Can any of you back-up fiddlers explain how best to learn this technique? I have several books and the excellent video "Fiddle Breaks & Back-up" by the great bluegrass fiddler Kenny Baker. I read music but the back-up phrases are never transcribed. I know that improvisation is the probably the key to back-up playing but how is that best learned? I basically understand the circle-of-fifths and other music theory. I can learn many tunes by ear but always do best when that is coupled with the notes on a staff.

Cruiser