2022 Block 6 – Fiddle Practice Calls
Welcome to Block 6
Weds 2nd – Weds 30th November inclusive (five weeks).
Social Play-along on Weds 7th December
Tech Tools Worksheet
Zoom details
Wednesday evenings, from 2nd November
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (call open from 6.40 pm)
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call (call open from 6.55 pm)
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82100701432?pwd=eUttY3d2M2dSOVM3U3VlT25ETUVWdz09
Meeting ID: 821 0070 1432
Passcode: nefs2022b6
Fiddle Practice Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 6 Week 1: 2nd Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 2: 9th Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 3: 16th Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 4: 23rd Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 5: 30th Nov 2022
Technical Nugget Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 6 Week 1: 2nd Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 2: 9th Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 3: 16th Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 4: 23rd Nov 2022
- 2022 Block 6 Week 5: 30th Nov 2022
Tune Surgery Call Recordings
- 2022 Block 6 Week 2: 9th Nov 2022 – The Frost is All Over: name and origins of the tune / Demonstration of the second finger slide to C / Whistling E strings
- 2022 Block 6 Week 3: Apologies – no recording was made.
“Changing Fiddle Strings” – notes from Stewart & Melissa (pdf) - 2022 Block 6 Week 4: 23rd Nov 2022 – La Roulante: B part emphasis, and spiccato bowing technique / The art of counting in.
- 2022 Block 6 Week 5: 30th Nov 2022 – harmonising tunes using the A part against the B part
Additional Resources from Stewart
Technique Video Playlists
Introduction to Melodic Motifs
Introduction to Bowing Patterns
Introduction to Ornaments – Cuts and Flicks
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
Melissa’s Technique Videos
Melissa has provided recordings of her Technical Nuggets in short, bite-sized pieces to remind you how to do the different exercises. It is also hoped that you will be able to see more detail than from the Zoom recordings to help you get the most from them. The Technical Nuggets will continue as part of the Fiddle Practice Calls – this is just a reminder of exercises that have previously been covered.