One-finger fiddle chords

Covers a lot of the most-needed chords for backup!

Did you know you can play backup chords to most fiddle tunes just using open strings or one finger?

Chords are built using three notes — the 1st, 3d, and 5th notes of the scale. On the fiddle, we can cover two of these three notes with a doublestop (notes on two strings played together). A doublestop can function as any full chord would for backup. Using…