
Downloadable printables and PDFs
Quarterly Challenges to earn Cash and Prizes
Video Vault (for students who want to learn even faster!)
24/7 Teacher Support
Warm Family-Centered Community to celebrate your progress
Proven Success Path . . . never wonder what to work on next!
The opportunity to earn badges marking your progress milestones
The proprietary Voetberg Method™ training your ear—you’ll never forget any song you learn!
+ LIVE Student Showcase (A monthly recital to practice performing and touch base with a teacher)
+ LIVE Coaching Workshop (Group call with your teacher for personalized feedback)
+ LIVE On-Boarding Call and Q&A
PREMIUM
(limited to 5 families per month)
Monthly Membership
$134/mo
Weekly Song-Based Video Lessons
Downloadable printables and PDFs
Quarterly Challenges to earn Cash and Prizes
Video Vault (for students who want to learn even faster!)
24/7 Teacher Support
Warm Family-Centered Community to celebrate your progress
Proven Success Path . . . never wonder what to work on next!
The opportunity to earn badges marking your progress milestones
The proprietary Voetberg Method™ training your ear—you’ll never forget any song you learn!
+ LIVE Student Showcase (A monthly recital to practice performing and touch base with a teacher)
+ LIVE Coaching Workshop (Group call with your teacher for personalized feedback)
+ LIVE On-Boarding Call and Q&A
AND
A Monthly Session with your Personal Band Coach: A custom one-on-one meeting with your coach to write music, collaborate on arrangements, work on an upcoming recording project/performance, or get help starting a family band/ taking your current family band to the next level.