2025 Block 2 Fiddle Practice

2025 Block 2 – Fiddle Practice

Welcome to Block 2 of 2025

Weds 5th March – Weds 2nd April inclusive (five weeks), with an optional Social Play-along Session on Weds 9th April.

Zoom details

Wednesday evenings, from 5th March
6.45 – 7.00 pm Tune Surgery with NEFS Listening Club (call open from 6.40 pm)
7.00 – 7.45 pm Fiddle Practice Call
7.45 – 8.30 pm Live Teaching Call

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83682079629?pwd=KnsbjOjbpE8P16baGYhWkR2UYGIXs3.1

Meeting ID: 836 8207 9629
Passcode: nefs2025b2

Fiddle Practice Call Recordings

  1. 2025 Block 2 Week 1: 5th Mar 2025
  2. 2025 Block 2 Week 2: 12th Mar 2025
  3. 2025 Block 2 Week 3: 19th Mar 2025
  4. 2025 Block 2 Week 4: 26th Mar 2025
  5. 2025 Block 2 Week 5: 2nd Apr 2025

Link to Playlist

Tune Surgery Call Recordings

  1. 2025 Block 2 Week 2: 12th Mar 2025 – NEFS Listening Club 1: André Brunet
  2. 2025 Block 2 Week 3: 19th Mar 2025 – NEFS Listening Club 2: Emma Reid
  3. 2025 Block 2 Week 4: 26th Mar 2025 – NEFS Listening Club 2a: Emma Reid (continued)
  4. 2025 Block 2 Week 5: 2nd Apr 2025 – NEFS Listening Club 3: Martin Hayes

Link to Playlist

NEFS Listening Club
Visit the NEFS Listening Club web page for further details, some guiding questions and a full list of players and videos as we add them.

NEFS Listening Club 3: Martin Hayes

NEFS Listening Club Playlist

Tech Tools Worksheets

NEFS 2025 Block 2 Tech Tools – Stewart

NEFS 2025 Block 2 Technique Exercises – Grace

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

Introduction to Bow Hold

Stewart’s Finger Positions

Finger Positions (Open String) (pdf)

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: