Darol Anger with Rushad Eggelston and Casey Driessen

The absolutely definitive string rhythm instructional video, this DVD will explain Darol’s rhythm concept for violin, viola, and cello in detail and using new original tunes and standards to illustrate both the fine techniques and overall concept behind this revolutionary approach to the contemporary string ensemble.

Featuring the same meticulous yet relaxed approach that has made Darol’s first Homespun video Blues on the Fiddle a hit, this video delves into the secrets that powered the Turtle Island String Quartet to international notoriety.

A multi-camera approach teases out all the subtleties from this amazingly talented trio, with special tunes tailored to each individual technique in styles from Bluegrass to jazz to Ska to Latin, and a couple of great old standards thrown in for immediate use with your musical buddies.

“THANK YOU! This is the best dvd ever! =) exactly what we were looking for and extremely detailed and just great! you guys definitely get an academy award from me… Thank you for taking the time and effort to put something like this together and be willing to share it with the rest of us chopping minions!
…Now we have the mother lode! Hooray!”

-Emily Roughton, New Zealand

Contents of Video:

• Performance: “Chopagroove”
• Introduction by Darol

PART 1: Mechanics

• Nuts And Bolts: The Basic Technique
• Darol - violin technique
• Casey - more details
• Rushad - Cello technique
• The Beat Compendium: Basic grooves

PART 2

• A Cautionary Tale: a play in one act
• Example: ChopaGroove how-to
• The “Downstrike” stroke
• Example: Cousin Joe Tune
• Further details: Back & forth, triplets, bass notes, etc. — with Darol, Casey, Rushad

PART 3: Applying To the Tunes

• Old Dangerfield (Bluegrass)
• Iguana Dawn (Latin)
• The Scuffler (shuffle rock)
• Sweet Georgia Brown (swing jazz)
• Mercy Mercy (Funk grooves)
• Banish Misfortune (Celtic 6/8 groove and different approaches to sections)
• Forked Deer free-for-all