2024 Block 5 – Fiddle Practice
Welcome to Block 5 of 2024
Weds 18th Sept – Weds 16th Oct inclusive (five weeks).
Tech Tools Worksheets
Fiddle Practice Call Recordings
- 2024 Block 5 Week 1: 18th Sept 2024
- 2024 Block 5 Week 2: 25th Sept 2024
- 2024 Block 5 Week 3: 2nd Oct 2024
- 2024 Block 5 Week 4: 9th Oct 2024
- 2024 Block 5 Week 5: 16th Oct 2024
Tune Surgery Call Recordings
- 2024 Block 5 Week 2: 25th Sept 2024 – How did your concerts go, Stewart? / An introduction to triple time tunes
- 2024 Block 5 Week 3: 2nd Oct 2024 – An introduction to the NEFS Winter Residential 2024 / Three Two Hornpipes
- 2024 Block 5 Week 4: 9th Oct 2024 – An Introduction to Slip Jigs
- 2024 Block 5 Week 5: 16th Oct 2024 – An Introduction to Mazurkas
Additional Resources
Tips & Techniques for Folk Fiddlers – from Stewart
Technique Video Playlists – from Stewart
Introduction to Melodic Motifs
Introduction to Bowing Patterns
Introduction to Ornaments – Cuts and Flicks
Stewart’s Finger Positions
Open String Hand Frames (images)
Open String Hand Frames PDF worksheets:
- Primary Finger Position
- Secondary Finger Position
- Lesser Finger Position
- Klezmer Finger Position
- Greater Finger Position