Big Tunes: Weds 15th July, 2020

For details of the Zoom call for our Social Play-along, and notation and audio files for all of the tunes, please visit this page:
NEFS Big Tunes
Password:  bigtunes2020

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Resources for Fiddle Practice Calls on Zoom

Fiddle Practice Call Recordings

1. Block 4 Week 1: 10th June 2020
2. Block 4 Week 2: 17th June 2020
3. Block 4 Week 3: 24th June 2020
4. Block 4 Week 4: 1st July 2020
5. Block 4 Week 5: 8th July 2020

Technical Tools

** New – Bowing Patterns: bowed examples

• Four string exercise bowed examples (pdf)
• Simple Shuffle exercises (pdf)
• Georgia Shuffle exercises (pdf)

• TechTools Worksheet (pdf)
• Video explanation of the exercises

An Introduction to Bowing Patterns

• Video Playlist: Georgia Shuffle added

An Introduction to Ornaments

• Video Playlist: First Finger Cran added

An Introduction to Melodic Motifs

If you are new to live music workshops on Zoom, this page of Fiddle Practice Call Tips might be of use.

I have also updated the NEFS Video Tips document with extra keyboard shortcuts for navigating in YouTube videos.

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Week 5 (Weds 8th July)

Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight – Video Tutorials

• Bow Speed
• Ornamentation

Week 4 (Weds 1st July)

Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight – with Melissa

• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight Exercise Sheet (pdf)
• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight Worksheet (pdf)

Audio files

• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight (Slow) (mp3)
• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight (Medium) (mp3)
• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight (Fast) (mp3)

Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight zip file  (includes the exercise & worksheet pdfs and three audio files for download)

Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight – Video Tutorials

• Rhythm Playing
• Broken Scales
• 2 Notes Slurs

• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight – A Part
• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight – B Part
• Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight – Whole tune playalong

Humours of Whiskey

Audio files

• Humours of Whiskey Bm (Steady) (mp3)
• Humours of Whiskey Bm (Full) (mp3)
• Humours of Whiskey Em (Steady) (mp3)
• Humours of Whiskey Em (Full) (mp3)

Humours of Whiskey zip file  (includes the worksheet pdf and all audio files for download)

Video Tutorials

• 06 Em Tune & Bowing
• 07 Em Going Deeper

Week 3 (Weds 24th June)

Humours of Whiskey – Video Tutorials

• 05 Going Deeper – Bm

Week 2 (Weds 17th June)

Humours of Whiskey – with Stewart

• Humours of Whiskey Worksheet (pdf)
  Bm and Em versions with bowing

Humours of Whiskey – Video Tutorials

• Humours of Whiskey – 01 Play Through in Bm
• Humours of Whiskey – 02 Play Through in Em
• Humours of Whiskey – 03 Play Through in Em and Bm
• Humours of Whiskey – 04 Tune & Bowing (Bm)

The Lad with the Trousers On

• 04 Looking Deeper (groove, ornamentation & lazy bows)

Week 1 (Weds 10th June)

The Lad with the Trousers On – with Stewart

• The Lad with the Trousers On Worksheet (pdf)
  includes Source and Realization (Bowing, Ornaments and Lazy Bows)

Audio files

• The Lad with the Trousers On (Steady) (mp3)
• The Lad with the Trousers On (Full) (mp3)

The Lad with the Trousers On zip file  (includes the worksheet pdf and both audio files for download)

The Lad with the Trousers On – Video Tutorials

• The Lad with the Trousers On – Play Through
• The Lad with the Trousers On – Skeleton
• The Lad with the Trousers On – Tune & Bowing