2024 Block 2 – Live Teaching
Welcome to Block 2 of 2024
Weds 28th February – Weds 27th March inclusive (five weeks), plus an optional Social Play-along on Weds 3rd April.
Social Play-along Session
Playlist for Weds 3rd April, 7.00 – 9.00 pm
- Fallowfield March (Rob Say) / Andrew’s March (John Dagg) (Live Sets 13)
- Gilsland Hornpipe (Live Tunes 17)
- John Walsh’s Polka (Video Tunes 2)
- Wren’s Nest (Frankie Gavin) (Video Tunes 1)
- Josefin’s Dopvals (Roger Tallroth) (Live Tunes 17)
- Rusty Gulley / Dusty Miller / Reed House Rant (Live Sets 2)
- Summerhill Hornpipe (Robin Dunn) (Live Tunes 4)
- Maison de Glace (Rejean Brunet) (Live Tunes 3)
- Polska from Småland (Video Tunes 2)
- Waltz for Polle (Wim Poesen) (Live Tunes 6)
- Polka de l’Aveyron / Thème Vannetais (Live Sets 8)
- Miss Susan Cooper (Ronnie Cooper) (Video Tunes 1)
- Kemp’s Jig (Live Tunes 3)
- Five Sheep, Four Goats (Live Tunes 11)
- Emma från Finland (Live Tunes 6)
Social Play-along Call Recording
- 2024 Block 2 Social Play-along
The time-stamps in the YouTube Video Description will help you jump between tunes.
Live Tunes Docs
April updates: minor formatting edits to Live Tunes and Live Tunes Bowed; new set added to Live Tune Sets.
Live Teaching Call Recordings
- 2024 Block 2 Week 1: 28th Feb 2024 – Josefin’s Dopvals (Roger Tallroth) – taught phrase by phrase
- 2024 Block 2 Week 2: 6th Mar 2024 – Josefin’s Dopvals (Roger Tallroth), Andrew’s March (John Dagg), Miss Susan Cooper (Ronnie Cooper), John Walsh’s Polka, Gilsland Hornpipe
- 2024 Block 2 Week 3: 13th Mar 2024 – Summerhill Hornpipe (Robin Dunn), Gilsland Hornpipe, Andrew’s March (John Dagg)
- 2024 Block 2 Week 4: 20th Mar 2024 – Josefin’s Dopvals (Roger Tallroth), John Walsh’s Polka, Summerhill Hornpipe (Robin Dunn), Miss Susan Cooper (Ronnie Cooper), Gilsland Hornpipe
- 2024 Block 2 Week 5: 27th Mar 2024 – Gilsland Hornpipe, Summerhill Hornpipe (Robin Dunn), John Walsh’s Polka, Miss Susan Cooper (Ronnie Cooper), Andrew’s March (John Dagg), Josefin’s Dopvals (Roger Tallroth)
New Live Tune for 2024 Block 2
Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
Josefin’s Dopvals (Roger Tallroth) – Notation | Josefin’s Dopvals (Bowing) Josefin’s Dopvals (Realization) Josefin’s Dopvals (Duo) | Josefin’s Dopvals – zip file |
Revision Tunes
Notation (pdf) | Audio (mp3) | Zip file |
Gilsland Hornpipe – Notation | Gilsland Hornpipe (Full) Gilsland Hornpipe (Steady) | Gilsland Hornpipe – zip file |
Summerhill Hornpipe, The (Robin Dunn) – Notation | The Summerhill Hornpipe (Free) The Summerhill Hornpipe (Full Push Bow) The Summerhill Hornpipe (Full Pull Bow) The Summerhill Hornpipe (Steady) | The Summerhill Hornpipe – zip file |
Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) – Notation | Repeal the Poll Tax (Full) Repeal the Poll Tax (Mid) Repeal the Poll Tax (Steady) | Repeal the Poll Tax – zip file |
Andrew’s March (John Dagg) – Notation | Andrew’s March (Full) Andrew’s March (Steady) | Andrew’s March – zip file |
Live Tunes Docs
The Live Tunes documents have been updated to include all tunes from all of our previous blocks. This provides the core repertoire for our Live Teaching calls and our sessions. 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.
Full Resources for Tunes
(alphabetical order)
Live Teaching Call Recordings
Here are recordings of the Live Teaching Calls from previous blocks, with details of which tunes were taught or revised in each call.
2024 Block 1 Call Recordings
- 2024 Block 1 Week 1: 17th Jan 2024 – Five Sheep Four Goats / Introduction to Polska from Småland, The Wren’s Nest (Frankie Gavin) and Hewlett / Five Sheep Four Goats (play through)
- 2024 Block 1 Week 2: 24th Jan 2024 – Dusty Miller (phrases) / Polska from Småland / Fallowfield March (Rob Say) / Five Sheep Four Goats
- 2024 Block 1 Week 3: 31st Jan 2024 – The Gilsland Hornpipe (phrase by phrase) / Polska from Småland / Dusty Miller / Five Sheep Four Goats
- 2024 Block 1 Week 4: 7th Feb 2024 – The Gilsland Hornpipe (steady) / Fallowfield March (Rob Say) / Polska from Småland / Dusty Miller
- 2024 Block 1 Week 5: 14th Feb 2024 – Polska from Småland / Gilsland Hornpipe / The Wren’s Nest (Frankie Gavin) / Dusty Miller / Five Sheep Four Goats / Fallowfield March (Rob Say)
2023 Block 6 Call Recordings
- 2023 Block 6 Week 1: 8th Nov 2023 – The Fallowfield March (Rob Say) (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2023 Block 6 Week 2: 15th Nov 2023 – Fallowfield March (Rob Say) / Garster’s Dream (Level 3 Video) / The Rolling Waves
- 2023 Block 6 Week 3: 22nd Nov 2023 – Fallowfield March (Rob Say) / The Rolling Waves & Out on the Ocean / Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve) (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 (Rob Say)
- 2023 Block 6 Week 5: 6th Dec 2023 – Andrew’s March / Miss Thompson’s / Yule Sea (Frankie Cleeve)/ Du père Tudeau / Garster’s Dream / Fallowfield March (Rob Say)
2023 Block 5 Call Recordings
- 2023 Block 5 Week 1: 20th Sept 2023 – Miss Thompson’s (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2023 Block 5 Week 2: 27th Sept 2023 – Miss Thompson’s (play through)/ Mona’s Delight (taught phrase by phrase)
- 2023 Block 5 Week 3: 4th Oct 2023 – Du père Tudeau (taught phrase by phrase) / Miss Thompson’s (alternative bowing) / St Anne’s Reel (Level 2 Video Tutorial tune)
- 2023 Block 5 Week 4: 11th Oct 2023 – Miss Thompson’s / Du père Tudeau / Mona’s Delight / St Anne’s Reel (Level 2 Video Tutorial tune)
- 2023 Block 5 Week 5: 18th Oct 2023 – St Anne’s Reel (Level 2 Video Tutorial tune) / Du père Tudeau / Mona’s Delight & Jacob / Miss Thompson’s
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 3 Week 5: 24th May 2023 – Lad with the Trousers On (bringing up the speed) / Harlequin Air & Bonny Kate (with options for the change) / Repeal the Poll Tax (Sandy Mathers) / Calum’s Waltz (Steven Spence)
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