2022 Block 6 Fiddle Practice

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

  1. 2022 Block 6 Week 1: 2nd Nov 2022
  2. 2022 Block 6 Week 2: 9th Nov 2022
  3. 2022 Block 6 Week 3: 16th Nov 2022
  4. 2022 Block 6 Week 4: 23rd Nov 2022
  5. 2022 Block 6 Week 5: 30th Nov 2022

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Technical Nugget Call Recordings

  1. 2022 Block 6 Week 1: 2nd Nov 2022
  2. 2022 Block 6 Week 2: 9th Nov 2022
  3. 2022 Block 6 Week 3: 16th Nov 2022
  4. 2022 Block 6 Week 4: 23rd Nov 2022
  5. 2022 Block 6 Week 5: 30th Nov 2022

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Tune Surgery Call Recordings

  1. 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
  2. 2022 Block 6 Week 3: Apologies – no recording was made.
    Changing Fiddle Strings” – notes from Stewart & Melissa (pdf)
  3. 2022 Block 6 Week 4: 23rd Nov 2022 – La Roulante: B part emphasis, and spiccato bowing technique / The art of counting in.
  4. 2022 Block 6 Week 5: 30th Nov 2022 – harmonising tunes using the A part against the B part

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Additional Resources from Stewart

Technique Video Playlists

Introduction to Melodic Motifs

Introduction to Bowing Patterns

Introduction to Ornaments – Cuts and Flicks

Introduction to Bow Hold

Finger Positions

Open String Hand Frames (images)

Open String Hand Frames PDF worksheets:


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.

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