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Learn secrets of how to play fiddle in bluegrass and country with  @masterfiddle Justin Branum - in this video we use the Magic Bluegrass  scale as it relates to tunes like June Apple.   June Apples are small and oblong, with a brisk taste that's unusual for  early apples.  I only know this because Justin Branum told me.   He's a Nashville-based master fiddler and regular at the Grand Ole Opry,  (which is to Bluegrass what Carnegie Hall is to Classical, and the  Village Vanguard is to Jazz).  We used the Bluegrass tune "June Apple" in a video to teach you  play-along exercises related to the "Magic Bluegrass Scale". (It's good  for other styles besides Bluegrass).   ​Justin came out of Bluegrass and Texas-style fiddle, then got a  master's in Jazz. His breadth combined with the fact that he was  self-taught from the age of 12 may explain why he's such an effective  teacher.    I respect Justin Branum so much as a fiddle teacher and master fiddle  player that I invited him to teach in Asheville this summer at