2025 Block 1 – Fiddle Practice
Welcome to Block 1 of 2025
Weds 15th January – Weds 12th February inclusive.
Wednesday evenings, from 15th January
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87684049535?pwd=L7v1VtjV0H77qffivUPdSmPCG5Tqzn.1
Meeting ID: 876 8404 9535
Passcode: nefs2025b1
Call open from 6.55 pm
From Week 2:
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery (from Week 2: call open from 6.40 pm)
Tech Tools Worksheet
Arpeggios and 4ths Exercises
Fiddle Practice Call Recordings
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)
Primary FInger Position 
Secondary Finger Position 
Lesser Finger Position 
Klezmer Finger Position 
Greater Finger Position
Open String Hand Frames PDF worksheets:
- Primary Finger Position
- Secondary Finger Position
- Lesser Finger Position
- Klezmer Finger Position
- Greater Finger Position