2024 Block 3 Fiddle Practice

2024 Block 3 – Fiddle Practice Calls

Welcome to Block 3 of 2024

Weds 24th April – Weds 22nd May inclusive (five weeks).

Tech Tools Worksheets

NEFS 2024 Block 3 Tech Tools – Bowing: Jigs (Stewart)

Grace’s NEFS Block 3 2024 Exercises

Zoom details

Wednesday evenings, from 24th April
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (call open from 6.40 pm)
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86989500712?pwd=NVQwVHpNZXlZeFdpQ0F6OUxITkUrQT09

Meeting ID: 869 8950 0712
Passcode: nefs2024b3

Fiddle Practice Call Recordings

  1. 2024 Block 3 Week 1: 24th Apr 2024
  2. 2024 Block 3 Week 2: 1st May 2024
  3. 2024 Block 3 Week 3: 8th May 2024
  4. 2024 Block 3 Week 4: 15th May 2024
  5. 2024 Block 3 Week 5: 22nd May 2024

Link to Playlist

Tune Surgery Call Recordings

  1. 2024 Block 3 Week 2: 1st May 2024 – The Wren’s Nest – straight or dotted? / How do you know how fast to play a tune? / What role does the dance caller have in terms of speed?
  2. 2024 Block 3 Week 3: 8th May 2024 – More thoughts on how we decide how fast to play a tune.
  3. 2024 Block 3 Week 4: 15th May 2024 – Other than your instrument, what is your most useful piece of fiddle playing equipment?
  4. 2024 Block 3 Week 5: 22nd May 2024 – Which strings do you prefer, and why?

Link to Playlist

Additional Resources

Technique Video Playlists – from Stewart

Introduction to Melodic Motifs

Introduction to Bowing Patterns

Introduction to Ornaments – Cuts and Flicks

Introduction to Bow Hold

Stewart’s Finger Positions

Finger Positions (Open String) (pdf)

Open String Hand Frames (images)

  • Primary FInger Position
  • Secondary Finger Position
  • Lesser Finger Position
  • Klezmer Finger Position
  • Greater Finger Position

Open String Hand Frames PDF worksheets: