2023 Block 6 – Live Teaching
Welcome to Block 6 of 2023
Weds 8th November – Weds 6th December inclusive (five weeks) with an options Social Play-along session on Zoom on Weds 13th December.
Social Play-along Session
Playlist for Weds 13th December, 7.00 – 9.00 pm
- Fallowfield March
- L’air mignonne
- Garster’s Dream
- Cuckoo’s Nest
- Proudlock’s / Miss Thompson’s
- Mazurka Limousin / Du père Tudeau
- St Anne’s Reel
- Rolling Waves / Out on the Ocean
- Andrew’s March
- Bear Dance
- Mona’s Delight / Jacob
- Limerick’s Lamentation
- Yule Sea
- Lucy Farr’s Barndance
- Dark Island
Social Play-along Call Recording
- 2023 Block 6 Social Play-along
The time-stamps in the YouTube Video Description will help you jump between tunes.
Live Tunes Docs
The Live Tunes documents have been updated to include all tunes from 2023 Blocks 5 & 6. If you have printed out previous versions, you will only need the end pages from each, and you can choose the bowed or non-bowed version, you don’t need both.
Live Teaching Call Recordings
- 2023 Block 6 Week 1: 8th Nov 2023 – The Fallowfield March (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2023 Block 6 Week 2: 15th Nov 2023 – Fallowfield March / Garster’s Dream (Level 3 Video) / The Rolling Waves
- 2023 Block 6 Week 3: 22nd Nov 2023 – Fallowfield March / The Rolling Waves & Out on the Ocean / Yule Sea (Level 2 Video)
- 2023 Block 6 Week 4: 29th Nov 2023 – Garster’s Dream / Andrew’s March / Rolling Waves & Out on the Ocean / Fallowfield March
- 2023 Block 6 Week 5: 6th Dec 2023 – Andrew’s March / Miss Thompson’s / Yule Sea / Du père Tudeau / Garster’s Dream / Fallowfield March
New Live Tune for 2023 Block 6
Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
The Fallowfield March (Rob Say) – Notation | Fallowfield March (Full) Fallowfield March (Steady) | Fallowfield March – zip file |
Fallowfield March – Worksheet | Worksheet with chords, bowing and ornaments |
Revision Tunes
- Andrew’s March – to go with Fallowfield March
- Rolling Waves / Out on the Ocean
- Miss Thompson’s / Proudlock’s Hornpipe
- Mazurka Limousin / Du père Tudeau
All sets are now available in the NEFS Live Tune Sets – Dec 2023 document.
Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
Andrew’s March (John Dagg) – Notation | Andrew’s March (Full) Andrew’s March (Steady) | Andrew’s March – zip file |
Rolling Waves, The – Notation | The Rolling Waves (Fast) The Rolling Waves (Medium) The Rolling Waves (Slow) | The Rolling Waves – zip file |
Out on the Ocean – Notation | Out on the Ocean (Full) Out on the Ocean (Steady) | Out on the Ocean – zip file |
Miss Thompson’s – Notation | Miss Thompson’s (Steady) Miss Thompson’s (Full) Miss Thompson’s (Swift) | Miss Thompson’s – zip file |
Proudlock’s Hornpipe – Notation | Proudlock’s Hornpipe (Full) Proudlock’s Hornpipe (Steady) | Proudlock’s Hornpipe – zip file |
Mazurka Limousin – Notation | Mazurka Limousin (100 bpm) Mazurka Limousin (120 bpm) Mazurka Limousin (160 bpm) | Mazurka Limousin – zip file |
Du père Tudeau (from Yann Dour) – Notation | Du père Tudeau (Full) Du père Tudeau (Steady) | Du père Tudeau – zip file |
Full Resources for Tunes
(alphabetical order)
Live Teaching Call Recordings
Here are recordings of the Live Teaching Calls, with details of which tunes were taught or revised in each call.
2023 Block 4 Call Recordings
- 2023 Block 4 Week 1: 7th June 2023 – Thème Vannetais (Twiglet) (taught phrase by phrase) / Lad with the Trousers On (play through)
- 2023 Block 4 Week 2: 14th June 2023 – Thème Vannetais (Twiglet) / Polka de l’Aveyron / Lad with the Trousers On / Foxhunter’s Jig
- 2023 Block 4 Week 3: 21st June 2023 – Polka de l’Aveyron & Thème Vannetais (Twiglet) / Lad with the Trousers On & Foxhunter’s Jig / Proudlock’s Hornpipe
- 2023 Block 4 Week 4: 28th June 2023 – Out on the Ocean / Proudlock’s Hornpipe / Polka de l’Aveyron & Thème Vannetais (Twiglet)
- 2023 Block 4 Week 5: 5th July 2023 – Lad with the Trousers On & Foxhunter’s Jig / Proudlock’s Hornpipe / Out on the Ocean / Polka de l’Aveyron & Thème Vannetais (Twiglet) & Polka de l’Aveyron!
2023 Block 3 Call Recordings
- 2023 Block 3 Week 1: 26th April 2023 – Lad with the Trousers On (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2023 Block 3 Week 2: 3rd May 2023 – Lad with the Trousers On (recap) / Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) (Revision from Block 2)
- 2023 Block 3 Week 3: 10th May 2023 – Bonny Kate (revision) / Harlequin Air (revision) / Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) / Lad with the Trousers On
- 2023 Block 3 Week 4: 17th May 2023 – Calum’s Waltz (retaught phrase by phrase) / Harlequin Air and Bonny Kate / Lad with the Trousers On
2023 Block 2 Call Recordings
- 2023 Block 2 Week 1: 1st March 2023 – Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2023 Block 2 Week 2: 8th March 2023 – Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) (recap) / The Lilting Banshee (revision)
- 2023 Block 2 Week 3: 15th March 2023 – Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) / The Lilting Banshee / The Frost is All Over / The London Hornpipe
- 2023 Block 2 Week 4: 22nd March 2023 – Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) / Harlequin Air / The Sailor’s Wife
- 2023 Block 2 Week 5: 29th March 2023 – Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) / The Lilting Banshee & The Frost is All Over / Harlequin Air
- 2023 Block 2 Social: 5th April 2023
2023 Block 1 Call Recordings
- 2023 Block 1 Week 1: 18th Jan 2023 – London Hornpipe (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2023 Block 1 Week 2: 25th Jan 2023 – The Frost Is All Over (recap) / London Hornpipe (recap with motif variations for bar 3)
- 2023 Block 1 Week 3: 1st Feb 2023 – The Sailor’s Wife (taught phrase by phrase) / London Hornpipe (recap and playthrough)
- 2023 Block 1 Week 4: 8th Feb 2023 – The Sailor’s Wife (recap at a faster speed) / Spirit of the Dance (revision)
- 2023 Block 1 Week 5: 15th Feb 2023 – London Hornpipe / The Frost is All Over / Bob & Joan / The Sailor’s Wife & Spirit of the Dance (set playthrough)
2022 Block 6 Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 6 Week 1: 2nd Nov 2022 – The Frost is All Over (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2022 Block 6 Week 2: 9th Nov 2022 – The Frost is All Over (“chunking back” to increase speed / Mazurka Limousin
- 2022 Block 6 Week 3: 16th Nov 2022 – Cuckold Came Out of the Amery / The Frost is All Over / Midnight on the Water
- 2022 Block 6 Week 4: 23rd Nov 2022 – Bob and Joan (taught phrase by phrase) / Midnight on the Water
- 2022 Block 6 Week 5: 30th Nov 2022 – Bob and Joan / The Frost is All Over / Cuckold Came Out of the Amery / Mazurka Limousin
- 2022 Block 6 Social – 7th December 2022
2022 Block 5 Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 5 Week 1: 21st Sept 2022 – Mazurka Limousin
- 2022 Block 5 Week 2: 28th Sept 2022 – Mazurka Limousin / Roxburgh Castle
- 2022 Block 5 Week 3: 5th Oct 2022 – Cuckold Came Out of the Amery
- 2022 Block 5 Week 4: 12th Oct 2022 – Soldier’s Joy / Cuckold Came Out of the Amery / Mazurka Limousin
- 2022 Block 5 Week 5: 19th Oct 2022 – Mazurka Limousin / Soldier’s Joy & Roxburgh Castle / Cuckold Came Out of the Amery
2022 Block 4 Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 4 Week 1: 15th June 2022 – Midnight on the Water (Luke Thomasson)
- 2022 Block 4 Week 2: 22nd June 2022 – Midnight on the Water (Luke Thomasson) / Rusty Gulley / The Dusty Miller
- 2022 Block 4 Week 3: 29th June 2022 – Midnight on the Water (Luke Thomasson) / Reed House Rant / Five Sheep, Four Goats / Mona’s Delight / Proudlock’s Hornpipe
- 2022 Block 4 Week 4: 6th July 2022 – Midnight on the Water (Luke Thomasson) / Rusty Gulley-The Dusty Miller-Reed House Rant / Proudlock’s Hornpipe
- 2022 Block 4 Week 5: 13th July 2022 – Midnight on the Water (Luke Thomasson) / Andrew’s March (John Dagg) / L’air Mignonne (Simon Riopel) / Five Sheep, Four Goats
- 2022 Block 4 Social – 20th July 2022
2022 Block 3 Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 3 Week 1: 27th Apr 2022 – L’Air Mignonne (S. Ropel) / Wasn’t I the Happy Lass Last Year (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2022 Block 3 Week 2: 4th May 2022 – L’Air Mignonne (S. Ropel) / Wasn’t I the Happy Lass Last Year / Memories of Father Angus MacDonald (Mike MacDougall)
- 2022 Block 3 Week 3: 11th May 2022 – Five Sheep, Four Goats (Danish Trad.) (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2022 Block 3 Week 4: 18th May 2022 – Five Sheep, Four Goats (Danish Trad.) / Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell (Mike MacDougall) / Andrew’s March (John Dagg)
- 2022 Block 3 Week 5: 25th May 2022 – Kemp’s Jig (revised phrase by phrase) / Five Sheep, Four Goats (Danish Trad.) / Wasn’t I the Happy Lass Last Year / Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell (Mike MacDougall)
2022 Block 2 Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 2 Week 1: 2nd Mar 2022 – Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell (Mike MacDougall) (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2022 Block 2 Week 2: 9th Mar 2022 – Spirit of the Dance (taught phrase by phrase) / Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell (Mike MacDougall)
- 2022 Block 2 Week 3: 16th Mar 2022 – Andrew’s March (John Dagg) (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2022 Block 2 Week 4: 23rd Mar 2022 – Andrew’s March (John Dagg) / Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell (Mike MacDougall) / Mona’s Delight / Spirit of the Dance
- 2022 Block 2 Week 5: 30th Mar 2022 – Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell (Mike MacDougall) / Andrew’s March (John Dagg) / L’Air Mignonne (Simon Riopel) / The Dark Island (Iain McLachlan)
- 2022 Block 2 Social – 6th April 2022
2022 Block 1 Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 1 Week 1: 19th Jan 2022 – Mona’s Delight (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2022 Block 1 Week 2: 26th Jan 2022 – Mona’s Delight / Lucy Farr’s Barndance
- 2022 Block 1 Week 3: 2nd Feb 2022 – The Dark Island (Iain McLachlan) (taught phrase by phrase) / Mona’s Delight
- 2022 Block 1 Week 4: 9th Feb 2022 – Upstairs and to Bed (revised phrase by phrase)/ The Dark Island (Iain McLachlan) / Mona’s Delight
- 2022 Block 1 Week 5: 16th Feb 2022 – Mona’s Delight / Upstairs and to Bed / Lucy Farr’s Barndance / The Dark Island (Iain McLachlan)
2021 Block 6 Call Recordings
- 2021 Block 6 Week 1: 3rd Nov 2021 – Proudlock’s Hornpipe taught phrase by phrase.
- 2021 Block 6 Week 2: 10th Nov 2021 – Proudlock’s Hornpipe / L’air Mignonne (Simon Riopel) / The Rolling Waves / Calum’s Waltz (Steven Spence).
- 2021 Block 6 Week 3: 17th Nov 2021 – Out on the Ocean taught phrase by phrase / Waltz for Polle (Wim Poesen)
- 2021 Block 6 Week 4: 24th Nov 2021 – Reed House Rant – revision tune, taught phrase by phrase / Out on the Ocean
- 2021 Block 6 Week 5: 1st Dec 2021 – Proudlock’s Hornpipe / Reed House Rant / Out on the Ocean
2021 Block 5 Call Recordings
- 2021 Block 5 Week 1: 15th Sept 2021 – L’air Mignonne (Simon Riopel) taught phrase by phrase.
- 2021 Block 5 Week 2: 22nd Sept 2021 – L’air Mignonne / Kemp’s Jig / Polka de l’Aveyron
- 2021 Block 5 Week 3: 29th Sept 2021 – The Rolling Waves / L’air Mignonne
- 2021 Block 5 Week 4: 6th Oct 2021 – Calum’s Waltz (Steven Spence) – taught by the phrase, plus The Rolling Waves and L’air Mignonne
- 2021 Block 5 Week 5: 13th Oct 2021 – Calum’s Waltz (Steven Spence) / The Rolling Waves / L’air Mignonne
2021 Block 4 Call Recordings
- 2021 Block 4 Week 1: 9th June 2021 – Upstairs and To Bed
- 2021 Block 4 Week 2: 16th June 2021 – Harlequin Air
- 2021 Block 4 Week 3: 23rd June 2021 – Upstairs and To Bed / The Dusty Miller / Harlequin Air
- 2021 Block 4 Week 4: 30th June 2021 – Rusty Gulley / The Dusty Miller
- 2021 Block 4 Week 5: 7th July 2021 – Practicing always moving into the familiar: Harlequin Air / Upstairs and To Bed / Rusty Gulley / The Dusty Miller
2021 Block 3 Call Recordings
- 2021 Block 3 Week 1: 21st April 2021 – Waltz for Polle (Wim Poesen) taught by the phrase / Maison de Glace (R. Brunet) play through.
- 2021 Block 3 Week 2: 28th April 2021 – Waltz for Polle (Wim Poesen) revised, getting started with harmony / Bonny Kate – play through with ideas for B part harmony.
- 2021 Block 3 Week 3: 5th May 2021 – The Summerhill Hornpipe (R. Dunn). Taught phrase by phrase, as if from scratch.
- 2021 Block 3 Week 4: 12th May 2021 – The Summerhill Hornpipe, Waltz for Polle and Jacob – with ideas for harmony.
- 2021 Block 3 Week 5: 19th May 2021 – The Foxhunter’s Jig, The Summerhill Hornpipe and Waltz for Polle.
2021 Block 2 Call Recordings
- 2021 Block 2 Week 1: 24th Feb 2021 – Maison de Glace
- 2021 Block 2 Week 2: 3rd Mar 2021 – Maison de Glace (revision) and The Foxhunter’s Jig (revision) – increasing the speed.
- 2021 Block 2 Week 3: 10th Mar 2021 – Bonny Kate
- 2021 Block 2 Week 4: 17th Mar 2021 – Play through: Bonny Kate / Maison de Glace / Lucy Farr’s Barndance / The Foxhunter’s Jig
- 2021 Block 2 Week 5: 24th Mar 2021 – Maison de Glace / Roxburgh Castle
2021 Block 1 Call Recordings
- 2021 Block 1 Week 1: 13th Jan 2021 – The Foxhunter’s Jig
- 2021 Block 1 Week 2: 20th Jan 2021 – The Foxhunter’s Jig revision, Kemp’s Jig and Emma från Finland
- 2021 Block 1 Week 3: 27th Jan 2021 – Roxburgh Castle
- 2021 Block 1 Week 4: 3rd Feb 2021 – Roxburgh Castle revision and The Foxhunter’s Jig
- 2021 Block 1 Week 5: 10th Feb 2021 – Playthrough: The Foxhunter’s Jig, Roxburgh Castle, Kemp’s Jig, Emma från Finland, Jacob and Polka de l’Aveyron
2020 Block 6 Call Recordings
- Block 6 Week 1: 4th Nov 2020 – Jacob (A part)
- Block 6 Week 2: 11th Nov 2020 – Jacob (B part) & Reed House Rant
- Block 6 Week 3: 18th Nov 2020 – Emma från Finland
- Block 6 Week 4: 25th Nov 2020 – Emma från Finland & Jacob
- Block 6 Week 5: 2nd Dec 2020 – revision
2020 Block 5 Call Recordings
- Block 5 Week 1: 16th Sept 2020 – Kemp’s Jig
- Block 5 Week 2: 23rd Sept 2020 – Polka de l’Aveyron
- Block 5 Week 3: 30th Sept 2020 – Lucy Farr’s Barndance
- Block 5 Week 4: 7th Oct 2020 – Reed House Rant
- Block 5 Week 5: 14th Oct 2020 – revision of all Block 5 tunes