The Double Shuffle (Hokum Bowing). Let's take it from the start!

In this Double Shuffle lesson, - (aka Hokum Bowing), I teach a fiddle bowing technique equally at home in bluegrass, western swing and commercial country. I explain and demonstrate how to master the double shuffle pattern, starting really slow and simple. A free pdf of the hokum bowing patterns is available to subscribers (see bottom of the description). The double shuffle is a syncopated pattern covering two bars of quavers, in a pattern of two, four threes and another two. A single lower note, usually an open string, makes up most of the pattern, while a note on the next string up starts each group of three, so that the bow is energetically rocking backwards and forwards. The upper note provides an accent which constantly pulls or pushes against the beat, providing a high level of excitement. The double shuffle is found in several Old Time tunes including Cotton Patch Rag, Back up and Push and Beaumont Rag. Most famously it is used in instrumental versions of the Orange Blossom S